Bioengineered conduits for directing digitized molecular-based information

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dc.contributor.advisorBentley, William Een_US
dc.contributor.authorTerrell, Jessica Lynnen_US
dc.contributor.departmentBioengineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-06T06:31:41Z
dc.date.available2016-02-06T06:31:41Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractMolecular recognition is a prevalent quality in natural biological environments: molecules- small as well as macro- enable dynamic response by instilling functionality and communicating information about the system. The accession and interpretation of this rich molecular information leads to context about the system. Moreover, molecular complexity, both in terms of chemical structure and diversity, permits information to be represented with high capacity. Thus, an opportunity exists to assign molecules as chemical portrayals of natural, non-natural, and even non-biological data. Further, their associated upstream, downstream, and regulatory pathways could be commandeered for the purpose of data processing and transmission. This thesis emphasizes molecules that serve as units of information, the processing of which elucidates context. The project first strategizes a biocompatible assembly process that integrates biological componentry in an organized configuration for molecular transfer (e.g. from a cell to a receptor). Next, we have explored the use of DNA for its potential to store data in richer, digital forms. Binary data is embedded within a gene for storage inside a cell carrier and is selectively conveyed. Successively, a catalytic relay is developed to transduce similar data from sequence-based DNA storage to a delineated chemical cue that programs cellular phenotype. Finally, these cell populations are used as mobile information processing units that independently seek and collectively categorize the information, which is fed back as fluorescently ‘binned’ output. Every development demonstrates a transduction process of molecular data that involves input acquisition, refinement, and output interpretation. Overall, by equipping biomimetic networks with molecular-driven performance, their interactions serve as conduits of information flow.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2ZM76
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/17207
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMolecular biologyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledGeneticsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMicrobiologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbiomaterialsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledbionetworken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmolecular communicationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsynthetic biologyen_US
dc.titleBioengineered conduits for directing digitized molecular-based informationen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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