Towards Multicellular Biological Deep Neural Nets Based on Transcriptional Regulation

12/24/2019
by   Sihao Huang, et al.
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Artificial neurons built on synthetic gene networks have potential applications ranging from complex cellular decision-making to bioreactor regulation. Furthermore, due to the high information throughput of natural systems, it provides an interesting candidate for biologically-based supercomputing and analog simulations of traditionally intractable problems. In this paper, we propose an architecture for constructing multicellular neural networks and programmable nonlinear systems. We design an artificial neuron based on gene regulatory networks and optimize its dynamics for modularity. Using gene expression models, we simulate its ability to perform arbitrary linear classifications from multiple inputs. Finally, we construct a two-layer neural network to demonstrate scalability and nonlinear decision boundaries, and discuss future directions for utilizing uncontrolled neurons in computational tasks.

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