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The evolution and philosophy of endogenous death
The fate of every organism is death—or so it seems.
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An Evolutionary Cybernetic Theory of Semiosis
In recent years, particularly in the emerging field of biosemiotics, it has been proposed that semiotics - the study of signification processes - could bring a paradigmatic shift in our scientific conception of life, and consequently in scientific biology in general and beyond.
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Information and Codes in Biochemistry
Biochemists traditionally accept the view that life is an extremely complex form of chemistry (the Chemical paradigm), a view which implies that genetic information and the genetic code are but metaphorical concepts because they cannot be described by physical quantities.
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Ecological elimination as a major evolutionary force
Populations fluctuate but seem generally stable in the long run.
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Merging the layers of life
Developing a (mathematical) model suitable for the integration of the different levels of biological research (sub-molecular, molecular, organisms, populations) in one framework.
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Conceptual Foundations of Cell Mortality
Durand, P. M., & Ramsey, G. 2025. Conceptual Foundations of Cell Mortality. https://doi.org/10.1007/82_2025_328
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Fitness as the organismal performance measure guiding adaptive evolution
Fromhage, Lutz, Michael D. Jennions, Lauri Myllymaa and Jonathan M Henshaw. 2024. Fitness as the organismal performance measure guiding adap...
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Bringing Physics and Chemistry to Life: from random walks to robust organization
Hans V. Westerhoff will put together the theoretical foundations of today’s biology in a comprehensive new theory, by researching and establishing connections between the various theoretical approaches in use.
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Beyond Networks: an Organismic Systems Biology for the 21st Century
Biology is the science of life.
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The Dawn of Universal Ecology
Colyvan, Mark, John Damuth, Lev R. Ginzburg. 2019. The Dawn of Universal Ecology. The Scientist. https://www.the-scientist.com/critic-at-lar...
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Homeostasis as a fundamental principle for a coherent theory of brains
Turner, J. Scott. 2019. Homeostasis as a fundamental principle for a coherent theory of brains. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Soci...
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Sketch for a Theory of Evolution Based on Coding
Joachim De Beule. 2014. Sketch for a Theory of Evolution Based on Coding. Biosemiotics, 7 (2), 181-201
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Code Biology
Barbieri, Marcello. 2015. Code Biology. Dordrecht: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14535-8.
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Explanation and Organizing Principles in Systems Biology
Breidenmoser, Tobias and Olaf Wolkenhauer. 2015. Explanation and Organizing Principles in Systems Biology. Pp. 249–64 in Explanation in Biol...
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A Mathematical Science of Qualities: A Sequel
Albertazzi, Liliana and AH Louie. 2016. A Mathematical Science of Qualities: A Sequel. Biological Theory. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s...
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Life in the transients
This project will explore a new theory of adaptation that I have termed Life in the Transients (LIT).
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Dichotomies in biology and the origin of life problem
Advances in synthetic biology have brought the long-standing ‘Origin of Life’ problem once again into prominence.
