Abstract 摘要 |
Living systems are canonical examples of complex systems, as they are made up of many diverse microscopic components that have strong nonlinear interactions that make their behavior difficult or impossible to predict from first principles. In addition, it is difficult to predict what effects modification of the components will have. We will discuss this problem in light of recent efforts to construct an artificial cell, as well as other efforts in synthetic biology. Finally, we will discuss an approach to coping with the barrier, by using iterated high throughput experiments with Evolutionary Design of Experiments, a combination of random exploration and statistical modeling. The approach will be illustrated with an experiment that optimizes cell-free protein synthesis.
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