SystemsX, Swiss Systems Biology Initiative

One of the goal of this initiative [ http://www.systemsx.ch/index.php?id=136/ ] will be "The development of computer simulations of entire biological systems based on mathematical models" and thus I would encourage all the geeks to try out this field, you might like it! There is a different way to see evolution, check out the paper by Hoelzer et al. titled "On the logical relationship between natural selection and self-organization" [ http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01177.x ], may be if he hit up on those rules, we can actually write simple recursive codes and see those systems emerging. And don't forget to read http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=memelist.html?m=17%23646 to get a flavor of interesting discussion on such rules...

clipped from www.medicalnewstoday.com These eight projects address a diverse set of basic biological questions ranging from the role of lipids in cells to the mechanisms underlying decision-making in the brain. The 79 research groups include 39 from the two federal polytechnic schools ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne and 39 from the Swiss universities, one group is part of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB). Prof. Ralf Eichler, president of the SystemsX.ch Board of Directors commented that "the projects cover a vast field of topics and provides a unique opportunity for Swiss Systems Biologists to interact."