Team:KU Leuven/Project/Modelling/Colony Level

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Synthetic biology designs new networks within and on top of the existing cellular network of your favourite organism. The key question, however, is whether the cell/tissue/organism will actually be able to produce this network?!

Design

In this part we describe the design of an oscillator that could be useful in biological networks. We created a system that creates synchronized oscillations without depending heavily on the components used. We explain several necessities to obtain a synchronized oscillator, and how we managed to incorporate those within our network.

Modelling

For those who are not afraid of having a more mathematical view on our oscillator, we invite you to read our modelling article. Depending on the perspective this text is seen as 'very extensive' or 'very short and preliminary', but please decide for yourself.

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    <p align = "justify">Synthetic biology designs new networks within and on top of the existing cellular network of your favourite organism. The key question, however, is whether the cell/tissue/organism will actually be able to produce this network?!
-Hence, several questions arise on our way to this goal:<br/><br/>
--	Are there sufficient tRNAs to build these new proteins, or should we codon optimise our strains?<br/>
--	Will the cell be able to funnel off enough precursor material to build significant amounts of this new network?<br/>
--	Will the series of proteins and enzymes produce our final, desired product?<br/>
--	Won’t the cell make toxic side-products in the process, possibly reducing growth and thus production rate?<br/><br/>
-The answer to these questions lies in <b>modelling</b> but also in designing the <b>appropriate wet-lab experiments</b> to support, verify and improve our modelling.<br/><br/>
-On a <b>cellular level</b>, we used <b>2 modelling suites to obtain more insight in our BanAphids</b>. First we worked out the Flux Balance Analysis for methyl salicylate and secondly we employed a Kinetic Parameter Model for Methyl Salicylate. Obviously, both suites can be used to verify E-beta-farnesene production and limits while <b>other iGEM teams</b> can fill in their favourite compound!
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