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NCBS recently became a new research node for the  Institute for Complex Adaptive matter (ICAM), an international organisation with over sixty institutional members. The vision of ICAM is highly inter-disciplinary with its researchers involved in the areas of correlated electronic materials, soft condensed matter, and biological matter. The concept that draws scientists from such divergent fields together is that all complex entities, biological and non-biological, exhibit some common principles of organization. By understanding how these “emergent properties” operate in one system, we may gain insights into the workings of other unrelated systems.

ICAM has put together an attractive online presentation to help you learn more about our Emergent Universe.

What does the ICAM organisation actually do? According to their website: “The attractiveness of ICAM stems from the bottom-up participation by leading international scientists and institutions in organizing a synergistic mix of cutting edge workshops, schools, junior and senior scientist fellowships, travel and exchange awards for young scientists, and novel science outreach projects."

You can see the full story on NCBS's inclusion in ICAM on the ICAM news site.