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<b>PHYSICS:</b> We study the interface between "individuals" (<i>cells</i>) and their "environment" (<i>niches</i>). At the nanoscale, this distinction blurs into a soft-matter physical (adaptive) system (<i>organism</i>). We are interested in molecular autopoiesis, self-regeneration, self-assembly, and adaptation (bio-computation) in biophysical evolutionary systems (instances of replicator-interactor cycles). <br> | <b>PHYSICS:</b> We study the interface between "individuals" (<i>cells</i>) and their "environment" (<i>niches</i>). At the nanoscale, this distinction blurs into a soft-matter physical (adaptive) system (<i>organism</i>). We are interested in molecular autopoiesis, self-regeneration, self-assembly, and adaptation (bio-computation) in biophysical evolutionary systems (instances of replicator-interactor cycles). <br> | ||
| - | <b>TECHNOLOGY:</b> We are interested in evolving life (<i>metabolism</i>) into physical materials to provide biology-based functionality to human-built devices. We see nano-bio as the natural outcome of the evolutionary trajectory of technology. It corresponds to | + | <b>TECHNOLOGY:</b> We are interested in evolving life (<i>metabolism</i>) into physical materials to provide biology-based functionality to human-built devices. We see nano-bio as the natural outcome of the evolutionary trajectory of technology. It corresponds to the adaptive radiation into the nanoscopic world within the (human) built-environment. |


