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| - | + | Oscillators are a fundamental building block in many fields of engineering and are a widespread phenomenon in biology. Building a biological oscillator is thus a critical step forward in the field of Synthetic Biology. | |
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| + | '''Engineering a Molecular Predation Oscillator''', the iGEM project 2006 of Imperial College London, provides a new approach to creating a stable biological oscillator: It follows an engineering-based cycle of specification, design, modelling, implementation and testing/validation. The innovative design of the oscillator relies on predator-prey dynamics based on the Lotka-Volterra model. | ||
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| + | Detail theoretical modelling showing how our system might be able to work!! Click [http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:IMPERIAL/2006/project/Oscillator/Theoretical_Analyses here] | ||
===Achievements=== | ===Achievements=== | ||
Revision as of 07:30, 30 October 2006
Molecular Prey-Predator Oscillator
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| Final System | Molecular Prey-Predator Oscillator | |||||||
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| Final Constructs | Prey construct | Predator construct | ||||||
| Test Constructs | Test Sensing Prey | Test Prey production | Test Sensing Predator | Test Killing Predator | ||||
Motivations
Oscillators are a fundamental building block in many fields of engineering and are a widespread phenomenon in biology. Building a biological oscillator is thus a critical step forward in the field of Synthetic Biology.
Engineering a Molecular Predation Oscillator, the iGEM project 2006 of Imperial College London, provides a new approach to creating a stable biological oscillator: It follows an engineering-based cycle of specification, design, modelling, implementation and testing/validation. The innovative design of the oscillator relies on predator-prey dynamics based on the Lotka-Volterra model.
Detail theoretical modelling showing how our system might be able to work!! Click here
