Toward in vivo Digital Circuits

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Toward in vivo Digital Circuits

Motivation

Approach

Key: Biological Inverters

Digital Circuits

Outline

Components of Inversion

Stage I: Cooperative Binding

Stage II: Transcription

Stage III: Translation

Putting it together

Outline

Model

Steady-State Behavior

Inverter’s Dynamic Behavior

Connect: Ring Oscillator

Memory: RS Latch

Outline

Measuring a Signal

Measuring a Transfer Curve

Measuring a Transfer Curve II

Models vs. Reality

The Transfer Band

Outline

Microbial Circuit Design

Matching Gates

Modifications to Gates

Modifying Repression

Modifying Promoter

BioSpice

BioSpice Simulation

Limits to Circuit Complexity

Related Work

Conclusions + Future Work

Inverter: Chemical Reactions

Author: Kim Weiss

Email: rweiss@ai.mit.edu

Home Page: http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/~rweiss