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Spatial Oscillation pH Sensor Crosstalk Predictor

MOTIVATION

Patterns are everywhere in biology. Some, like zebra stripes, are easy to see, while other patterns like those that appear during animal development may be more subtle. Underneath the expression of these patterns are complex genetic networks that interpret specific cues from the environment and use this data to direct cells, or even populations of cells, to self organize and act.

THE PROJECT

Given the importance of pattern generation in biology, we wanted to see if we could construct a synthetic circuit that would allow us to generate patterns in a community of inter-communicating cells in response to a simple stimuli; in our case, this stimuli would be light.
We would like to take a moment to thank all of our sponsors for their very generous donations, as we could not have done this without your help!

We would also like to thank and acknowledge:
Our Advisors
Marc Facciotti
Ilias Tagkopoulos
Technical Guidance
David Larsen
Andrew Yao
Visiting iGEMer
Jia Li of Zhejiang University (TEAM ZJU-China)
cI Promoter Screen
Drew Endy - Stanford
Thomas Schneider - NIH
Want to sponsor us? Send an email to mtfacciotti@ucdavis.edu to discuss various ways you can help! :)