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In this talk I discuss the general question of the portability of Molecular Dynamics codes for diffusive systems on parallel computers of the APE family. The intrinsic single precision arithmetics of the today available APE platforms does…

Biological Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 G. La Penna , S. Letardi , V. Minicozzi , S. Morante , G. C. Rossi , G. Salina

Membrane computing and P systems are a paradigm of massively parallel natural computing introduced by Gheorghe P\u{a}un in 1999, inspired by the structure of the living cell and by its biochemical reactions. In spite of this explicit…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-01 Artiom Alhazov , Rudolf Freund , Sergiu Ivanov

Living organisms survive and multiply even though they have uncertain and incomplete information about their environment and imperfect models to predict the consequences of their actions. Bayesian models have been proposed to face this…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2015-11-13 Jacques Droulez , David Colliaux , Audrey Houillon , Pierre Bessière

We extend the concept that life is an informational phenomenon, at every level of organisation, from molecules to the global ecological system. According to this thesis: (a) living is information processing, in which memory is maintained by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-02-17 Keith D. Farnsworth , John Nelson , Carlos Gershenson

We describe software and a language for quasibiological computations. Its theoretical basis is a unified theory of complex (adaptive) systems where all laws are regularities of relations between things or agents, and dynamics is made from…

Computational Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerhard Mack , Jan Wuerthner

Macromolecular complexation leading to coupling of two or more cellular membranes is a crucial step in a number of biological functions of the cell. While other mechanisms may also play a role, adhesion always involves the fluctuations of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-09-02 Timo Bihr , Udo Seifert , Ana-Suncana Smith

Recent advances in electron microscopy have enabled the imaging of single cells in 3D at nanometer length scale resolutions. An uncharted frontier for in silico biology is the ability to simulate cellular processes using these observed…

Essential life processes take place across multiple space and time scales in living organisms but understanding their mechanistic interactions remains an ongoing challenge. Advanced multiscale modeling techniques are providing new…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2025-04-08 Achal Mahajan , Erik J. Navarro , William Poole , Carlos F Lopez

This volume contains the post-proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on Graph Computation Models (GCM 2019: http://gcm2019.imag.fr). The workshop was held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, on July 17th, 2019, as part of STAF 2019…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-12-20 Rachid Echahed , Detlef Plump

Provided that there is no theoretical frame for complex engineered systems (CES) as yet, this paper claims that bio-inspired engineering can help provide such a frame. Within CES bio-inspired systems play a key role. The disclosure from…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2011-10-18 Nelson Alfonso Gómez-Cruz , Carlos Eduardo Maldonado

The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a highly complex structure through which biochemical and mechanical signals are transmitted. In processes of cell migration, the ECM also acts as a scaffold, providing structural support to cells as well as…

Understanding how biomechanical reorganization governs key biological processes, such as morphogenesis and development, requires predictive insights into stress distributions and cellular behavior. While traditional approaches focused on…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-08-26 Tianxiang Ma , Valeriia Grudtsyna , Robin V. Bölsterli , Amin Doostmohammadi

The network of biochemical reactions inside living organisms is characterized by an overwhelming complexity which stems from the sheer number of reactions and from the complicated topology of biochemical cycles. However the high speed of…

Biological Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Edoardo Milotti , Alessio Del Fabbro , Roberto Chignola

Information processing relying on biochemical interactions in the cellular environment is essential for biological organisms. The implementation of molecular computational systems holds significant interest and potential in the fields of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-12-01 Yuzhen Fan , Xiaoyu Zhang , Chuanhou Gao , Denis Dochain

Recent advances in spatial omics technologies have revolutionized our ability to study biological systems with unprecedented resolution. By preserving the spatial context of molecular measurements, these methods enable comprehensive mapping…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-09-18 Zhiwei Fan , Tiangang Wang , Kexin Huang , Binwu Ying , Xiaobo Zhou

We propose a new binary classification model called Phase Separation Binary Classifier (PSBC). It consists of a discretization of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation coupled with an Ordinary Differential Equation, and is inspired by…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-09-21 Rafael Monteiro

Molecular communication (MC) engineering is inspired by the use of chemical signals as information carriers in cell biology. The biological nature of chemical signaling makes MC a promising methodology for interdisciplinary applications…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-09-02 Dadi Bi , Apostolos Almpanis , Adam Noel , Yansha Deng , Robert Schober

Recently, symbolic computation and computer algebra systems have been successfully applied in systems biology, especially in chemical reaction network theory. One advantage of symbolic computation is its potential for qualitative answers to…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2022-01-25 Christoph Lüders , Thomas Sturm , Ovidiu Radulescu

Biomembranes adopt varying morphologies that are vital to cellular functions. Many studies use computational modeling to understand how various mechanochemical factors contribute to membrane shape transformations. Compared to…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Cuncheng Zhu , Christopher T. Lee , Padmini Rangamani

Biological processes involve a variety of spatial and temporal scales. A holistic understanding of many biological processes therefore requires multi-scale models which capture the relevant properties on all these scales. In this manuscript…

Molecular Networks · Quantitative Biology 2015-06-23 Jan Hasenauer , Nick Jagiella , Sabrina Hross , Fabian J. Theis