From the century of the genome to the century of the organism: New theoretical approaches Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Special issue
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This focused issue of Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology is entitled "From the century of the genome to the century of the organism: New theoretical approaches." It was developed during Ana M. Soto’s tenure as Blaise Pascal Chair of Biology 2013-15 at the Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS, Paris, France). Giuseppe Longo was the Pascal Chair host at the ENS. This ongoing theoretical was also used as the content of a 10 session course attended by graduate students and post-graduates, which took place at the National Museum of Natural History and at the ENS. The attendants of course encouraged the guest editors to make this material easily available, hence the origin of PBMB issue.
Soto, Ana M., G. Longo, Denis Noble, Nicole Perret, Maël Montévil, Carlos Sonnenschein, Matteo Mossio, Arnaud Pocheville, Paul-Antoine Miquel, and Su-Young Hwang. 2016. “From the Century of the Genome to the Century of the Organism: New Theoretical Approaches.” Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Special Issue 122 (1): 1–82. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/progress-in-biophysics-and-molecular-biology/vol/122/issue/1
From the century of the genome to the century of the organism: New theoretical approaches Special issue of Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology Guest editors: A.M. Soto & G. Longo Preface and table of contents A.M. Soto , G. Longo & D. Noble Preprint - Edited version Why do we need theories? G. Longo & A.M. Soto Preprint - Edited version Reductionist perspectives and the notion of information N. Perret & G. Longo Preprint - Edited version From physical to biological individuation P.-A. Miquel & S.-Y. Hwang Preprint - Edited version The biological default state of cell proliferation with variation and motility, a fundamental principle for a theory of organisms A.M. Soto, G. Longo, M. Montévil & C. Sonnenschein Preprint - Edited version Theoretical principles for biology: Organization M. Mossio, M. Montévil & G. Longo Preprint - Edited version Theoretical principles for biology: Variation M. Montévil, M. Mossio, A. Pocheville & G. Longo Preprint - Edited version Modeling mammary organogenesis from biological first principles: cells and their physical constraints M. Montévil, L. Speroni, C. Sonnenschein & A.M. Soto Preprint - Edited version Carcinogenesis explained within the context of a theory of organisms C. Sonnenschein & A.M. Soto Preprint - Edited version Toward a theory of organisms: Three founding principles in search of a useful integration A.M. Soto, G. Longo, P.-A. Miquel, M. Montévil, M. Mossio, N. Perret, A. Pocheville & C. Sonnenschein Preprint - Edited version 65 mentions React on Twitter
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