Engineering bacteria to communicate through Morse code
Abstract
We will engineer E. coli cultures able to emit Morse-encoded messages as fluorescence pulses after inducing the cultures with chemic,als associated to the alphabet. We will also engineer E. coli cultures able to decode a message of chemical pulses communicated to t,hem in Morse code, producing fluorescent signals associated to the alphabet.The research aims are: 1. To engineer living bacteria ab,le to encode a simple Morse message 2. To engineer a signal-receiver memregulon library able to learn produce and recognize arbitrar,y pulses. 3. To engineer living bacteria able to decode a simple Morse message We propose to engineer a culture of E. coli to synchr,onously emit a fluorescence signal encoded in Morse after receiving the chemical analogs to the letters to be encoded. The coculture,s will be able to learn other types of time-dependent behavior at the population level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Nov 04, 2022
- Source ID
- N629092312008
Entities
People
- Alfonso Jaramillo Rosales
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- Spanish National Research Council
- United States Navy