Cell-in-the-loop pattern formation with optogenetically emulated cell-to-cell signaling

Synthetic biological pattern formation is challenging to engineer due to theoretical complexity and practical limitations. Here, the authors introduce a cell-in-the-loop approach in which cells interact through in silico signaling.

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Main Authors: Melinda Liu Perkins, Dirk Benzinger, Murat Arcak, Mustafa Khammash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15166-3
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spelling doaj-66a0e8a410b8447d89243a33e77da9542021-05-11T09:04:58ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-03-0111111010.1038/s41467-020-15166-3Cell-in-the-loop pattern formation with optogenetically emulated cell-to-cell signalingMelinda Liu Perkins0Dirk Benzinger1Murat Arcak2Mustafa Khammash3Department of Electrical Engineering, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH ZürichDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of CaliforniaDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH ZürichSynthetic biological pattern formation is challenging to engineer due to theoretical complexity and practical limitations. Here, the authors introduce a cell-in-the-loop approach in which cells interact through in silico signaling.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15166-3
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Cell-in-the-loop pattern formation with optogenetically emulated cell-to-cell signaling
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title Cell-in-the-loop pattern formation with optogenetically emulated cell-to-cell signaling
title_short Cell-in-the-loop pattern formation with optogenetically emulated cell-to-cell signaling
title_full Cell-in-the-loop pattern formation with optogenetically emulated cell-to-cell signaling
title_fullStr Cell-in-the-loop pattern formation with optogenetically emulated cell-to-cell signaling
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description Synthetic biological pattern formation is challenging to engineer due to theoretical complexity and practical limitations. Here, the authors introduce a cell-in-the-loop approach in which cells interact through in silico signaling.
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