From biologically-inspired physics to physics-inspired biology.
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The conference “From DNA inspired physics to physics inspired biology” (1-5 June 2009, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, that myself and two former presidents of American Biophysical Society Wilma Olson (Rutgers University) and Adrian Parsegian (NIH) , with the support of local ICTP team (Ralf Gebauer and Doreen Sauleek),have organized was intended to establish stronger links between the two communities on the DNA front. The relationships between them where never easy. In 1997, Adrian published a paper in Physics Today “Harness the Hubris”) summarizing his thoughts about the main obstacles for a happy marriage. The bottom line of that article was that physicists must seriously learn biology before going into it and even having an interpreter friend/co-worker, who will be cooperating with you and translating the problems of biology into a physical language, may not be enough. He starts his story with a joke about a physicist asking a biologist: “I want to study brain. Tell me something about it!” Biologist: “First, the brain consists of two parts, and ...” Physicist: “Stop. You told me too much.”
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal
دوره 22 41 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010