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Biological systems are prototypical examples of complex
self-organisation and, as such, they represent the most rapidly
expanding topic in soft condensed matter physics. Their investigation
requires the combination of different approaches, ranging from
ab initio electronic structure to statistical mechanics and
simulation. In addition to the many reasons of fundamental interest,
biological systems present also a great potential for applications,
from energy conversion and power generation to chemical processing and
catalysis, and, finally, to biomedical applications. Because of these
combined reasons of interest, it can be expected that biology inspired
problems and projects will attract an increasing amount of funding in
the next decade.
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