Team:PKU Beijing/Project
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A school bell rings and you suddenly feel anxious, nervous - you begin to sweat, fret. Though it's been years since that school bell commanded you, it still brings the same stress, reminding you of the dreaded math test next period. Though the school bell should not be connected to anxiety, your brain has connected the two, thus exhibiting '''classical conditioning'''. Although our E. coli do not fear school bells, they are now equipped with a system similar to such, exhibiting both '''learning''' and '''memory'''. | A school bell rings and you suddenly feel anxious, nervous - you begin to sweat, fret. Though it's been years since that school bell commanded you, it still brings the same stress, reminding you of the dreaded math test next period. Though the school bell should not be connected to anxiety, your brain has connected the two, thus exhibiting '''classical conditioning'''. Although our E. coli do not fear school bells, they are now equipped with a system similar to such, exhibiting both '''learning''' and '''memory'''. | ||
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Memory and learning are two motifs popular in both iGEM and out. From studying such processes, we learn a little bit more about them and about ourselves. Seeing our E. cogs learn and respond is but the first step to many others in the future. As synthetic biology often is, it is not an exact copy, but a model nonetheless. Building upon the groundbreaking work of Pavlov, our E. cogs are yet another milestone on the way to learning and understanding the true complexity of nature. | Memory and learning are two motifs popular in both iGEM and out. From studying such processes, we learn a little bit more about them and about ourselves. Seeing our E. cogs learn and respond is but the first step to many others in the future. As synthetic biology often is, it is not an exact copy, but a model nonetheless. Building upon the groundbreaking work of Pavlov, our E. cogs are yet another milestone on the way to learning and understanding the true complexity of nature. | ||
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