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A Story of Terms and Codes
"It all
began on a quiet Thursday afternoon, October 13th, 2022. Out of the blue,
Marcello Barbieri wrote to ask for my opinion on a curious list — fifty
biological codes, each hyperlinked to papers, websites, and forum discussions.
Some entries fit perfectly into Barbieri’s concept of organic or neural codes;
others, less so. Still, the list had something intriguing about it — a map of
hidden meanings in biology waiting to be explored.
At first
glance, it was clear that just having a list of names wasn’t enough. To make
sense of it all, I decided to bring order and structure. I opened a new Word
document, created a table, and began describing each code in broader terms
while trying to classify them meaningfully. (...)"
Video of the 2022 Interview with
Marcello Barbieri
Filmed by João Carlos Major in Ferrara, Italy, September 18, 2022
The genetic code appeared on Earth at the origin of life, and the codes of culture arrived almost four billion years later. For a long time it has been assumed that these are the only codes that exist in Nature, but in recent years more than 200 biological codes have been discovered and it is likely that more will come to light in the future. The existence of hundreds of codes in living systems is first of all an experimental fact but also more than that. It is one of those facts that have extraordinary theoretical implications.
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The next conference of the International Society of Code Biology will be held in Portugal, in the city of Guimarães, the birthplace of national identity. A city that National Geographic says should be visited in 2026: “Portugal’s history comes alive in Guimarães. Here’s why 2026 is the year to visit. The little-known birthplace of Portugal has beautifully preserved its medieval past — and embarked on an ambitious and much-lauded journey toward sustainable urban living.”
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Special Issues in Code Biology – BioSystems
BioSystems is a peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to research on information processing in living systems, theoretical biology, and complex adaptive systems.
Several Special Issues on Code Biology have been published in this journal, making it one of the central platforms for the development of the field. These special issues foster high-impact research connecting biological codes, evolution, neuroscience, and symbolic systems.
👉 We invite the community to explore these special issues and consider submitting their own contributions.
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