Half Life Show
13: Dr. Sidharth Mohan: Discovering New Drugs
Description
In this edition, Dr. Sidharth Mohan, a biophysicist and an expert in protein biochemistry, heavy metal drummer and indie music promoter, talks about the fundamental building blocks of life, the wonders and secrets that Mother Nature won’t reveal to us, and the implications of learning those secrets on the future of humanity. He talks about drug discovery and how the entire scientific community came together as one to develop and deliver Covid-19 vaccines to the world. Subu and Vikram also talk about his personal journey, his inspirations and influences which got him to where he is today.
Dr. Sidharth Mohan is on Instagram at @sidmogram
Links
- Full episode transcript
- Levinthal's Paradox: Youtube, Blog
- Protein Folding at Home
- What's the Scene, India - Instagram, Facebook
Chapters
0:00 Discovering New Drugs with Dr. Sidharth Mohan
4:01 Protein folding and Levinthal's paradox
22:53 Experimenting with Protein Folding
31:00 How drugs work
34:46 Developing new drugs
46:02 A primer in molecular biology: DNA, RNA and Vaccines
56:49 Solving the COVID crisis
1:01:30 Tools used in drug discovery
1:07:25 PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction
1:19:37 SidMo's personal jouney into science
1:32:36 Inspiring figures in SidMo's life
1:45:01 Music, Drumming and WTS
2:03:33 Outro
Let's Get Social
Let's Get Social
Description
In this edition, Dr. Sidharth Mohan, a biophysicist and an expert in protein biochemistry, heavy metal drummer and indie music promoter, talks about the fundamental building blocks of life, the wonders and secrets that Mother Nature won’t reveal to us, and the implications of learning those secrets on the future of humanity. He talks about drug discovery and how the entire scientific community came together as one to develop and deliver Covid-19 vaccines to the world. Subu and Vikram also talk about his personal journey, his inspirations and influences which got him to where he is today.
Dr. Sidharth Mohan is on Instagram at @sidmogram
Links
- Full episode transcript
- Levinthal's Paradox: Youtube, Blog
- Protein Folding at Home
- What's the Scene, India - Instagram, Facebook
Chapters
0:00 Discovering New Drugs with Dr. Sidharth Mohan
4:01 Protein folding and Levinthal's paradox
22:53 Experimenting with Protein Folding
31:00 How drugs work
34:46 Developing new drugs
46:02 A primer in molecular biology: DNA, RNA and Vaccines
56:49 Solving the COVID crisis
1:01:30 Tools used in drug discovery
1:07:25 PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction
1:19:37 SidMo's personal jouney into science
1:32:36 Inspiring figures in SidMo's life
1:45:01 Music, Drumming and WTS
2:03:33 Outro
Let's Get Social
Let's Get Social