It has been more than 20 years since Bialek and colleagues published a landmark paper
asking a seemingly innocuous question: what can we extract about the outside world from …

How do the communication discharges produced by electric fish evolve to accommodate the
unique design features for the modality? Two design features are considered: first, the …

Patterns are ubiquitous in living systems and underlie the dynamic organization of cells,
tissues, and embryos. Mathematical frameworks have been devised to account for the self …

The way in which interactions between mechanics and biochemistry lead to the emergence
of complex cell and tissue organization is an old question that has recently attracted …

Systems biology seeks not only to discover the machinery of life but to understand how such
machinery is used for control, ie, for regulation that achieves or maintains a desired, useful …

Engineered biological systems have been used to manipulate information, construct
materials, process chemicals, produce energy, provide food, and help maintain or enhance …

" Imagine a future world where computers can create universes--digital environments made
from binary ones and zeros. Imagine that within these universes there exist biological forms …