Re: Directed evolution

Tim Tyler <seemysig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
DK wrote:
feedbackdroid <feedbackdroid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Some of us feel that the future of biology is systems biology

Oh, the new kid on the block in the buzzwords department.
Just looked Wikipedia article on it. LOL, hilarious. Apparently,
techniques associated with it are:
Transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, glycomics,
interactomics, fluxomics (!!!) and biomics.

Not a bad wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_systems_theory

Yes, it is.

The reliability theory of aging strikes me as a good
example of systems theory applied to biology:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_theory_of_aging_and_longevity

Ah, the venerable Gavrilov & Gavrilova! Definitely very interesting
theory. I've been lucky enough to meet Leonid few times and heard
lots about this theory already in place long ago when he was at Moscow
State, and not referred to as "University of Chicago scientist".

DK

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