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Walter Fontana


Publications

S. E. Hulme, S. S. Shevkoplyas, A. P. McGuigan, J. Apfeld, W. Fontana, G. M. Whitesides,
Lifespan-on-a-Chip: microfluidic chambers for performing lifelong observation of C. elegans
Lab on a Chip, in press (2009)
V. Danos, J. Feret, W. Fontana, R. Harmer and J. Krivine,
Rule-based Modelling and Model Perturbation
Transactions on Computational Systems Biology, 11:116-137 (2009) [pdf]
V. Danos, J. Feret, W. Fontana, R. Harmer and J. Krivine,
Investigation of a biological repair scheme
Membrane Computing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 539:1-12 (2009) [pdf]
J. Feret, V. Danos, J. Krivine, R. Harmer and W. Fontana,
Internal coarse-graining of molecular systems
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106, 6453-6458 (2009)
[main | supplement | combined] doi:10.1073/pnas.0809908106
V. Danos, J. Feret, W. Fontana, R. Harmer and J. Krivine
Rule-based modeling, symmetries, refinements
Formal Methods in Systems Biology 2008, Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, 5054:103-122 (2008) [pdf]
V. M. Savage, E. J. Deeds and W. Fontana
Sizing up allometric scaling theory
PLoS Comp. Bio., 4(9): e1000171 (2008)
[main | supplement | combined] doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000171
S. E. Hulme, S. S. Shevkoplyas, J. Apfeld, W. Fontana, and G. M. Whitesides
A Microfabricated Array of Clamps for Immobilizing and Imaging C. elegans
Lab on a Chip, 7, 1515-1523 (2007) [pdf]
V. Danos, J. Feret, W. Fontana, R. Harmer and J. Krivine
Rule-Based Modeling of Cellular Signaling
Concurrency Theory 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4703:17-41 (2007) [pdf]
S. Krishnamurthy, E. Smith, D. Krakauer and W. Fontana
The stochastic behavior of a molecular switching circuit with feedback
Biology Direct, 2:13 (31 May 2007). [pdf]
V. Danos, J. Feret, W. Fontana and J. Krivine
Abstract interpretation of cellular signalling networks
Verification, Model Checking, and Abstract Interpretation (VMCAI) 2008, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4905:83–97 (2008) [pdf]
V. Danos, J. Feret, W. Fontana and J. Krivine
Scalable simulation of cellular signalling networks
APLAS 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4807:139–157 (2007) [pdf]
W.Fontana
[Perspective:] Pulling Strings
Science, 314, 1552-1553 (2006) [pdf]
W.S.Hlavacek, J.R.Faeder, M.L.Blinov, R.G.Posner, M.Hucka and W.Fontana
Rules for Modeling Signal-Transduction Systems
Science STKE, Vol. 2006, Issue 344, pp. re6, 18 July 2006 [pdf]
[DOI: 10.1126/stke.3442006re6]
W.Fontana
The Topology of the Possible
in: “Understanding Change: Models, Methodologies and Metaphors.”
A.Wimmer and R.Kössler (editors), Palgrave Macmillan (2005). [pdf]
L.W.Ancel-Myers and W.Fontana
Evolutionary Lock-in and the Origin of Modularity in RNA Structure,
in "Modularity –Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural Complex Systems",
W.Callebaut and D.Rasskin-Gutman (editors) MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2005).
[pdf scan] [pdf preprint]
W.Fontana, J.Karkanias, L.G.Meredith, and M.Radestock
Lab-to-lab connectivity and semantics in the life sciences
Position Paper for the W3C workshop on “Semantic Web for Life Sciences”,
27-28 October 2004, Cambridge, MA. Published online (2004) [pdf]
J.Arjan, G.M.de Visser, J.Hermisson, G.P.Wagner, L.W.Ancel, H.Bagheri, J.L.Blanchard, L.Chao, J.M.Cheverud, S.F.Elena, W.Fontana, G.Gibson, T.F.Hansen, D.Krakauer, R.C.Lewontin, C.Ofria, S.H.Rice, G.von Dassow, A.Wagner, and M.C.Whitlock
Perspective: Evolution and Detection of Genetic Robustness
Evolution, 57(9), 1959-1972 (2003) [pdf]
W.Fontana
Modelling ‘Evo-Devo’ with RNA
BioEssays, 24, 1164–1177 (2002) [pdf]
N.V.Fedoroff and W.Fontana
Small numbers of big molecules
Science, 297, 1129–1131 (2002) [pdf]
B.M.R.Stadler, P.F.Stadler, G.Wagner and W.Fontana
The topology of the possible: Formal spaces underlying patterns of evolutionary change
J. theor. Biol., 213(2), 241-274 (2001) [pdf]
L.W.Ancel and W.Fontana
Plasticity, Evolvability and Modularity in RNA,
J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.), 288, 242–283 (2000) [pdf]
C.Flamm, W.Fontana, I.Hofacker and P.Schuster
RNA Folding at Elementary Step Resolution,
RNA, 6, 325-338 (2000) [pdf]
P.Schuster and W.Fontana
Chance and Necessity in Evolution: Lessons from RNA,
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 133, 427-452 (1999) [pdf]
S.Wuchty, W.Fontana, I.Hofacker and P.Schuster
Complete Suboptimal Folding of RNA and the Stability of Secondary Structures,
Biopolymers, 49, 145–165 (1999) [pdf]
W.Fontana and S.Ballati
Complexity: An Essay
Complexity, 4, 14–16 (1999) [pdf]
W.Fontana and P.Schuster
Shaping Space: The Possible and the Attainable in RNA Genotype-
Phenotype Mapping,
J. Theor. Biol., 194, 491–515 (1998) [pdf]
W.Fontana and P.Schuster
Continuity in Evolution: On the Nature of Transitions,
Science, 280, 1451–1455 (1998) [pdf]
W.Fontana
Keine Information ohne Evolution
Ethik-und Sozialwissenschaften, 9, 198–200 (1998) [pdf] [pdf]
W.Fontana and L.W.Buss
The Barrier of Objects: From Dynamical Systems to Bounded Organizations,
in: "Boundaries and Barriers", J.Casti and A.Karlqvist (eds.), pp.56–116, Addison-Wesley (1996) [pdf]
Tutorial appendices on lambda-calculus (Appendix A), type theory (Appendix B) and proof-theory (Appendix C) [pdf]. A brief summary has appeared as:
  • Walter Fontana
    “On organization” in The future of science has begun: Approaches to Artificial Life and Artificial Intelligence,
    Fondazione Carlo Erba, volume 4, 23–40 (1996) [pdf]
  • Reprinted in the report on the workshop Emergence, Entropy, and the Creative
    Universe, T. Bernold (editor), pages 207–222 (1998), Swiss Science Council,
    Advance Detection in Research Policy (FER) publication 182/1998.
M.Huynen, P.F.Stadler and W.Fontana
Smoothness within Ruggedness: The role of neutrality in adaptation,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93, 397–401 (1996) [pdf]
W.Fontana
Molekulare Semantik: Evolution zwischen Variation und Konstruktion,
in: "Evolution: Entwicklung und Organisation in der Natur",
V.Braitenberg and I.Hosp (eds.), rororo-science 1 9706 5, 69–106 (1994) [pdf]
  • Reprinted in: Origenes de la vida. En el centenario de Aleksandr Ivanovich Oparin,
    F.Moran, J. Pereto and A. Moreno (eds.), pp. 269–302, Editorial Complutense, 1995
W.Fontana, G.Wagner and L.W.Buss
Beyond Digital Naturalism,
Artificial Life, 1/2, 211–227 (1994) [pdf]
  • Reprinted in: Artificial Life: an Overview, Chris Langton (editor),
    pp. 211–227, MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995
I.L.Hofacker, W.Fontana, P.F.Stadler, L.S.Bonhoeffer, M.Tacker and P.Schuster
Fast Folding and Comparison of RNA Secondary Structures,
Chemical Monthly, 125, 167–188 (1994) [pdf] [pdf] [Vienna RNA package]
W.Fontana and L.W.Buss
‘The Arrival of the Fittest’: Toward a Theory of Biological Organization
Bull. Math. Biol., 56, 1–64 (1994) [pdf]
P.Schuster, W.Fontana, P.F.Stadler and I.Hofacker
From Sequences to Shapes and Back: A Case Study in RNA Secondary Structures
Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) B, 255, 279–284 (1994) [pdf]
M.Tacker, W.Fontana, P.F.Stadler and P.Schuster
Statistics of RNA Melting Kinetics
European Journal of Biophysics, 23, 29–38, (1994) [pdf]
W.Fontana and L.W.Buss
What would be conserved if ‘the tape were played twice’?
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 91, 757–761 (1994) [pdf]
  • Reprinted in: Complexity: Metaphors, Models, and Reality,
    George A. Cowan, David Pines, and David Meltzer (eds.),
    pp. 223–244, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1994
W.Fontana, D.A.M.Konings, P.F.Stadler, and P.Schuster
Statistics of RNA Secondary Structures
Biopolymers, 33, 1389–1404 (1993) [pdf]
W.Fontana, P.F.Stadler, E.Bauer, T.Griesmacher, I.L.Hofacker, M.Tacker, P.Tarazona,
E.D.Weinberger and P.Schuster
RNA Folding and Combinatory Landscapes
Phys.Rev.E, 47, 2083–2099 (1993) [pdf]
P.F.Stadler, W.Fontana and J.H.Miller
Random Catalytic Reaction Networks
Physica D, 63, 378–392 (1993) [pdf][pdf]
W.Fontana
Algorithmic Chemistry
in: "Artificial Life II", C.G.Langton et al. (eds.), pp. 159–209, Addison-Wesley (1991) [pdf]
R.J.Bagley, J.D.Farmer and W.Fontana
Evolution of a Metabolism
in: "Artificial Life II", C.G.Langton et al. (eds.), pp. 141–158, Addison-Wesley (1991) [pdf]
W.Fontana
Functional Self-Organization in Complex Systems
in: 1990 Lectures in Complex Systems, SFI Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Lecture Notes Vol. III, L.Nadel and D.Stein (eds.), pp. 407–426, Addison-Wesley (1991) [pdf]
  • Reprinted in: Pattern Formation in the Physical and Biological Sciences,
    H. F. Nijhout, L. Nadel, and D. Stein (eds.),
    pp. 43–63, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1997
W.Fontana, T.Griesmacher, W.Schnabl, P.F.Stadler and P.Schuster
Statistics of Landscapes based on Free Energy, Replication and Degradation Rate Constants of RNA Secondary Structures
Chemical Monthly, 122, 795–819 (1991) [pdf]
W.Fontana, W.Schnabl and P.Schuster
Physical Aspects of Evolutionary Optimization and Adaptation
Phys.Rev.A, 40, 3301–3321 (1989) [pdf] [erratum]
W.Fontana and P.Schuster
A Computer Model of Evolutionary Optimization
Biophysical Chemistry, 26, 123–147 (1987) [pdf]

Commentary

M.D.Laubichler, G.B.Mueller, W.Fontana and G.P.Wagner
Sacrificing Dialogue for Politics?
Science, 309, 1324 (2005) [pdf]


Unpublished

D.Heiss-Czedik and W.Fontana
Evolution of lambda-expressions through Genetic Programming [pdf]
J.Lobo, J.Miller and W.Fontana
Neutrality in Technological Landscapes [pdf]

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