Team:ETH Zurich/project/infopro

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=== Why we chose this track ===
=== Why we chose this track ===
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With our project, Mosai''coli'', we investigate the emergence of complex patterns from simple mathematical rules. Such rules can be reduced to Boolean logic gates, in our case XOR gates. The computations were implemented with integrases, proteins modifing DNA between specific sites. These modifications in turn influence the expression of other proteins which can then indicate the previous change on the genetic level and chemically wire the information to the next cells, again on the protein or small-molecule level. This wiring of information and repeated information processing allows the construction of cellular automata and eventually biocomputers.
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With our project, Mosai''coli'', we investigate the emergence of complex patterns from simple mathematical rules. Such rules can be reduced to Boolean logic gates, in our case XOR gates. The computations were implemented with integrases, proteins modifying DNA between specific sites. These modifications in turn influence the expression of other proteins which can then indicate the previous change on the genetic level and chemically wire the information to the next cells, again on the protein or small-molecule level. This wiring of information and repeated information processing allows the construction of cellular automata and eventually biocomputers using the analogy of electrical circuits.
=== The goal: Emergence of patterns via information processing===
=== The goal: Emergence of patterns via information processing===

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iGEM ETH Zurich 2014