Project Goals

Digital Sensor

• Accurately report whether the concentrations of input chemicals lie at, above, or below a given ratio
• Allow as little expression as possible at the detection ratio, and as much as possible at all other ratios

Analog Sensor

• Accurately report over a large range of input ratios
• Achieve a linear correlation between output protein concentration and detection ratio
• Have a low basal level of expression

Both Sensors

• Allow future users to change output proteins and input promoters without disrupting the sensor's internal machinery
• Have both sensors be orthogonal to the host system to avoid cross-talk

Research

• Research and Development

• Modeling