All around us, there is a world of microorganisms that is as alien in appearance as an extraterrestrial from an old sci-fi movie. E. coli is a rod-shaped bacterium that is a mere 1-2 micrometers long. Just like larger animals such as humans, it is imperative that E. coli move and respond to their
Vaccine and drug development can take several years owing to lengthy clinical trials on real humans that also frequently result in failure due to safety issues or low efficacy. In addition, development requires an astronomical amount of labor, funds, and administrative work. It is also likely that trials on humans
E. coli is an interesting bacteria with a wide range of roles. It is a tiny rod-shaped lifeform, and completely invisible to the naked eye as it is just 1-2 µM in length. Warm blooded animals including humans depend on E. coli strains that live in the large intestine and prevent harmful bacterial
Figure 1. Life & Software Parallels As we discussed in our previous blog post, Biology Becomes Programming, an important missing link to world-shaping innovations in biotechnology is a simple interface for designing life forms. With L++ we are bridging this gap by creating the first programming language for describing life forms
Imagine the hypothetical scenario in which humans found thousands of computers falling from the sky around 20,000 years ago. For the sake of discussion, imagine that the computers are self powered. In many ways, this is comparable to examining a new lifeform, as they find these silicon creatures that appear