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Scope

This group is focussing on Ideas related to Counters and Oscillators.

People

People currently working on these Ideas:

Please feel free to add your name.

Modules

We try to divide all the Ideas related to our scope in some 5 or 6 Modules. Our Goal on the one hand is to define the modules in a way that allows one to design, implement and test the individual modules independently. On the other hand, we also want to ensure that it is possible to connect them to build bigger components with more functionality.

Module Tree

----------------       ----------- 
|              |       |    |    |
|cell division |-----> |    |    |
|              |       |    |    |
----------------       |    |    | 
                       |----|    |     ---------------------
----------------       |    |    |     |                   |      ------------
|              |       |    |    |     |                   |      |          |
|  oscillator  |-----> |    |    |---->|  divisor/counter  |----->| reporter |
|              |       |    |    |     |                   |      |          |
----------------       |    |    |     |                   |      ------------
                       |----|    |     ---------------------
----------------       |    |    |
|  triggering  |       |    |    |
|   by hand    |-----> |    |    |
|              |       |    |    |
----------------       -----------
                        Interface

cell division

oscillator

triggering by hand

interface

diviser / counter

This module will get an input concentration from the interface module and will count, due to the changing input, to 4. Also a reporter (for example different colors) will be produced which could serve as an indicater for the state the circuit is currently occupiing.

4 genes counter

All substances which are involved should be produced and decomposed quickly
S = concentration signal from the interface
R1 is produced by gene (1) and represses gene (0) and (3)
R2 is produced by gene (2) and represses gene (0) and (1)
R3 is produced by gene (3) and represses gene (1) and (2)
R0 is produced by gene (0) and represses gene (2) and (3)

                 
                     ---S---                         
     R1             /       \              R3              R3 R0         R1 R2
      \             |       |             /                 | |           | |
       \/|____      |       |      ____|\/          /|___   | |           | |  ____|\ 
    ___/  (1) |_____v__   __v_____| (3)  \___   ___/  (2) |_=_=____   ____=_=_|(0=4) \___
       \  ____| = =           = = |____  /         \  ____|     =       =     |____  /
        \|      | |           | |      |/          /\|          |       |          |/\
                | |           | |                 /             |       |             \
               R2 R3         R0 R1               R2             \       /              R0
                                                                 ---S---
The following time lines should be the result of this gene circuit:
S:
    -----       -----       -----       -----
   |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
   |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |
---       -----       -----       -----       ----
R1:
     ----                    ----
    /    \                  /    \
   /      \                /      \
---        ----------------        ---------------
R2:
           ----                    ----
          /    \                  /    \
         /      \                /      \
---------        ----------------        ---------
R3:
                 ----                    ----
                /    \                  /    \
               /      \                /      \
---------------        ----------------        ---
R0:
---                    ----                    ---
   \                  /    \                  /
    \                /      \                /
     ----------------        ----------------

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reporter

This will probably be one or more colors to indicate the current state of the counter.

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