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Week 9: First simulations, Skype with Paris Bettencourt, Chip fail

Wednesday, July 23rd

• We started to simulate diffusion experiments on a Comsol model. We consider cells will lay on agar for the moment.

We will have a chip with these four different channels 1 to 4 mm long. The model still has to be refined because at the moment it doesn't take into account internal/external concentrations of AHL.

• Our first mold didn't enable us to peal the PDMS correctly. We have to make it less deep.

• 5 of 8 regulator plasmids are done. We have to repeat construction of producer plasmids.
• Parameter estimation for integrases is not working at the moment.
• We skyped with Paris Bettencourt for human practice collaboration and are participating to their newsletter project.