ETH 2006 Half adder
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== Idea: Pattern recognition == | == Idea: Pattern recognition == | ||
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*Write something with a chemical on a petri plate (like '''ETH''' for example) | *Write something with a chemical on a petri plate (like '''ETH''' for example) | ||
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**Bacteria gets red when pattern on the plate and picture do not match | **Bacteria gets red when pattern on the plate and picture do not match | ||
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*Half Adder | *Half Adder | ||
* = opportunity to build an AND and an XOR Gate | * = opportunity to build an AND and an XOR Gate | ||
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*AND Gate: presence of chemical induces the production of an inactive protein, which is activated by a second protein (produced when light is present): the first protein is then activating GFP production | *AND Gate: presence of chemical induces the production of an inactive protein, which is activated by a second protein (produced when light is present): the first protein is then activating GFP production | ||
*XOR Gate: I think Marko had a good idea about that (I didn't really got it) | *XOR Gate: I think Marko had a good idea about that (I didn't really got it) | ||
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*we would need to give a kind of first signal to the system (to don't have light reactions before a certain moment, otherwise we have to work in a dark room...), an activation signal after the bacterias have grown on the plate | *we would need to give a kind of first signal to the system (to don't have light reactions before a certain moment, otherwise we have to work in a dark room...), an activation signal after the bacterias have grown on the plate | ||
| - | ''' | + | ==== Pro's & Con's==== |
| - | + | ''Pro's:'' | |
| - | + | * meaningful from engineering point | |
| - | + | * valuable parts for synthetic biology | |
| - | + | * experiments visually attractive | |
| - | + | * probably simple enough | |
| + | ''Con's:'' | ||
| + | * cheap copy of “bio-film” project (iGEM 2004) | ||
| + | * sensational experiments, have little in common with HA | ||
| + | * too simple? | ||
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Half-adder or Full-adder
An implementation of a half-adder or full-adder: 1-bit adder with carry
- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_adder half/full adder in wikipedia]
Idea: Pattern recognition
Main Goal:
- Write something with a chemical on a petri plate (like ETH for example)
- Let Bacteria grow uniformly on the plate
- Expose the plate to a picture (black and white) of the same pattern
- Result:
- Bacteria gets green when pattern on the plate and picture match (light and chemical)
- Bacteria does not express fluorescent protein when pattern on the plate and picture match (no light and no chemical)
- Bacteria gets red when pattern on the plate and picture do not match
→ Illustration of the concepts: sliles (pdf, 352KB), handout (pdf, 268KB)
Implementation from the ingenieur point of view
- Half Adder
- = opportunity to build an AND and an XOR Gate
Implementation from the biologist point of view
- AND Gate: presence of chemical induces the production of an inactive protein, which is activated by a second protein (produced when light is present): the first protein is then activating GFP production
- XOR Gate: I think Marko had a good idea about that (I didn't really got it)
- a light sensible promoter (there are some)
- a chemical sensible promoter (chemical to be defined)
- we would need to give a kind of first signal to the system (to don't have light reactions before a certain moment, otherwise we have to work in a dark room...), an activation signal after the bacterias have grown on the plate
Pro's & Con's
Pro's:
- meaningful from engineering point
- valuable parts for synthetic biology
- experiments visually attractive
- probably simple enough
Con's:
- cheap copy of “bio-film” project (iGEM 2004)
- sensational experiments, have little in common with HA
- too simple?
