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We have learned a lot about life science in Tokyo Tech. However, through “policy and practice” interaction to general public people at early stage of our project plannings (Fig. 1-1-1), we noticed that we don’t know what economics is like in detail. Therefore, we decided to create an educational tool showing the economics by using E. coli, our familiar XXX. We think that an educational tool using E. coli will be perfect for iGEMers. |
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Fig. 1-1-1. Appearance of the poster session |
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Our educational tool for economics has three types of E. coli: Bank, Company, and Customer. (Fig. 1-1-2). Like the exchange of money and products in the real economy, we make these E. coli exchange products and money in this system. Company makes products, and sell them to customers. Customer pays money for the products made by Company. Bank regulates money supply. 中央銀行FRBやXXやXXを示しているよ。⇒That means FRS, or a certain hamburger franchise. Here, signal molecule of the quorum sensing. 3OC12HSL and C4HSL represent products and money. |
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Fig. 1-1-2. Relationship among three types of E.coli |
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Company and Customer have an interdependence by using two types of cell-cell commutation molecules:C4 and C12. 簡潔すぎThe results of co-culture experiment is Fig. 1-1-3 共培養でXXXが分かる |
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Fig. 1-1-3 The result of co-culture assay |
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Compared with the case of single culture , coexistence with Company and Customer in one test tube grow better. Modeling (Fig. 1-1-4) shows the same results to the wet experiment.we show the same results to the experiment. Mathematical modeling also shows this interdependent promotion of growth. |
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Fig. 1-1-4 The modeling of co-culture in large scale |
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However, in the real economy, there isn’t only one but many companies . In other words, money and products have traded in a small scale. Therefore, we thought we also should trade money and product in a smaller scale. In modeling (Fig. 1-1-5), as the scale become small, Company and Customer can't keep interdependent. So we should improve our system/solve this problem. |
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Fig. 1-1-5 The modeling of co-culture
in small scale |
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