How are individual cell behaviors coordinated toward invariant large-scale anatomical
outcomes in development and regeneration despite unpredictable perturbations …

A critical aspect of evolution is the layer of developmental physiology that operates between
the genotype and the anatomical phenotype. While much work has addressed the evolution …

Synthetic biology and bioengineering provide the opportunity to create novel embodied
cognitive systems (otherwise known as minds) in a very wide variety of chimeric …

All epistemic agents physically consist of parts that must somehow comprise an integrated
cognitive self. Biological individuals consist of subunits (organs, cells, and molecular …

The remarkable anatomical homeostasis exhibited by complex living organisms suggests
that they are inherently reprogrammable information-processing systems that offer …

The central nervous system (CNS) underlies memory, perception, decision-making, and
behavior in numerous organisms. However, neural networks have no monopoly on the …

Bioengineering can address many important needs, from transformative biomedicine to
environmental remediation. In addition to practical applications, the construction of new …

Each of us made the remarkable journey from mere matter to mind: starting life as a
quiescent oocyte (“just chemistry and physics”), and slowly, gradually, becoming an adult …

It is well known that electrical signals are deeply associated with living entities. Much of our
understanding of excitable tissues is derived from studies of specialized cells of neurons or …

Growing models were trained to generate patterns, but don't know how to persist them.
Some patterns explode, some decay, but some happen to be almost stable or even …