- A new open-access journal, *Symplectic Biology*, was highlighted; it is co-founded by Antoine Danchin and Victor de Lorenzo and is explicitly devoted to publishing unconventional ideas in systems and synthetic biology.  
- Danchin’s theoretical work frames living cells as Turing machines that “make computers,” providing a computational lens for synthetic-biology design and analysis.  
- The Banbury conferences on molecular biology and genomics were recommended as a valuable historical source; organizers such as Goldman and Strauss/Ceze were singled out as key figures whose collected papers bridge multiple domains.  
- A PubMed reference to the paper “Biosemiotics: a new understanding of life” (PMID 18365164) was shared, suggesting growing interest in semiotic and information-theoretic approaches to biology within the channel.  
- The BiotICC Workshop (bioticc.org) was circulated as a current venue exploring intersections of biology, information, cognition, and computation.  
- Kurzgesagt’s popular-science video “How to Cure Aging – During Your Lifetime?” was posted, indicating ongoing community attention to mainstream longevity messaging and its technical underpinnings.