Samantha Liang
From 2007.igem.org
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
'''The presentation of our results for the 2006 Jamboree is available at the [http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/University_of_California_Berkeley_2006 iGEM Website]'''<br> | '''The presentation of our results for the 2006 Jamboree is available at the [http://parts2.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/University_of_California_Berkeley_2006 iGEM Website]'''<br> | ||
[[Image:Microsoft_Logo.jpg|right|200 px]] | [[Image:Microsoft_Logo.jpg|right|200 px]] | ||
| - | ''The Berkeley iGEM team very gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Microsoft, which helped make our | + | ''The Berkeley iGEM team very gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Microsoft, which helped make our r class=divider> |
| - | + | ||
| - | + | {| cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="0" border="2" style="padding: 0px; width: 750px; color: red; background-color: #999999;" | |
| - | + | ||
| - | + | ||
| - | + | ||
| - | {| cellspacing="2px" cellpadding="0" border="2" style="padding: 0px; width: 750px; color: | + | |
|-valign="top" | |-valign="top" | ||
| - | |width=179.25px style="padding: 5px; background-color: # | + | |width=179.25px style="padding: 5px; background-color: #pink; border: 2px solid #993300;" | |
<center><h3>Team members</h3></center> | <center><h3>Team members</h3></center> | ||
| Line 27: | Line 22: | ||
[[Jay Keasling]]<br> | [[Jay Keasling]]<br> | ||
| - | '''Teaching Assistants''' | + | '''Teaching Assistants''' <br> |
[[Farnaz Nowroozi]]<br> | [[Farnaz Nowroozi]]<br> | ||
[[Amin Hajimorad]]<br> | [[Amin Hajimorad]]<br> | ||
[[Rickey Bonds]]<br> | [[Rickey Bonds]]<br> | ||
| - | '''Undergraduate Researchers''' | + | '''Undergraduate Researchers''' <br> |
[[Arthur Yu]]<br> | [[Arthur Yu]]<br> | ||
[[Austin Day]]<br> | [[Austin Day]]<br> | ||
| Line 41: | Line 36: | ||
[[Kristin Fuller]]<br> | [[Kristin Fuller]]<br> | ||
| - | '''High School Students''' | + | '''High School Students''' <br> |
Coming soon! <br> | Coming soon! <br> | ||
Revision as of 23:35, 8 June 2007
 Networks of interacting cells provide the basis for neural learning. We have developed the process of addressable conjugation for communication within a network of E. coli bacteria. Here, bacteria send messages to one another via conjugation of plasmid DNAs, but the message is only meaningful to cells with a matching address sequence. In this way, the Watson Crick base-pairing of addressing sequences replaces the spatial connectivity present in neural systems. To construct this system, we have adapted natural conjugation systems as the communication device. Information contained in the transferred plasmids is only accessable by "unlocking" the message using RNA based 'keys'. The resulting addressable conjugation process is being adapted to construct a network of NAND logic gates in bacterial cultures. Ultimately, this will allow us to develop networks of bacteria capable of trained learning. The Berkeley iGEM team very gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Microsoft, which helped make our r class=divider>
|
