BioControl:Week3

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What does it mean for a biological system to be in equilibrium or at a steady state? read the paper. think about the question. write down some initial thoughts about the question here. Info meeting: Friday Dec 1 presenting: Mary Reading If you're only going to read one paper, read the first one. The second one is related. It uses the same population control circuit, but grows the cells in a microchemostat. You L, Cox RS 3rd, Weiss R, and Arnold FH. Programmed population control by cell-cell communication and regulated killing. Nature. 2004 Apr 22;428(6985):868-71. DOI:10.1038/nature02491 | Balagaddé FK, You L, Hansen CL, Arnold FH, and Quake SR. Long-term monitoring of bacteria undergoing programmed population control in a microchemostat. Science. 2005 Jul 1;309(5731):137-40. DOI:10.1126/science.1109173 | Pre-Discussion Post thoughts or comments here