MTS54 - Carl Bergstrom - The Mathematics of Microbes
In this podcast I talk to Carl Bergstrom of the University of Washington about the mathematics of microbes.\n\nBergstrom is a mathematical biologist who probes the abstract nature of life itself. We talk about how life uses information, and how information can evolve. But in Bergstrom's hands, these abstractions shed light on very real concerns in medicine, from the way that viruses jam our immune system's communication systems to to the best ways to fight antibiotic resistance.\n\nPublications:\n\nMapping Change in Large Networks [html] [pdf]\n\nThe transmission sense of information [pdf]\n\nDealing with deception in biology [pdf]\n