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(Complexity, unknown artist)| “The conceptual framing of life in systems biology” (WP1)
Investigators: Martin Döring and Regine Kollek The work package examines the basic concepts of systems biology and their conceptualisation by scientists. It provides a philosophical, ‘grounded’ and ‘sts-inspired analysis of new concepts and practices of life by empirically relying on written evidence and contrasting it with data taken from expert-interviews. It addresses a variety of questions which revolve around aspects such as the genesis of the concept of systems biology, its innovative potential for the scientific disciplines involved as well as for technological development, basic concepts of cells/organisms/life, the creation and maintenance of systems via practices and modelling, normative implications of the systems approach in modern biology and possible consequences of modern perceptions for the manipulation of life. The work package takes stock of contemporary framings, analyses them and depicts their dispersion among the scientific core group to tackle the theory and experimental practices of systems biology. Contact: Dr. Martin Döring University of Hamburg FSP BIOGUM/FG Medizin Lottestraße 55, D - 22529 Hamburg Germany Phone: 0049/(0)40/74 10-5 63 13 Fax: 0049/(0)40/74 10-5 63 15 E-Mail: doering[at]metaphorik.de Internet: http://www.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereiche-einrichtungen/fg_ta_med/doering_e.html |
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