linkedin post 2015-05-14 13:07:57

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PROGRAMMING BACTERIA. “We want to create a programming language for bacteria ... We want to program code for bacteria just like you would for a computer. A lot of the other work my lab does has to do with coming up with algorithms - just like a programmer would do – and converting that into a DNA sequence.” https://lnkd.in/eHJKT6U View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-05-14 13:03:14

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BUG COMPUTING POWER. "One gram of bacteria could store the same amount of information as 450 2,000-gigabyte hard disks... Because bacteria constantly reproduce, a group of the single-celled organisms could store a piece of information for thousands of years. So is it possible that a home computer could one day consist of a dish filled with micro-organisms?" https://lnkd.in/eDUTk7R View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-05-13 11:02:01

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HARNESS THE BUGS. "Microbes mediate all the important element cycles on earth...they form clouds, break down rocks, deposit minerals, fertilize plants, condition soils and clean up toxic wastes." Is it not time to hook these super-capable creatures up to some of our advanced programmable materials and artificial intelligence, and see what happens? https://lnkd.in/eYfQSpk View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-05-13 10:58:00

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GLOBAL NUTRIENT CYCLES of enormous magnitude are driven by microbes, and remain at equilibrium. Microbes contain hundreds of giga-tons of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, and fix 85% of the global nitrogen annually, and 50% of global oxygen. Stewards of planet earth. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954078/ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2015-05-13 10:54:14

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MICROBIAL ENGINES. "Virtually all nonequilibrium electron transfers on Earth are driven by a set of nanobiological machines composed largely of multimeric protein complexes associated with a small number of prosthetic groups. These machines evolved exclusively in microbes early in our planet's history yet, despite their antiquity, are highly conserved." Interesting high level view. https://lnkd.in/eajxV_c View in LinkedIn
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