Report on the 6th International Meeting on DNA-Based Computers 13-17 June 2000, Leiden, The Netherlands DNA Computing is a novel and fascinating development at the interface of computer science and molecular biology. It has emerged in recent years, not simply as an exciting technology for information processing, but also as a catalyst for knowledge transfer between information processing, nanotechnology, and biology. This area of research has the potential to change our understanding of the theory and practice of computing 1. The Sixth International Meeting on DNA-Based Computers focused on the best experimental and theoretical results in this area. Besides contributed papers there were five invited talks, a poster session, introductory and advanced tutorials, and a session devoted to reports on current research in DNA Computing from many research centers in Japan, the U.S.A., Canada, Israel and Europe. This meeting provided a unique opportunity to get an in-depth insight into the most recent developments in DNA Computing. In the following summary we will indicate in boldface the names of the invited speakers, and mention only the presenting author of the contributed papers (for the full list of authors see the conference proceedings or the conference webpage) 1. Tuesday, June
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