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Alessandro Fontana leads a dual career: by day, he is a cybersecurity expert for a multinational corporation; by night and on weekends, he pursues research in theoretical biology and artificial life, seeking to unravel the mysteries of life using computational tools. While traditional life sciences often rely on a bottom-up approach, seeking to infer general principles from genes and proteins, his work employs a top-down strategy, beginning with high-level abstractions and progressing toward hypotheses which could inspire biologists to explore new, uncharted directions.
Is ageing a flaw or a feature? New research suggests it may be evolution experimenting within the body over time.
