Biological Systems
Biology as information processing
Chemistry → cells → genetics → evolution → systems biology → neuroscience → information → synthetic biology → health → frontier bio-computation.
Chemistry of Life
Atoms, Bonds, and Thermodynamics
Atoms, molecules, bonds, biochemical thermodynamics, proteins, nucleic acids, metabolic networks.
Cellular Systems
Structure, Signaling, and Gene Expression
Cell structure and function, membrane dynamics, signal transduction, gene expression, cell division.
Genetic Information
Replication, Transcription, Translation
DNA structure and replication, transcription, translation, genetic regulation, genome architecture.
Evolution
Selection, Drift, and Speciation
Natural selection, population genetics, mutation and genetic drift, speciation, evolutionary game theory in biology.
Systems Biology
Networks, Homeostasis, and Multi-Scale Models
Biological networks, regulatory and metabolic systems, multi-scale biology, homeostasis and robustness.
Minimal Neuroscience
Neurons, Circuits, and Plasticity
Neuron as computational unit, synaptic transmission, neural circuits, learning and plasticity, brain as information processor.
Information & Entropy in Life
Shannon, Free Energy, and Evolution
Shannon entropy in biology, biological information processing, entropy production, information geometry of evolution, free energy principle.
Synthetic Biology
Genetic Circuits and Bio-Computational Interfaces
Genetic circuits, design principles, synthetic networks, applications and biotechnology, bio-computational interfaces.
Health as System Stability
Disease, Control, and Therapeutic Intervention
Homeostasis as control, disease as system failure, immune system dynamics, therapeutic interventions, aging and entropy.
Frontier Bio-Computational Systems
BCI, Molecular Computation, and Synthetic Life
Brain-computer interfaces, molecular computation, biological vs. artificial neural networks, synthetic life, bio-systems and AI.
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