IPN UNAM 2006
From 2006.igem.org
[http://www.ipn.mx/ Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México]
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Mexican Staff - iGEM MEXICO
| STUDENTS | INSTRUCTORS | ||
| María E. González Jiménez maruhtfl#hotmail.com | Genaro Juárez Martínez (COM) genarojm#correo.unam.mx | ||
| Raúl I. López Gómez raul.ivan.lopez.gomez#hotmail.com | Pablo Padilla (COM) pablo#mym.iimas.unam.mx | ||
| Tania G. Bermúdez Cisneros tgbermudez#hotmail.com | Edgar Salgado (BIO) esalgado#ipn.mx | ||
| Paulina A. Leon Hernández pauanana#gmail.com | Rosaura Palma Orozco (COM) rpalma#math.cinvestav.mx | ||
| Pablo Gerardo Padilla tyomero#gmail.com | Juan Aranda (BIO) jaranda#acei.upibi.ipn.mx | ||
| Izchel N. Ríos Gaspar nayb_juice#yahoo.com.mx | Carmen Oliver Salvador (BIO) oliveripn#hotmail.com | ||
| Arturo Rodríguez Martínez arturo_rguez_mtz#yahoo.com.mx | David Araujo Díaz (COM) daraujo#ipn.mx | ||
| Claudia I. Franco Arteaga claudia_imelda#yahoo.com | Paola Zarate (BIO) Pbzars#yahoo.com | ||
| Alejandra Sánchez Arzate alesa#ciencias.unam.mx | Claudia Benítez (BIO) beni1972uk#yahoo.com.mx | ||
| Julio N. Argota Quiróz julioargota#hotmail.com | Arturo Becerra Bracho (BIO) abb#fciencias.unam.mx | ||
| Iván Y. Fernández Rosales najtaaj#gmail.com | Elias Samra Hassan (COM) elias#uxmcc2.iimas.unam.mx | ||
| José C. Rodríguez Chico rodriguez_chico#hotmail.com | Carlos Silva Sánchez (COM) sscarlos#gmail.com | ||
| Rogelio Basurto Flores larckov#hotmail.com | Jaime López Rabadan (COM) rabadanlorj#gmail.com | ||
| Rosario E. Gordillo Padilla extraterrestre710#hotmail.com | |||
| Juan C. Gómez Sánchez thunder2099#hotmail.com | |||
| Armando Galicia Naranjo armandushko#hotmail.com | |||
| Abraham J. Leal Baena fenixaj#hotmail.com |
BIO: Biology, COM: Computation, PHY: Physics
Line of Investigation
Our main line of investigation uses unconventional computing as a means of building novel computing paradigms, such as in biology, physics and chemistry.
We are attempting to construct discrete dynamical systems capable of simulating cellular computation. Therefore, our work focuses on molecular computation. We thus have three models using cellular automata theory (you can see our original contributions [http://uncomp.uwe.ac.uk/genaro/ click here]).
Cellular automata (CA) operate over a scales ranging from the molecular level to n-dimensions and are massively parallel. Also, they are capable of supporting universal computation, self-repair and self-reproduction.
We wish contribute to the iGEM project development various protein based bio-components. We will work along three main lines: complex and reversible dynamical systems and formal languages, that support particles and multiple reactions, related to the molecular transformations.
We aim to develop CA software for a specific bio-simulation and gradually implement broader real biological scenarios.
iGEM México Project
EXPERIMENT PROPOSAL: Engineering a genetic signaling cascade to produce a green flourescence protein expression/repression system in Escherichia coli.
We study two-dimensional cellular automaton, where every cell takes states 0 and 1 and updates its state depending on sum of states of its 8 closest neighbors as follows. Cell in state 0 takes state 1 if there are exactly two neighbors in state 1, otherwise the cell remains in state 0. Cell in state 1 remains in state 1 if there are exactly seven neighbors in state 1, otherwise the cell switches to state 0. CA governed by such cell-state transition rule exhibits reaction-diffusion like pattern dynamics, so we call this Diffusion Rule.
Collaborators
Paula Figueroa Arredondo (BIO), Absalom Zamorano (BIO), Jovita Martínez (BIO), Juan C. Seck Tuoh Mora (COM), Sergio V. Chapa Vergara (COM), Francisco Hernández Quiroz (COM), Carlos A. Espinosa Soto (BIO), Mark Olson (BIO), Rafael Baquero (PHY), José U. Cruz Cedillo (COM), Rafael Peña Miller (COM), Rocío Reséndiz Muñoz (COM) and Ulises Vélez Saldaña (COM)
Institutions
Instituto Politécnico Nacional (National Polytechnic Institute)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico)
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (National Autonomous University of Hidalgo State)
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Centre of Advanced Studies and Researche)
