Molecules Display God’s Wisdom

Summary:

Job said thousands of years ago: “ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you; let the fish of the sea inform you.” In this talk, I will describe how molecules, from small organic compounds to large biopolymers display God’s wisdom. Specifically, they teach us the necessity of bio-monomers not to self-link, the necessity of matching the coding and the decoding systems, and the necessity of not only the builders of biomolecules but also their demolishers for the existence of living organisms.

Presenter: Change Laura Tan

Change Laura Tan received a BS in chemistry from Hunan Normal University, an MS in organic chemistry from Nan Kai University, and a PhD in biochemistry from University of Pennsylvania, and completed postdoctoral training in genetics at Harvard Medical School. She worked at the University of Missouri first as an assistant and then an associate professor of biological sciences from 2005 to 2021. She is a researcher, an author, and a speaker. Her research interests include genetics, developmental biology, molecular biology, origin of life, and origin of biodiversity. She teaches molecular biology, signal transduction, and general biology to graduate and undergraduate students.