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Synthetic biologists seek to control the behaviors, specifically those behaviors
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designs. However, scientists like Timothy Lu have noticed a distinct dichotomy in the field
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Currently in the field, most methods of gene regulation are either digital (transcriptional
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activators, repressors, and inducible circuits) or they are analog (oscillatory circuits). This
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summer our team desires to develop a synthetic promoter toolkit that can generate both digital and
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To do this, we have developed three main aims for our work this summer. The first aim is to
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develop a digital toolkit that is tunable, modular, and orthogonal. Tunable refers to a system with
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consistent replicable levels of gene expression similar across several activating complexes. Modular
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refers to a tolerance to several genes of interest and genetic architectures. Orthogonality refers a
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system that will not activate endogenous genes as well as produce cross talk over several activating
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complexes. The second aim is to develop the analog component of the toolkit by developing a grade
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genetic expression. By this, we are referring to a system that can produce low, medium, and high levels
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of gene expression with the same level of accuracy as the digital component of the toolkit. Finally, our
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system must be able to function in the complex cellular environment of human cells to prepare it for
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modulated in cells. These techniques include Zinc Finger, TALEN, and CRISPR/dCas9. The decision was
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there are several speculative areas of interest. In many cases production of proteins harmful to host cells,
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finding the point at which the cells metabolism can no longer contend with the stress. In regards to
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therapeutics, this system could either allow doctors to properly dose a patient with gene expression in a
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implantation to once again better address the needs of a patient.
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Revision as of 17:59, 6 July 2016



Our Project

Synthetic biologists seek to control the behaviors, specifically those behaviors dictated by gene expression. To do this, they look to cells to provide a blueprint for their designs. However, scientists like Timothy Lu have noticed a distinct dichotomy in the field of synthetic biology surrounding cellular blue prints,

“Living cells implement ... both analogue- and digital-like processing ... In contrast to natural biological systems, synthetic biological systems have largely focused on either digital or analogue computation separately.”

Currently in the field, most methods of gene regulation are either digital (transcriptional activators, repressors, and inducible circuits) or they are analog (oscillatory circuits). This summer our team desires to develop a synthetic promoter toolkit that can generate both digital and analog genetic expression.



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