{"id":151410,"date":"2022-11-29T09:24:33","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/michael-levin-cell-intelligence-in-physiological-morphological-spaces"},"modified":"2022-11-29T09:24:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:24:33","slug":"michael-levin-cell-intelligence-in-physiological-morphological-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/michael-levin-cell-intelligence-in-physiological-morphological-spaces","title":{"rendered":"Michael Levin | Cell Intelligence in Physiological &amp; Morphological Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLiHLDrOTW8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Talk kindly contributed by Michael Levin in SEMF\u2019s 2022 Spacious Spatiality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/semf.org.es\/spatiality\">https:\/\/semf.org.es\/spatiality<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TALK ABSTRACT<br \/> Life was solving problems in metabolic, genetic, physiological, and anatomical spaces long before brains and nervous systems appeared. In this talk, I will describe remarkable capabilities of cell groups as they create, repair, and remodel complex anatomies. Anatomical homeostasis reveals that groups of cells are collective intelligences; their cognitive medium is the same as that of the human mind: electrical signals propagating in cell networks. I will explain non-neural bioelectricity and the tools we use to track the basal cognition of cells and tissues and control their function for applications in regenerative medicine. I will conclude with a discussion of our framework based on evolutionary scaling of intelligence by pivoting conserved mechanisms that allow agents, whether designed or evolved, to navigate complex problem spaces.<\/p>\n<p>TALK MATERIALS<br \/> \u00b7 The Electrical Blueprints that Orchestrate Life (TED Talk): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_levin_the_electrical_blueprints_that_orchestrate_life\">https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_levin_the_electrical_bluep\u2026trate_life<\/a>.<br \/> \u00b7 Michael Levin\u2019s interviews and presentations: <a href=\"https:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/biology\/labs\/levin\/presentations\/\">https:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/biology\/labs\/levin\/presentations\/<\/a><br \/> \u00b7 Michael Levin\u2019s publications: <a href=\"https:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/biology\/labs\/levin\/publications\/\">https:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/biology\/labs\/levin\/publications\/<\/a><br \/> \u00b7 The Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms (ICDO): <a href=\"https:\/\/icdorgs.org\/\">https:\/\/icdorgs.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL LEVIN<br \/> Department of Biology, Tufts University: <a href=\"https:\/\/as.tufts.edu\/biology\">https:\/\/as.tufts.edu\/biology<\/a>.<br \/> Tufts University profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/biology\/labs\/levin\/\">https:\/\/ase.tufts.edu\/biology\/labs\/levin\/<\/a><br \/> Wyss Institute profile: <a href=\"https:\/\/wyss.harvard.edu\/team\/associate-faculty\/michael-levin-ph-d\/\">https:\/\/wyss.harvard.edu\/team\/associate-faculty\/michael-levin-ph-d\/<\/a><br \/> Wikipedia: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Levin_(biologist\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Levin_(biologist<\/a>)<br \/> Google Scholar: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=luouyakAAAAJ\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=luouyakAAAAJ<\/a><br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drmichaellevin\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/drmichaellevin<\/a>.<br \/> LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-levin-b0983a6\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michael-levin-b0983a6\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SEMF NETWORKS<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/michael-levin-cell-intelligence-in-physiological-morphological-spaces\">Continue reading \u201cMichael Levin | Cell Intelligence in Physiological &amp; Morphological Spaces\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk kindly contributed by Michael Levin in SEMF\u2019s 2022 Spacious Spatiality. https:\/\/semf.org.es\/spatiality. TALK ABSTRACT Life was solving problems in metabolic, genetic, physiological, and anatomical spaces long before brains and nervous systems appeared. In this talk, I will describe remarkable capabilities of cell groups as they create, repair, and remodel complex anatomies. 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