Funded by TUBITAK 1001 – #123E516
Duration: March 2024 – March 2027
Recent advances in synthetic biology allow the replication of receptor regulation mechanisms in synthetic cells. Coupled with the parallel developments in dynamic bio-interfaces with tunable ligand-receptor interactions, there are now opportunities to incorporate hardware-based adaptivity to MC receivers in both biotic and abiotic realms. The objective of this project is to harness these opportunities by developing adaptive and dynamically reconfigurable biosynthetic and biosensor-based receiver architectures that leverage the tunability of ligand-receptor interactions to maintain high detection performance under time-varying MC scenarios.
Funded by Koç University Seed Research Program
Duration: July 2024 – July 2025
Project details will be published soon.
Funded by TUBITAK 1001 – #120E301
Duration: June 2021 – December 2024
The main objective of this project is to develop the first micro/nanoscale experimental test and validation platform for microfluidic molecular communication (MC) systems accompanied by a theoretical design, modeling and optimization framework, and to devise novel experimentally-validated low-complexity MC methods, such as modulation, coding, synchronization, and detection techniques.
Funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions | Individual Fellowship
Duration: December 2021 – December 2023
Ligand-receptor (LR) interactions are essential for artificial molecular communication (MC) systems to have a selective and reliable channel/receiver interface in the form of a biorecognition layer consisting of ligand receptors. Recent studies have revealed the dramatic impact of LR interactions on the overall MC performance in terms of channel bandwidth, molecular interference, receiver sensitivity and dynamic range, posing a multi-objective optimisation problem. The aim of REINFORMATION is to understand, optimise and engineer the LR interactions for high data-rate and reliable MC systems.
