IGEM:IMPERIAL/2006/project/Oscillator/project browser/Full System
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Motivations
- Oscillators are already a fundamental building block in traditional engineering applications
- We wish to build a synthetic biological oscillator that can become a fundamental building block in future synthetic biological applications
- Previous oscillators have been attempted (such as the Repressilator by Elowitz and Leibler in 2000) but they all generally shared the following problems:
- Noise
- Instability
- Inflexible (i.e. lack of control over amplitude and frequency)
- Based on these past limitations, we determined the specifications for our oscillator:
- The oscillations should remain stable for greater than 10 cycles
- It should have a high signal to noise ratio
- It should be flexible (we should be able to control amplitude and frequency)
- It should have connectivity (should be able to be integrated into another system)
Part interface
(describe your black-box approach, define properties of inputs/outputs)
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(don't forget to insert a relevant image of your black box.)
Expected behavior and performances
System level specifications| Properties | Comments | ||
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| Latency | ? | ||
| Robustness | Oscillations should be stable for greater then 10 cycles | ||
| Variability | There should be a high signal to noise ratio | ||
| Flexibility | Amplitude and frequency should be controllable | ||
| Connectivity | The oscillator should be able to be connected to other systems |
Open issues
- list known issues
