Jesse Rogerson

Yes, it is a real science word.

And it has to do with tidal forces where when you're getting close to something, it pulls harder on one side than the other and it stretches you all the way out.

Yeah.

Well, in some sense it isn't, and in some sense it is.

I think, so actually beyond sort of the physics and astronomy tag I have on my, I'm also sort of into quantum research.

And so we could ask ourselves, what has this to do with quantum mechanics?

And there's a couple of different links to it.

First of all, the tools we're using are tools that are

really coming from the field that I'm in.

So it's cameras that are ultra sensitive at the point that they can count single photons, single particles of light.

So there's the technology aspect of it.

And then there's also maybe an underlying, something we maybe can go into, an underlying question whether quantum mechanics plays a role in biological processes.

So this is what we could call interdisciplinary research because I don't know much about biology two, three years ago, and I've had to learn a lot about the kinds of biological processes and systems that are involved in this too.

Yeah, that's really sort of the motivation and sort of our hot fever dreams is if we could sort of like figuring out that quantum mechanics does play a role in biological systems.

This is partially been answered in the sense that we do know that there are certain things where quantum mechanics, certain biological processes where quantum mechanics plays a role.

For example, bird navigation is probably the most commonly and well-established area.

So in order to sense a magnetic field, the birds use sort of molecules that have spins in them that

depend on, they can sort of feel which direction the magnetic field is.

But of course, you know, when we're thinking about quantum mechanics in the brain, you could ask ourselves, well, first of all, does it play a role?

Is there a reason to believe it plays a role?