Introducing Computer Biology Labs

Computer Biology

A New Interdisciplinary Field of Study

ComputerBiology.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to defining, stewarding, and advancing Computer Biology as a distinct interdisciplinary field of study.

Computer Biology explores how human biological, psychological, and behavioral processes integrate with computational systems over time—forming persistent, co-evolving environments where human life, identity, and agency can be supported, extended, and preserved alongside intelligent machines.

This site exists to establish shared language, foundational concepts, and open frameworks for a field that is only beginning to take shape.

What Is Computer Biology?

Computer Biology (noun) is an interdisciplinary scientific field focused on the systematic integration of computational systems and human biological, psychological, and behavioral processes. It studies how digital architectures, artificial intelligence, and persistent computing environments interact with, augment, preserve, and extend human life, identity, and agency across time.

Computer Biology treats computation not merely as a tool, but as an active, enduring component of living systems.

Why Is Computer Biology a New Category?

Existing academic and technical disciplines address pieces of this problem—but none fully define the integration of human life and persistent computation as a unified system.

Computer Biology does not replace these fields; it addresses what they cannot.

Related Fields — and Their Limits

Computational Biology
Uses computers to analyze biological data.
→ Computers are tools; humans are datasets.

Bioinformatics
Applies statistics to biological information.
→ Narrow, technical, and lab-bound.

Cybernetics
Studies control and communication in animals and machines.
→ Foundational but pre-AI; focused on feedback, not continuity.

Human–Computer Interaction (HCI)
Examines how people use interfaces.
→ Momentary interaction, not lifelong integration.

Transhumanism
A philosophical movement advocating enhancement.
→ Ideological, not operational or scientific.

Digital Immortality
Explores preserving people after death.
→ Focused on afterlife, not living continuity.

Artificial Life
Creates simulated or synthetic life forms.
→ About new life, not extending human life.

Computer Biology uniquely focuses on living, continuous integration between humans and computational systems across time.

Why This Field Matters

As artificial intelligence becomes persistent, personalized, and embedded in physical infrastructure, new questions emerge:

• How does human identity persist      alongside computation?
• How is memory preserved, shared, or extended?
• What environments support      long-term human–AI coexistence?
• How do we design systems that      respect agency, continuity, and life itself?

Computer Biology provides a scientific and conceptual foundation for exploring these questions—before they are answered by default.