Endy, Alpha, June Atrophy time SRM Physical Performance (short) SRM Adapt & Learn (medium) SRM Evolve or Persist (long) SRM Encoding Design of Self-Replicating Machines
Endy, Alpha, June Yeast Consider a Cell Signaling Pathway Cell Cycle
Endy, Alpha, June Yeast Cell Cycle Consider a Different Cell Signaling Pathway Budding Metabolism Yet Another Signaling Pathway
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5 Atrophy SRM T7 Encoding What does T7 know?
Endy, Alpha, June F. William Studier, Science 176:403 (1972) Deletion Amber/Enzyme Amber/Essential
Endy, Alpha, June Previous Page Sequence (BNL) Dunn & Studier, J. Mol. Bio. 166:477 (1983)
Endy, Alpha, June Atrophy SRM T7 What We Know What We Need To Know Encoding What do we know?
Endy, Alpha, June Atrophy What We Make SRM T7-SB Encoding Genome Domestication
Endy, Alpha, June A0 TR/ SRL ø OLA1A2 R0.3 BoxA R0.50.6A/B0.7 C R11 ø 1.1A ø 1.1B R ø 1.3 R1.31.3TE ø 1.5 ø 1.6 A2 NsiIPciIMfeISpeIBclI B
Endy, Alpha, June A0 63 TR/ SRL ø OL 35 A1 88 A2 316 R0.3 BoxA R A/B C R ø 1.1A ø 1.1B R ø 1.3 R TE ø ø A NsiIPciIMfeISpeIBclI
Endy, Alpha, June A0 63 TR/ SRL ø OL 35 A1 88 A2 316 R0.3 BoxA R A/B C R ø 1.1A ø 1.1B R ø 1.3 R TE ø ø A NsiIPciIMfeISpeIBclISacINheIApaLISapI
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Endy, Alpha, June T7 + Rebuild [1-8311] :T7 +
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Endy, Alpha, June D23L AvrII D24L EcoRI D26L BamHI D27L EagI D28L SacII D30L SalI D22L BstEII D22RD23RD24RD26RD27RD28RD30R ø ø R3.8 D25L XmaI D25R 2.5 D29L PciI D29R 1.82 BglII FspIAvrII D50L BsiWI D51L PvuI D53L SacII D54L BamHI D55L XmaI D57L HindIII D50RD51RD53RD54RD55RD57R ø9 10ATøTø12 D52L EcoRI D52R 9 D56L ApaI D56R 8 PacI ø10 11 DraIRsrII XbaI BssHIIAatIIAvaIBspHIEciINsiI NdeI AseI D57L HindIII D59L EcoRI D58L PfoI D57R D58R 1213 PacI ø13 R13 D60L BsiWI D62L EagI D59RD60RD62R 16 D61L PvuI D61R 15 ApaLI NciI ScaI BstBIAvaI D64L HindIII D65L BamHI D67L ApaI D68L EcoRI D69L BsiWI D71L SalI D63L SacII D63RD64RD65RD67RD68RD69RD71R ø / E 19/19.2/ R18.5 D66L XmaI D66R 17.5 D70L PstI D70R øOR SRR/TR 160 KasIBspDIFspI BglI BlpIDraIIIAcvIAciIKpnI
Endy, Alpha, June E.colibrator, IAP 2004
Endy, Alpha, June Application Struggle, Limited Success, Struggle… System?? Devices? Design & Fabrication
Endy, Alpha, June Application Struggle, Success, Predictable Success Systems Parts & Fabrication Design Applications Tools Registries Synthesis Measurement
Endy, Alpha, June Standardization of Components –Predictable performance –Off-the-shelf –ME, 1800s Abstraction –Insulate relevant characteristics from overwhelming detail –Simple artifacts that can be used in combination –From Physics to EE, 1900s Decoupling Design & Fabrication –Rules insulating design process from details of fabrication –Enable parts, device, and system designers to work together –VLSI electronics, 1970s Enabling Biological Engineering
Endy, Alpha, June Abstraction Hierarchy Devices Parts Systems
Endy, Alpha, June Parts Zif268, Paveltich & Pabo c. 1991
Endy, Alpha, June Devices cI-857 O Lac RBS T CI LacI CI
Endy, Alpha, June Devices LacI CI inverter CI LacI
Endy, Alpha, June Systems Inverter.2Inverter.3Inverter.1
Endy, Alpha, June Interfaces Devices Parts Systems Inv.2Inv.3Inv.1 Zif268, Paveltich & Pabo c LacI CI inverter CI LacI
Endy, Alpha, June Parts/Device Interface Devices Parts Zif268, Paveltich & Pabo c LacI CI inverter CI LacI XX A B inverter B A
Endy, Alpha, June Device/System Interface Devices Systems Inv.2Inv.3Inv.1 A B inverter B A C D inverter D C E F inverter F E
Endy, Alpha, June Device/System Interface Devices Systems E FC DA B inverter B A C D inverter D C E F inverter F E X X X
Endy, Alpha, June Device/System Interface Devices Systems E FC DA B inverter B A C D inverter D C E F inverter F E A D X X X
Endy, Alpha, June Device/System Interface cI-857 O Lac RBS T cI LacI cI-857 RBS T cI O PoPS in PoPS out LacI cI PoPS out PoPS in
Endy, Alpha, June cI RBS T O PoPS OUT PoPS IN cI PoPS OUT INVERTER PoPS OUT PoPS IN Polymerase Per Second = PoPS!
Endy, Alpha, June Device/System Interface Devices Systems BCA A B C PoPS IN PoPS OUT X
Endy, Alpha, June Interfaces Devices Parts Systems PoPS Inv.2 PoPS Inv.3 PoPS Inv.1 Zif268, Paveltich & Pabo c PoPS Inv.1 PoPS
Endy, Alpha, June E.colibrator, IAP 2004
Endy, Alpha, June Device-Level System Diagram
Endy, Alpha, June Parts- and Device-Level System Diagram
Endy, Alpha, June DNA Layout
Endy, Alpha, June System-Level Timing Diagram
Endy, Alpha, June Population-Level Simulations
Endy, Alpha, June Trigger Test Circuit Characterization and Debug
Endy, Alpha, June MIT Registry of Standard Biological Parts
Endy, Alpha, June Acknowledgements Lab: Jennifer Braff, Barry Canton, Leon Chan, Caitlin Conboy, Jeffrey Gritton, Alison Hearn, Heather Keller, Jason Kelly, Sriram Kosuri, Maia Mahoney, Sara Neves, Sylvain Olier, Jose Pacheco, Francois St-Pierre, Samantha Sutton, Ilya Sytchev, and Ty Thomson Others: Adam Arkin, Frances Arnold, Ralph Baric, Roger Brent, Jehoshua Bruck, Carlos Bustamante, Rob Carlson, Austin Che, Jim Collins, Lynn Conway, Ron Davis, Mita Desai, Eric Eisenstadt, Michael Elowitz, Felice Frankel, Stephanie Forrest, Timothy Gardner, Seth Goldstein, Homme Hellinga, George Homsy, Joe Jacobsen, Tom Kalil, Jay Keasling, Doug Kirkpatrick, Tom Knight, Sri Kosuri, Patrick Lincoln, John Mulligan, Richard Murray, Radhika Nagpal, Richard Newton, Carl Pabo, Randy Rettberg, Pamela Silver, Brad Smith, Christina Smolke, Gerry Sussman, Samantha Sutton, Claire Tomlin, Jeffrey Way, Chris Webb, Ron Weiss, Scot Wolfe, Aarne Vesilind, the members of the MIT Synthetic Biology Working Group, and the students of the 2003 and 2004 MIT IAP Synthetic Biology Labs
Endy, Alpha, June DNA Synthesis Year Bases of DNA Per Person Day Carlson, Pace & Proliferation of Biological Technologies, Biosec. & Bioterror. 1(3):1 (2003)
Endy, Alpha, June Hacking the Living World?
Endy, Alpha, June Risk Biological Risk: Background Technology Classes Relevant to Biological Risk (current relative capabilities) Manipulation Analysis Response Detection
Endy, Alpha, June Biological Risk: Tactics as “Strategy” Maginot Line France, 1940 Ciprofloxacin Smallpox vaccine Anthrax vaccine SARS assay VHF therapy (under construction) Plague vaccine (under construction)
Endy, Alpha, June Biological Risk: Future Strategy Risk Technology Classes Relevant to Future Biological Risk (needed capabilities) Detection Analysis Response Manipulation
Endy, Alpha, June Biological Risk: Suite of Solutions Number of Individuals Individual’s Intent honorable dishonorable Bin Laden Genetics, Inc. Disgruntled Researcher Garage Bio-Hacker Basic Researcher
Endy, Alpha, June A Constructive Society
Endy, Alpha, June D23L AvrII D24L EcoRI D26L BamHI D27L EagI D28L SacII D30L SalI D22L BstEII D22RD23RD24RD26RD27RD28RD30R ø ø R3.8 D25L XmaI D25R 2.5 D29L PciI D29R 1.82 BglII FspIAvrII D50L BsiWI D51L PvuI D53L SacII D54L BamHI D55L XmaI D57L HindIII D50RD51RD53RD54RD55RD57R ø9 10ATøTø12 D52L EcoRI D52R 9 D56L ApaI D56R 8 PacI ø10 11 DraIRsrII XbaI BssHIIAatIIAvaIBspHIEciINsiI NdeI AseI D57L HindIII D59L EcoRI D58L PfoI D57R D58R 1213 PacI ø13 R13 D60L BsiWI D62L EagI D59RD60RD62R 16 D61L PvuI D61R 15 ApaLI NciI ScaI BstBIAvaI D64L HindIII D65L BamHI D67L ApaI D68L EcoRI D69L BsiWI D71L SalI D63L SacII D63RD64RD65RD67RD68RD69RD71R ø / E 19/19.2/ R18.5 D66L XmaI D66R 17.5 D70L PstI D70R øOR SRR/TR 160 KasIBspDIFspI BglI BlpIDraIIIAcvIAciIKpnI
Endy, Alpha, June Kuroda-Kawaguchi et al., Nature Genetics 29:279 (2001)
Endy, Alpha, June Responsibility “Men have forgotten this truth,” said the fox. “But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince (1943)