

Proteins are structured like folded chains. So we led a team of high school students and other scholars to figure out how to create classical music from proteins. While creating music based on proteins isn’t new, different musical styles and composition algorithms had yet to be explored. We’re computational biologists who believe that hearing the sound of life at the molecular level could help inspire people to learn more about biology and the computational sciences. These analogies can be used not only to help advance research, but also to make the complexity of proteins accessible to the public.

There are many surprising analogies between proteins, the basic building blocks of life, and musical notation.

With the right computer program, proteins become pleasant music.
