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In our project, we use DNA to compute solutions by converting all of the elements of the problem into representative sequences of DNA: cities become selectable marker genes (specifically, antibiotic resistance genes), paths between the cities become short, sticky-ended linkers (each of which is only able to ligate to two specific “city” strands), and the distance of a given path is represented by the concentration of the corresponding linker in solution. These pieces of DNA are successively ligated together to produce plasmids that signify “routes”, where the order in which the genes appear in the plasmid indicates the order in which the cities are visited. 
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Curious about the possibilities of biocomputing? Need of a crash course on travelling salesman problems? Visit our background page for more information on the real-world applications of our project.

Want to get straight to the details of what Team Alberta has been working on this summer? Read up in the overview and results pages to see what we've achieved.

Or maybe you'd like to get to know the team itself, those who have helped us along and those we've helped in turn? See the team roster, sponsors and outreach pages to meet everyone who's participated.

Welcome to the Team Alberta website! Our project pushes the limits of Synthetic Biology to create massively parallel, highly selective biological computers.


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