Team:Grenoble/Modeling/Amplification/Quorum
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- | + | The goal of this part was only to check the speed of the | |
+ | diffusion. We use the same model as the 2011 IGEM team of Grenoble, which is based on the Bangalore 2007 IGEM team model. We first have to add the diffusion terms in the equations thus we get: | ||
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+ | <center><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/1/12/Eq34_grenoble.png" alt="" /></center> | ||
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+ | Because of the temporal and special derivatives, we could not use a classic matlab solver to solve this set of equations. The approximation we used consisted in dividing the space into a grid: | ||
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+ | <center><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/e/ef/Grid_grenoble.png" alt="" /></center> | ||
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+ | It is the finite difference method. We thus get: | ||
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+ | <center><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/b/b6/Eq35_grenoble.png" alt="" /></center> | ||
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+ | with h=l<SUB>x</SUB>/N, where l<SUB>x</SUB> is the length of the grid and N is the number of points of discretization along x. By using the same approximation on y<SUB>i</SUB>, and assuming that l<SUB>y</SUB>=l<SUB>x</SUB>, and that we have the same number of points of discretization, we get: | ||
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+ | <center><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/4/48/Eq36_grenoble.png" alt="" /></center> | ||
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+ | In addition, we also use the finite difference method on the time scale. Thus, we get: | ||
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+ | <center><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/8/84/Eq37_grenoble.png" alt="" /></center> | ||
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+ | where p=∆t/Nt where ∆t is the interval of time we work in and N<SUB>t</SUB> the number of points of our time discretization. | ||
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+ | With these approximations, we could solve the equations. <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/2/2e/Quorum_sensing.zip">Here</a> are the scripts we used for the simulations. | ||
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+ | </section> | ||
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+ | <h1><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/4/49/1_mod.png" alt="" />First visual simulation</h1> | ||
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+ | Here we give a video, just in the goal to illustrate the diffusion, you can find the scripts here. We model the diffusion in a petri dish. We put a drop of cAMP in the middle of the dish, and we can check how it diffuses through the bacteria. What we can see on the video is the evolution of adenylate cyclase. We give the evolution of the system during 280 minutes. Here is the colors scale, representing the intensity of the signal, and the link to the video: | ||
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+ | <center><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/4/49/Colors_grenoble.png" alt="" /> | ||
+ | <a href="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/8/85/Quorum_sensing_video_grenoble.swf">Quorum sensing video</a> </center> | ||
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+ | </section> | ||
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+ | <h1><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/1/1e/2_mod.png" alt="" />Temporal evolution</h1> | ||
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+ | Here we give the temporal evolution of Ca at the drop of cAMP. | ||
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+ | <center><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/2/24/Graphe12_ampli_grenoble.png" alt="" /></center> | ||
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+ | Then we give the temporal evolution of Ca at 0,5 cm of the drop of cAMP: | ||
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+ | <center><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/0/09/Graphe13_ampli_grenoble.png" alt="" /></center> | ||
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+ | We notice that it takes 100 minutes more than at the drop. | ||
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+ | <b>Conclusion:</b> | ||
+ | If we use a test tube to make the detection, as soon as one bacterium is turned on (as we can get a signal), we will have to wait 100 minutes to have the whole test tube green. | ||
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