Abstract
Background Synthetic Biology is a rapidly developing field, which sees engineering principles applied to natural biological systems with a view to re-engineer them for useful purposes. This study focused on chemotaxis, the natural directed motion of a micro-organism toward environmental conditions it deems attractive, with an aim of demonstrating external navigational control over E. coli bacteria. The concept has potential long-term applications in a range of fields, including biological and environmental sensors, drug discovery and the maintenance or enhancement of human health.
Highlights
Synthetic Biology is a rapidly developing field, which sees engineering principles applied to natural biological systems with a view to re-engineer them for useful purposes
BioSysBio 2007: Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Synthetic Biology John Cumbers, Xu Gu, Jong Sze Wong Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1752-0509-1-S1-info.pdf
This study focused on chemotaxis, the natural directed motion of a micro-organism toward environmental conditions it deems attractive, with an aim of demonstrating external navigational control over E. coli bacteria
Summary
Synthetic Biology is a rapidly developing field, which sees engineering principles applied to natural biological systems with a view to re-engineer them for useful purposes. Published: 8 May 2007 BMC Systems Biology 2007, 1(Suppl 1):S14 doi:10.1186/1752-0509-1-S1-S14 BioSysBio 2007: Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Synthetic Biology John Cumbers, Xu Gu, Jong Sze Wong Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1752-0509-1-S1-info.pdf
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