Alex Carlin

Computational biologist and musician who loves making things

A surprised me (center) and Steve Bertolani (right) in our lab at Davis. Photo credit: James Lucas

Science

• Data driven protein engineering with machine learning tools
• Biophysical modeling of glycoside hydrolase enzymes
• Computational enzyme design using Rosetta, all in Jupyter notebooks
• Course in protein engineering

Music

• 52 Hertz Whale, 2017–, songwriting, guitar, piano
• The Gold Souls, 2015–2017, songwriting and guitar
  Live videos: “Just A Little Bit” and ”Time You Admit“
• Mister Wiggles, summer 2015, bass
• Adams Street Jazz Band, summer 2012, guitar and vocals

Writing

• Snacker News, writing about biology and computers
• Big Boogie, short essays on blues guitar techniques

Hardware

• RetroCorder: A tape recorder for music that time-travels

Contact

<my-first-name>@inkisbetter.com