Re: [Fis] Beijing FIS Group

2010-09-21 Thread Raquel del Moral
Hi! thank you Xueshan for the question: Are there any difference between transmitter in Neuroscience and hormone in Endocrinology from the viewpoint of information transmission and communication ? I can only give a few hints, as otherwise the message would be awfully long: In the

Re: [Fis] Beijing FIS Group

2010-09-20 Thread Jorge Navarro López
Dear Xueshan, Is the creation of Systems Biology related to Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics, Glycomics, and many many other "-mics"? If so, what is the relationship between the Systems Biology and information from the x-mics angle? It is a very good question. In my practical

Re: [Fis] Beijing FIS Group

2010-09-20 Thread Stanley N Salthe
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Stanley N Salthe ssal...@binghamton.eduwrote: Regarding the question: What is your opinion about Leroy E. Hood' words: Biology Is an Informational Science? In a general sense the meaning is that, although every locale in the world is mediated by history --

Re: [Fis] Beijing FIS Group

2010-09-20 Thread John Collier
At 03:26 PM 20/09/2010, Stanley N Salthe wrote: On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Stanley N Salthe ssal...@binghamton.edu wrote: Regarding the question: What is your opinion about Leroy E. Hood' words: Biology Is an Informational Science? In a general sense the meaning is that, although

Re: [Fis] Beijing FIS Group

2010-09-17 Thread Raquel del Moral
Hi! We are Jorge Navarro and Raquel del Moral, we both work with Pedro in Systems Biology and Neuroscience (we are experimentalist and theoretical too, very close to some of you). Congratulations for your great group it looks very impressive-- and welcome to the FIS. We expect we will

Re: [Fis] Beijing FIS Group

2010-09-16 Thread Pedro C. Marijuan
Dear Xueshan and Beijing colleagues, After the salutation, given that the main business of the FIS list is discussion, let me make a few comments on your methodological point. 3. OUR COMMON VISION ON INFORMATION SCIENCE: Within the diversity of opinions of the group, a common position is

[Fis] Beijing FIS Group

2010-09-13 Thread Yan Xueshan
Dear FIS colleagues, By this posting we would like to publicly announce to the FIS community, and to all information scientists in general, the creation of the Beijing FIS Group. 1. CONSTITUTION OF THE BEIJING FIS GROUP: During the last 10 years, one dozen professors from different Schools