tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post2851487944915042195..comments2024-02-08T12:10:38.282+00:00Comments on Life of a Lab Rat: Biological Engineering. Now in Colour!Lab Rathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07962574174521597312noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post-67804110544426428602009-08-19T17:15:33.733+01:002009-08-19T17:15:33.733+01:00got it. thanks.got it. thanks.Markkimarkkonnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122368349695914223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post-87410801185952462342009-08-19T07:05:54.022+01:002009-08-19T07:05:54.022+01:00@Markkimarkkonnen
We have two engineers and thre...@Markkimarkkonnen <br /><br />We have two engineers and three biologists on our team at the moment, and this diagram was drawn by one of the biologists :) Yes...the input would be the arsinic, or whatever molecule we were sensing. However we found it easiest for gene design to think of *gene acivation* as the input, rather than random as-yet-to-be-decided molecules. <br /><br />Gene translation and protein production would then be the process caused by this input, and the colour is the output.<br /><br />~Lab RatLab Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962574174521597312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post-16462314306891209002009-08-19T06:29:19.372+01:002009-08-19T06:29:19.372+01:00I believe construction of such projects requires k...I believe construction of such projects requires knowledge of engineering and management principles and business procedures, economics, and human behavior.control valveshttp://www.meaincorporated.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post-36857617801600789892009-08-19T00:28:12.401+01:002009-08-19T00:28:12.401+01:00Hi Lab Rat,
I'm curious about the last diagra...Hi Lab Rat,<br /><br />I'm curious about the last diagram depicting logical gates. Do you think of the genes themselves being the inputs to the gate? From the description in your paragraph, it sounds like arsenic and other signal molecules are the inputs, while the genes/complicated machinery of the cell are the implementation of the gates.Markkimarkkonnenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122368349695914223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post-53105849890222352532009-08-09T08:56:15.030+01:002009-08-09T08:56:15.030+01:00"Isn't some science about just doing thin..."Isn't some science about just doing things because you can? "<br /><br />Add the words 'get funding' to the end of that sentance and you've pretty much got the truth :p The beauty of iGEM is that it's just kids playing around so you can get funding for all sorts of crazy ideas. in an actual lab setting it would be less easy ... even in science you still have to justify why you do what you do and "because it's fun" doesn't *quite* cut it.Lab Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962574174521597312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post-69077680467688515532009-08-08T12:28:24.952+01:002009-08-08T12:28:24.952+01:00Less helful/useful/workable isn't necessarily ...Less helful/useful/workable isn't necessarily a problem though? Isn't some science about just doing things because you can? Or is it all funding and commercial results driven now?FreeWildebeesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318655755810194360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post-61450135105668926652009-07-31T11:34:51.796+01:002009-07-31T11:34:51.796+01:00Yeah...genetic computers are a long way off...if t...Yeah...genetic computers are a long way off...if they ever happen at all! Some of the iGEM teams in the past build things like memory stores and random number generators with bacteria but they were always less helpful/useful/workable than the electronic versions.Lab Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07962574174521597312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8341686541622227200.post-66235869715002311892009-07-30T20:34:55.268+01:002009-07-30T20:34:55.268+01:00Ooooh. Very impressive. I'd heard of DNA compu...Ooooh. Very impressive. I'd heard of DNA computing before but I'd not heard of thinking of genes like this.<br /><br />I'm guessing it might have trouble scaling up to 1000s of gates as you'd need a separate gene for each 'wire'/connection?FreeWildebeesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318655755810194360noreply@blogger.com