The Biotech Podcast

#3 - Professor Lee Cronin - Inorganic life, 'Chemputers' and Evolution

December 10, 2020 Harry B Houston Season 1 Episode 3
The Biotech Podcast
#3 - Professor Lee Cronin - Inorganic life, 'Chemputers' and Evolution
Show Notes

From digitising chemistry to looking for inorganic aliens, Lee gives us his fascinating insight into new, revolutionary ideas in Chemistry. 

Full synopsis:

00:00 - Intro
01:00 - Defining life
13:20 - Testing life with Polyoxometalates
16:20 - The Markov model
19:48 - Inorganic life and space exploration
25:08 - Chemputers and using them to search for inorganic life
32:52 - The uses of Chemputers in the future
40:00 - Turning Chemistry into an information science
47:37 - Using past data in digital chemistry
51:09 - Extro