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[http://owens.mit.edu:8888/sfx_local?sid=google&auinit=K&aulast=Mochizuki&atitle=A+Dicer-like+protein+in+Tetrahymena+has+distinct+functions+in+genome+rearrangement,+chromosome+segregation,+and+meiotic+prophase&title=Genes+%26+development&volume=19&issue=1&date=2005&spage=77&issn=0890-9369  A Dicer-like protein in Tetrahymena has distinct functions in genome rearrangement, chromosome segregation, and meiotic prophase]
[http://owens.mit.edu:8888/sfx_local?sid=google&auinit=K&aulast=Mochizuki&atitle=A+Dicer-like+protein+in+Tetrahymena+has+distinct+functions+in+genome+rearrangement,+chromosome+segregation,+and+meiotic+prophase&title=Genes+%26+development&volume=19&issue=1&date=2005&spage=77&issn=0890-9369  A Dicer-like protein in Tetrahymena has distinct functions in genome rearrangement, chromosome segregation, and meiotic prophase]
[http://www.springerlink.com/content/q66xx3672x4n532p/ The Neurally Controlled Animat: Biological Brains Acting with Simulated Bodies]

Revision as of 13:10, 5 March 2008

Vision

To develop novel models of computation appropriate to the biological world.

Team Members

20.20 Students

  • Kelly Drinkwater
  • Raphael Rush
  • Star Simpson

20.902 Students

  • Kay Aull
  • Stephanie Nix

Brainstorming

  • Biological neural nets
  • DNA-encoded Turing machine
  • Adder circuit
  • PCR readout for genetic switches
  • Addressable DNA modification based on RNA input
  • Fix scaling issues
  • RNA binding screens

Directory of Interesting Things

A DNA and Restriction Enzyme Implementation of Turing Machines

A Dicer-like protein in Tetrahymena has distinct functions in genome rearrangement, chromosome segregation, and meiotic prophase

The Neurally Controlled Animat: Biological Brains Acting with Simulated Bodies