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SUMMARY:Tricks With DNA  - Dr Gos Micklem\, (University of Cambridge\, UK)
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CONTACT:Dr Anna Ott
DESCRIPTION:DNA is an interesting molecule: a digital information storage 
 medium operating at atomic scale and thus with a far higher storage densit
 y than the current human-designed state-of-the-art. I will discuss how mod
 ern biology has been revolutionised by rapid developments in the technolog
 ies that allow DNA sequences to be read and written.  These same technolog
 ies are being used in the emerging field of synthetic biology\, which aims
  to exploit existing biological systems in novel ways. Examples include th
 e use of DNA as a high density storage medium\; the design of novel geneti
 c circuits that operate in living cells or in cell extracts\; the redesign
  of whole genomes and the rational design of nano-scale self-assembling st
 ructures built from synthetic DNA\, including systems that have interestin
 g dynamics and have the capability to carry out simple computations. Thus\
 , as a tool for programming matter at the atomic level and in other ways\,
  DNA is poised to become an even more interesting molecule. 
LOCATION:Cambridge Graphene Centre Seminar Room
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