EMBO Member
Alfred Gierer
EMBO 1964
MPI für Biologie Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Biological pattern formation: The model Hydra
Themes of my theoretical research are the de-novo generation of biological patterns by the interplay of activation and lateral inhibition; gradual versus combinatorial innovations in biological evolution compaired to technological development; intrinsic limitations of an algorithmic theory of the brain-mind-relationship.
Keywords
Theoretical biology / pattern formation / axonal guidance / history and philosophy of biology / brain-mind-relation