Team:Brown/Project/Light pattern

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Biological manufacturing of complex compounds often requires the synthesis of many intermediate products. Production of these intermediates is currently triggered by inefficient methods, such as chemical inputs (tetracycline, estrogen-analogs, arabinose, etc) or drastic changes to the cellular environment (pH, oxygen levels, temperature, etc). On an industrial scale, this chemical induction requires large quantities of reagents and extensive purification, while environmental induction requires conditions that can adversely affect cell vitality and yield. To this end, '''we are engineering an E. coli genetic circuit that can pass through four stable states of protein production triggered solely by ON/OFF patterns of light.''' With this production method, '''we can link multiple synthesis steps to a single, clean and rapidly scalable input.'''
Biological manufacturing of complex compounds often requires the synthesis of many intermediate products. Production of these intermediates is currently triggered by inefficient methods, such as chemical inputs (tetracycline, estrogen-analogs, arabinose, etc) or drastic changes to the cellular environment (pH, oxygen levels, temperature, etc). On an industrial scale, this chemical induction requires large quantities of reagents and extensive purification, while environmental induction requires conditions that can adversely affect cell vitality and yield. To this end, '''we are engineering an E. coli genetic circuit that can pass through four stable states of protein production triggered solely by ON/OFF patterns of light.''' With this production method, '''we can link multiple synthesis steps to a single, clean and rapidly scalable input.'''
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Our project this year attempts to tackle what we thought to be an emerging issue in synthetic biology. There is a growing trend among iGEM projects towards complex systems; the registry of standard parts is growing quickly and the tools at the disposal of a synthetic biologist are increasing rapidly. These fantastic and intricate projects that the iGEM and synthetic biologist community produces often require equally elaborate input; here, the user of a system
===Workflow/Methods===
===Workflow/Methods===

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Light Pattern Controlled Circuit

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Abstract

Biological manufacturing of complex compounds often requires the synthesis of many intermediate products. Production of these intermediates is currently triggered by inefficient methods, such as chemical inputs (tetracycline, estrogen-analogs, arabinose, etc) or drastic changes to the cellular environment (pH, oxygen levels, temperature, etc). On an industrial scale, this chemical induction requires large quantities of reagents and extensive purification, while environmental induction requires conditions that can adversely affect cell vitality and yield. To this end, we are engineering an E. coli genetic circuit that can pass through four stable states of protein production triggered solely by ON/OFF patterns of light. With this production method, we can link multiple synthesis steps to a single, clean and rapidly scalable input.

Overview

Our project this year attempts to tackle what we thought to be an emerging issue in synthetic biology. There is a growing trend among iGEM projects towards complex systems; the registry of standard parts is growing quickly and the tools at the disposal of a synthetic biologist are increasing rapidly. These fantastic and intricate projects that the iGEM and synthetic biologist community produces often require equally elaborate input; here, the user of a system

Workflow/Methods

Modeling

See our modeling page at: blah blah

Results

This is some text blah blah

Future Direction