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Angel Goñi-Moreno1, Fernando de la Cruz2, Alfonso Rodríguez-Patón3
1School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 5TG, UK. angel.goni-moreno@newcastle.ac.uk.
Abstract:
We present a scheme for implementing a version of task switching in engineered bacteria, based on the manipulation of plasmid copy numbers. Our method allows for the embedding of multiple computations in a cellular population, whilst minimising resource usage inefficiency. We describe the results of computational simulations of our model, and discuss the potential for future work in this area.
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