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This year, the MIT iGEM team is creating an autonomous system capable of self-assembly of multi-cellular structures. These systems will examine the environment using receptor-mediated communication, make a decision to choose a certain cell-state, and create a variety of patterned structures. <p> | This year, the MIT iGEM team is creating an autonomous system capable of self-assembly of multi-cellular structures. These systems will examine the environment using receptor-mediated communication, make a decision to choose a certain cell-state, and create a variety of patterned structures. <p> | ||
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| + | MIT's iGEM project focuses on genetically programming tissue self-construction to achieve specific spatiotemporal patterns of cell differentiation (initially with fluorescence, ultimately with cell fate regulators). This is accomplished through synthetic gene networks that integrate control over engineered cell-cell communication pathways, intracellular information processing circuits, and cell-cell adhesion. Through engineered control of these mechanisms, we are investigating how programmed local rules of interactions between cells can lead to the emergence of desired global spatiotemporal properties. <p> | ||
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MIT's iGEM project focuses on genetically programming tissue self-construction to achieve specific spatiotemporal patterns of cell differentiation (initially with fluorescence, ultimately with cell fate regulators). This is accomplished through synthetic gene networks that integrate control over engineered cell-cell communication pathways, intracellular information processing circuits, and cell-cell adhesion. Through engineered control of these mechanisms, we are investigating how programmed local rules of interactions between cells can lead to the emergence of desired global spatiotemporal properties.
