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Square Wave Generator

Engineering of genetic circuits has paved the way for designing diverse networks of interacting species to execute well defined functions in biological systems. This focus in the field of synthetic biology was realised with the construction of the genetic toggle switch (Gardner et al, 2000) and the Repressilator (Elowitz et al, 2000). This year we aim to engineer a synthetic circuit in E. coli , making use of a novel architecture of transcriptional repressor systems that yields square wave pulses. The project would be based on the lines of the five ring oscillator system (Murray et al, 2005), with subsequent emphasis on repressor cooperativity, pattern generation, noise shaping, vertical scaling, steepness and circuit orthogonality. A timely expression of GFP would be used to monitor the state of the system. Quantitative computational modelling and microfluidic chambers would be used to tailor the cellular environment and observe period, steepness, noise and amplitude variations. Successive focus will be laid on replicating and scaling up the synchronous capabilities of the circuit elements out of these chambers into batch cultures to realise its use in the near future, using principles from stochastic chemistry in living cells (Paulsson et al, 2016), which is a significant challenge in all synthetic genetic circuits. Our project poses to be an integral element in genetic networks intended to solve scientific challenges for years to come, ranging from curing chronic diseases like diabetes and cancer, to making light sensitive frequency modulators and bacterial memory storage systems.

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+<p>Engineering of genetic circuits has paved the way for designing diverse networks of interacting species to execute well defined functions in biological systems. This focus in the field of synthetic biology was realised with the construction of the genetic toggle switch (Gardner et al, 2000) and the Repressilator (Elowitz et al, 2000).
+This year we aim to engineer a synthetic circuit in <I>E. coli </I>, making use of a novel architecture of transcriptional repressor systems that yields square wave pulses. The project would be based on the lines of the five ring oscillator system (Murray et al, 2005), with subsequent emphasis on repressor cooperativity, pattern generation, noise shaping, vertical scaling, steepness and circuit orthogonality. A timely expression of GFP would be used to monitor the state of the system. Quantitative computational modelling and microfluidic chambers would be used to tailor the cellular environment and observe period, steepness, noise and amplitude variations.
+Successive focus will be laid on replicating and scaling up the synchronous capabilities of the circuit elements out of these chambers into batch cultures to realise its use in the near future, using principles from stochastic chemistry in living cells (Paulsson et al, 2016), which is a significant challenge in all synthetic genetic circuits.
+Our project poses to be an integral element in genetic networks intended to solve scientific challenges for years to come, ranging from curing chronic diseases like diabetes and cancer, to making light sensitive frequency modulators and bacterial memory storage systems. </p>
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