Interfacing Living Cells via Molecular Communication

Tadashi Nakano; Shouhei Kobayashi; Tokuko Haraguchi

Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems. 5th International ICST Conference, BIONETICS 2010, Boston, USA, December 1-3, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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Interfacing Living Cells via Molecular Communication

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_4,
    author={Tadashi Nakano and Shouhei Kobayashi and Tokuko Haraguchi},
    title={Interfacing Living Cells via Molecular Communication},
    proceedings={Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems. 5th International ICST Conference, BIONETICS 2010, Boston, USA, December 1-3, 2010, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={BIONETICS},
    year={2012},
    month={10},
    keywords={Molecular communication biological machines autophagy},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_4}
}

Tadashi Nakano
Shouhei Kobayashi
Tokuko Haraguchi
Year: 2012
Interfacing Living Cells via Molecular Communication
BIONETICS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_4

Tadashi Nakano¹^,*, Shouhei Kobayashi²^,*, Tokuko Haraguchi²^,*

1: Osaka University
2: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

*Contact email: tnakano@wakate.frc.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp, skobayashi@po.nict.go.jp, tokuko@po.nict.go.jp

Abstract

Molecular communication provides a direct method for interfacing living cells via transmission of chemical signals. Here we report our recent result of developing a novel molecular communication method based on the cellular event called autophagy. The method currently under investigation uses micrometer-sized objects coated with bio-reactive molecules as information carrying molecules, which are selectively incorporated into and decoded within biological cells. This short paper briefly describes the method, experimental results, and theoretical model for the molecular communication method based on autophagy.

Keywords: Molecular communication biological machines autophagy

Published: 2012-10-18

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32615-8_4