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Matter to Mind:Bioelectricity, Body Intelligence, Future of Regenerative Medicine- Dr. Michael Levin

Harvard Extension Student Psychological Club · talk · Watch on YouTube

Biology & biotechnologyNeuroscience & the brainMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

Developmental and synthetic biologist Michael Levin speaks at a Harvard Extension student event on bioelectricity, body intelligence and regenerative medicine. He discusses how cell electrical networks guide growth and form.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as an approachable look at Levin's work on regrowth and collective cellular intelligence, and used as an example of intelligence beyond brains.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Do watch his lectures, it's some really fascinating stuff.”

    Levin lectures on regrowing limbs by manipulating cell electrical networks.

    grishka, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “An ultra-sensitive on-off switch helps axolotls regrow limbs”

  2. “A recent talk of his [2].”

    Levin talk showing bioelectric control needs no applied fields.

    ly3xqhl8g9, 2023-06 · Recommendation · in “Q&A: How DARPA hacked a science writer’s brain andturned her into a sharpshooter”

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Topics: michael levin, bioelectricity, regenerative medicine, morphogenesis, basal cognition

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