Information Processing in Cells and Tissues: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held in Sheffield, UK, September 1-4, 1997 (Plenum Series on Stress and Coping)

Contains 29 papers and abridged notes from the September 1997 workshop. The many areas discussed included enzyme and gene networks; second messenger systems and signal transduction; automata, PDP, and cellular automata models; molecular and single neuron computation; information processing in developmental, neural, and non-neural systems; and new insights into non-linear aspects of physical behavior. More specifically, topics include real time processing of nerve signals for controlling a limb prosthesis, extracellular signalling in an oscillatory yeast culture, morphomechanical feedback in embryonic development, a computational architecture based on cellular processing, and towards a metabolic robot control system. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.