Code Biology is the study of all codes of life with the standard methods of science. The genetic code and the codes of culture have been known for a long time and represent the starting point, the historical foundation, of Code Biology. What is really new in this field is the study of all codes that came after the genetic code and before the codes of culture. Some of these new codes have already been discovered, and it is likely that many more will come to light in the future. The existence of many organic codes in Nature is not only a major experimental fact. It is one of those facts that have extraordinary theoretical implications.
The Programme at a Glance
6 JUNE 2023, TUESDAY Arrival day, registration, welcome reception
7 JUNE 2023, WEDNESDAY First Conference day
8 JUNE 2023, THURSDAY Second Conference day Excursion in the afternoon Conference Dinner
9 JUNE 2023, FRIDAY Third Conference day
10 JUNE 2023, SATURDAY Departure day
ICCB' 2023
The “Ninth International Conference in Code
Biology” took place in Guimarães (Portugal) on 6 – 10
June 2023, under the auspices of the International Society of Code
Biology (www.codebiology.org) and
of the Computer Graphics Center (CCG) (www.ccg.pt)
- University of Minho (UM), Portugal. The conference was sponsored by
the International Academy of Analytical Psychology (www.iaap.pt) and the Jungian Clinical
Institute, Portugal (www.icj.pt).
It was a joy to have welcomed you to Portugal. Thank you for contribuiting to an unforgettable event! João Carlos Major Conference Organizer
Code Biology is the study of all codes of life, from the genetic code to the codes of culture. The genetic code appeared on Earth at the origin of life, and the codes of culture arrived almost 4 billion years later, at the end of life’s history. According to official (textbook) science, these are the only codes that exist in Nature, and if this were true we would have to conclude that codes are extraordinary exceptions that appeared only at the beginning and at the end of evolution. In reality, various other organic codes (codes between organic molecules) have been discovered in the last 25 years, and it seems likely that many more will come to light in the future. The existence of many organic codes in Nature, however, is not only a new experimental fact. It is one of those facts that have extraordinary theoretical implications. The first is that all great events of macroevolution were associated with the appearance of new organic codes, and this gives us a completely new description of the history of life. The second great implication is about the mechanisms of evolution. The discovery that there are two fundamental molecular mechanisms at the basis of life, copying and coding, means that there are two distinct mechanisms of evolutionary change: evolution by natural selection, based on copying, and evolution by natural conventions, based on coding. The experimental discoveries and the theoretical implications of the organic codes make of Code Biology an entirely new field of research and an autonomous academic discipline, the real new frontier of biology.
