Brandon Ogbunu (MIT/Yale) | Context Crafts Complex (Biological) Systems: Evolving Proteins, Interacting Parcels, Pandemics and Prisons

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In this seminar, I discuss how “contexts” and “environments” influence the way the biological world functions, and argue that sub-disciplines within biology should more carefully consider how we interpret and measure their impact. I demonstrate this through various arms of my research program, including the evolution of proteins associated with antimicrobial resistance, the shape of epidemics, and the intersection between science and culture.