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Rock-Paper-Scissors
Rock-Paper-Scissors is a
well-known two-person hand game whereby the players seek to produce a
gesture that will defeat that of their
opponent. By coordinating the promoters and operators of three
different bacterial cells, we have designed a system where each
bacterium can disable the primary plasmid of specific opponent cells,
whilst simultaneously enduring the attacks of their rival cells. Our
aim is to have no bias within the system so that the end result is not
predetermined.
John Conway’s
Game of Life is a popular representation of cellular automata. As a
zero player game, it proceeds without further input once initiated. We
intend to utilize the Game’s basic rules to develop a system
on two separate plasmids that fluoresces in an imitation of the Game.
Thereby we aim to initiate and thus control the creation of patterns
produced by the oscillating bacteria.
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