A Class of Spherical Penrose-like Tilings with Applications to Virology

There are patterns that show up in the structure of Zika virus and HPV that are connected to Islamic art and origami - why?
This lecture essentially reiterates an argument I first presented at www.viruspatterns.com but it gives a bit more detail on the connections with one of the models. It also shows early versions of the engine
This was presented at the Bridges conference 2018 in Stockholm, Sweden. Recorded graciously by Pontus Granström

[@mdimarco87]

Um heat sounds a lot like fever and salt sounds a lot like gargling with salt water... so ya these are already used in medical treatments and natural biology as antivirals.

[@abdulalhazred5924]

quite interesting