title: Introduction: self-organization as an actual theme.
abstract: Self-organization is a widely observed phenomenon in nature and in life. Scientists from many disciplines are now searching for explanatory and regulatory mechanisms of self-organization and its role and location in dynamic complex systems. The role of self-organization is important, and recent attempts to reveal the creative and innovative mechanisms by using computers and experiments are promising. Self-organization is an enigma it is time to solve. This issue is a special report on some of the exciting research efforts now being done to increase our knowledge of self-organization in biological systems in particular.
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden. john.skar@cmi.ki.se
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skår
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D025461:Feedback, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological