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Our group purpose is to discover and develop new ways of hacking and modifying biological systems. We developed two projects, which aims are to help to introduce new properties in a system and to gain control over the information processing. The first one hacks the way of transforming cells and expressing proteins, it can screen libraries of candidate genes in a high-throughput way. This Plug&Play Machine receives and express any protein in''E. coli''and only needs two steps: PCR and transformation. The second project intends to build a bacteria network with memory capacity, which works as a Hopfield Network. This network could, by means of quorum sensing, recognize a given pattern (input), process the pattern and reach an output state. The output depends on two possibilities already imprinted in the memory of the bacteria community.  
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Our group purpose is to discover and develop new ways of hacking and modifying biological systems. We developed two projects, which aims are to help to introduce new properties in a system and to gain control over the information processing. The first one hacks the way of transforming cells and expressing proteins, it can screen libraries of candidate genes in a high-throughput way. This Plug&Play Machine receives and express any protein in ''E. coli'' and only needs two steps: PCR and transformation. The second project intends to build a bacteria network with memory capacity, which works as a Hopfield Network. This network could, by means of quorum sensing, recognize a given pattern (input), process the pattern and reach an output state. The output depends on two possibilities already imprinted in the memory of the bacteria community.  
=== Plug&Play Plasmid ===
=== Plug&Play Plasmid ===
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The synthetic biology fields needs techniques to produce biological standardize parts in a high-throughput manner, which can later be used for modifying/hacking systems. To help in this task we developed a project that aims to build a prototype for a machine called Plug&Play, it express any protein helped by the Cre-Recombinase system. The Plug&Play plasmid has a mutated recombination site (lox71) recognized by the Cre-recombinase enzyme. The Cre recombination mechanism will strategically inserts a PCR-amplified DNA at the lox71 site, and readily express the protein once the receptor plasmid already posses all the necessary protein expression machinery. The plasmid has also a resistance gene to ampicillin that maintains it inside the cell as long as the antibiotic is applied in the culture medium. This is a high-throughput system for expressing proteins that allows putative (or new build) genes prospection, it was created for being an open source technology that any laboratory/hacker can use for screening candidate genes libraries.
The synthetic biology fields needs techniques to produce biological standardize parts in a high-throughput manner, which can later be used for modifying/hacking systems. To help in this task we developed a project that aims to build a prototype for a machine called Plug&Play, it express any protein helped by the Cre-Recombinase system. The Plug&Play plasmid has a mutated recombination site (lox71) recognized by the Cre-recombinase enzyme. The Cre recombination mechanism will strategically inserts a PCR-amplified DNA at the lox71 site, and readily express the protein once the receptor plasmid already posses all the necessary protein expression machinery. The plasmid has also a resistance gene to ampicillin that maintains it inside the cell as long as the antibiotic is applied in the culture medium. This is a high-throughput system for expressing proteins that allows putative (or new build) genes prospection, it was created for being an open source technology that any laboratory/hacker can use for screening candidate genes libraries.
=== Associative Memory Network Using Bacteria ===
=== Associative Memory Network Using Bacteria ===
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Memory storage in biological systems has a critical role in biotechnology
Memory storage in biological systems has a critical role in biotechnology
development. A systemic way of storing a specific memory that can be recovered and used
development. A systemic way of storing a specific memory that can be recovered and used
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In this project we propose to build a communication network using ''E.coli''
In this project we propose to build a communication network using ''E.coli''
populations with associative memory that behaves like a Hopfield Model.
populations with associative memory that behaves like a Hopfield Model.
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Modified ''E.coli'' populations will be generated and physically isolated from each other, the communication will happens through Quorum Sensing Substances (QSS). These QSS will produce
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Modified ''E.coli'' populations will be generated and physically isolated from each other, the communication will happens through Quorum Sensing Molecules (QSM). These QSM will produce
inhibition or excitation of the pre-determined populations,  the amount of excitation will be measure using
inhibition or excitation of the pre-determined populations,  the amount of excitation will be measure using
GFP fluorescence. The objective is to achieve a specific complete pattern represented by
GFP fluorescence. The objective is to achieve a specific complete pattern represented by

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