Consciousness
Nick Lane: Origin of Life, Aliens, Metabolism, Bioelectricity, Consciousness and Ai!
2h 35m 16K
Nick Lane
Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry
Nick Lane is a bioenergeticist whose books (The Vital Question, Transformer, Life Ascending) are among the clearest explanations of where the energy for life comes from. His lab argues that life's origin isn't a chemistry story but an energy story — alkaline hydrothermal vents solve the thermodynamic problem the textbooks don't.
Their work
Key papers by Nick
The origin of membrane bioenergetics
Cell · 2012
The vital question: Why is life the way it is?
Profile Books (book) · 2015
How energy flow shapes the evolution of life
BioEssays · 2023
Non-invasive measurement of respiratory chain dysfunction following hypothermic renal storage and transplantation.
Kidney International · 1994
Effect of mannitol and polyethylene glycol on the action of frusemide during renal storage and transplantation.
Transplantation · 1996
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