Below is a list of papers, articles and blogs I have loved reading. Also appended are my personal comments. Disclaimer: The comments may change over time.
Can a biologist fix a radio? - Y.Lazebnik
Lazebnik mentions that biologists and physicists need a common language to communicate about the workings of a biological system.
Can a physicist fix a cell? - A. Hockenburry
Hockenburry in his blog, argues Lazebnik's views.
Life's code script- S. Brenner
Brenner tries to link the Turing machine to biology through John Von Neumann's universal constructor machine. The constructor machine can build a machine like itself following a set of instructions embedded in it. Next, it will copy and transfer the instructions to the offspring machine. Guess the biological version of this machine...
Reasoning for results- D. Bray
Bray highlights the importance of theory in mainstream biological research. He mentions the need for hypothesis-driven research, which can improve the accuracy and quality of predictions in experimental-driven research.