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DNA - Nanoelectronics: Realization of a Single Electron Tunneling Transistor and a Quantum Bit Element
Eshel Ben-Jacob, Ziv Hermon, Shay Caspi
Based on the understanding that chemical bonds can act as tunnel junctions in the Coulomb blockade regime, and on the technical ability to coat a DNA strand with metal, we suggest…
Continuous and discrete models of cooperation in complex bacterial colonies
Inon Cohen, Ido Golding, Yonathan Kozlovsky +1
We study the effect of discreteness on various models for patterning in bacterial colonies. In a bacterial colony with branching pattern, there are discrete entities - bacteria - w…
Generic Modeling of Chemotactic Based Self-Wiring of Neural Networks
Ronen Segev, Eshel Ben-Jacob
The proper functioning of the nervous system depends critically on the intricate network of synaptic connections that are generated during the system development. During the networ…
From Neurons to Brain: Adaptive Self-Wiring of Neurons
Ronen Segev, Eshel Ben-Jacob
During embryonic morpho-genesis, a collection of individual neurons turns into a functioning network with unique capabilities. Only recently has this most staggering example of eme…
Soliton mediated protein folding
S. Caspi, E. Ben-Jacob
A novel approach to protein folding dynamics is presented. We suggest that folding of protein may be mediated via interaction with solitons which propagate along the molecular chai…