- **Michael Levin’s bioelectricity niche**: Participants ask whether anyone is pursuing Levin-style bioelectric research without the associated “woo science,” suggesting a perceived gap for rigorous work in that space.

- **Plant galls as biological curiosity**: A link to Wayne’s Word on plant galls is shared as an example of complex, self-organizing biological structures that might inform bioelectric or morphogenetic studies.

- **IHP MPW prototyping service**: A pointer to IHP’s multi-project-wafer schedule and pricing list is dropped, indicating ongoing interest in low-cost silicon fabrication for bio- or neuro-tech prototypes.

- **“Why death and aging?” paper**: A 2024 *Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology* article is highlighted that frames aging as the accumulation of imperfect cellular memories, eventually overwhelming homeorhetic flexibility and leading to systemic failure.

- **Levin’s “agentila memory” hypothesis**: Discussion centers on his 2024 *Entropy* paper proposing that memory is not localized to synapses but distributed across a high-dimensional “senome”; 1960s-era RNA memory-transfer experiments are cited as supporting evidence.

- **Memory substrate accessibility debate**: Participants weigh the practical merits of converging on a single, physically extractable memory substrate (DNA, RNA, connectome, etc.) to facilitate reading, writing, and preservation versus the robustness of distributed, fault-tolerant storage.

- **Artificial selection for memory localization**: A proposal to use directed evolution or selective breeding to concentrate memories into a discrete, technology-accessible brain region is floated as a path toward easier whole-brain emulation or uploading.

- **“Genomic Code” generative-model paper**: A new *Trends in Genetics* article arguing that the genome encodes a predictive, generative model of the organism is shared, aligning with ideas of morphogenetic planning and bioelectric control.

- **CodeBoot in-browser REPL**: A lightweight browser-based coding environment that persists files in localStorage is noted as a quick tool for sketching bio-simulation or data-analysis scripts without server setup.

- **Memory distillation vs. substrate reading**: Counterpoint discussion suggests that instead of physically extracting memories, one could record neural activations during recall and train a secondary network to replicate the patterns—trading biological fidelity for engineered readability.