Constructing Synthetic Ecosystems with Biopolymer Fluitrodes

Strain stiffening in synthetic and biopolymer networks.

Strain-stiffening behavior common to biopolymer networks is difficult to reproduce in synthetic networks. Physically associating synthetic polymer networks can be an exception to this rule and can demonstrate strain-stiffening behavior at relatively low values of strain. Here, the stiffening behavior of model elastic networks of physically associating triblock copolymers is characterized by she...

Bridging the Synthetic and Biopolymer Worlds

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Applications of Engineered Synthetic Ecosystems

A major goal in synthetic biology is to construct biological systems with robust and controllable behavior and functionality. Over recent decades, biologists have tried to deconvolve the complexity of life by elucidating key genetic and regulatory determinants, with the hope of eventually engineering biological systems in more predictable ways. Genetic circuits have now been designed and rewire...

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Ada: constructing a synthetic organism

Despite immense progress in neuroscience, we remain restricted in our ability to construct autonomous, behaving robots that match the competence of even simple animals. The barriers to the realisation of this goal include lack of knowledge of system integration issues, engineering limitations and the organisational constraints common to many research laboratories. In this paper we describe our ...