Molecular-Level Computations with DNA

Talks I've given:

  • DNA: The next Generation Computer?, Graduate Olivetti Club, Cornell (Mar. '95)
    I also gave undergraduate-level versions of this talk, although much of the original talk would have been comprehensible to undergraduates as well.

  • Using DNA as a Computer, invited talk for Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, Ithaca College (Mar '96)(Review of talk)

  • Using DNA as a Computer, Wells College Science Colloquium, December '95.(Review of my talk)

    These talks were given under the Pew Foundation's "Preparing Future Faculty" Program.
    (See the chronology found under "About my Teaching" on my homepage).


    Some Introductory Articles:

  • An article geared to the general public from the New York Times.
  • An accessible article, "Gene Genie" by T. Bass (Aug '95, WIRED).
  • Survey article by David Gifford On the Path to Computation with DNA , pp. 993-994, Science (Vol 266, Nov 11, 1994), same issue as Adleman's paper (see below)
    Some More Technical Papers

  • Princeton Bio-Computing Homepage
  • Adleman's paper, Molecular computation of solutions to combinatorial problems in the journal Science (Vol 266, Nov 11, 1994, pp 1021-1024) upon which my talk was mostly based). Same issue had survery article by David Gifford, see above.
  • By FTP Lipton's Speeding up Computation via Molecular Biology
  • Adleman's response: On Constructing a Molecular Computer
  • Touring Machine paper
    Here are some Pictures!

  • Computer image of protein on DNA
  • A Gorgeous diagram: 'the human genome at four levels of detail'

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