#113 – Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics

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Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.7 • 13K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2020

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. He is interested in understanding the human genome from a computational, evolutionary, biological, and other cross-disciplinary perspectives. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex – Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify,

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Manolus Kellis.
0:03.0	He's a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group.
0:08.4	He's interested in understanding the human genome from a computational,
0:12.4	evolutionary, biological, and other cross-disciplinary perspectives.
0:17.0	He has more big impactful papers and awards than I can list.
0:21.3	But most importantly, he's a kind, curious, brilliant human being,
0:26.1	and just someone I really enjoy talking to.
0:28.6	His passion for science and life in general is contagious.
0:32.8	The hour is on his sleep, flew by, and I'm sure we'll talk again on this podcast soon.
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