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Nanotubes

The Logic

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Project description

BACILLUS BOOLEANUS

A logic gate is an idealized or physical device implementing a Boolean function, that performs a logical operation on one or more logic inputs and produces a single logic output. To build a functionally complete logic system, transistors can be used. A single transistor is not a computer, many of them are necessary and they need to communicate with each other, in this way a complex logic system can be created. The architecture of gene regulatory networks is reminiscent of electronic circuits. Modular building blocks that respond in a logical way to one or several inputs are connected to perform a variety of complex tasks. Taking these two main ideas, it could be possible to create a “molecular computer”. Bacillus Booleanus is a project that wants to create a “molecular computer”. How does it work? We are working on the creation of different strains of Bacillus subtilis. Each one of them will be able to perform a single Boolean operation just like a transistor. As we mentioned, our transistors need to communicate, but how could this be possible? In [https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2012/0/0f/Nanotubes.pdf