Project description
DNA-based storage uses bacteria and their genetic mechanisms
DNA is nature’s data storage medium, using a four-letter nucleotide code rather than a binary one, and it is far superior in density and durability than the most compact solid-state hard drives and the most stable magnetic tapes. This potential as a long-term storage medium for huge amounts of data has been difficult to realise largely due to the prohibitive costs of chemically synthesising DNA. The EIC-funded MI-DNA DISC project aims to overcome this with a data drive based on simple and easily available hardware components plus bacterial cells. The approach, using bacterial genetic mechanisms including colour-sensitive genetic switches and DNA exchange processes, will be demonstrated by storing a molecular dynamics simulation.
Objective
DNA has a huge potential for the long-term storage of large amounts of data. However, writing, editing, and reading DNA-based data is expensive and inefficient with current technologies. Our vision is to develop a low-cost, energy-efficient, and fast data drive that is able to write, edit, store, and retrieve DNA-based data. The data drive is based on simple and easily available hardware components plus bacterial cells. The proposed technological solution enables the short-, medium-, and long-term storage of DNA-based data. To achieve this vision, we will exploit bacterial genetic mechanisms that were evolutionarily optimized for billions of years, such as colour-sensitive genetic switches and DNA exchange processes. We have defined two specific objectives to achieve our goal. As a proof-of-concept, we will store a large trajectory file of a molecular dynamics simulation encoded on DNA. Our consortium has six partners from four European countries. One research organisation, two university, and two SMEs will work together to achieve the outlined vision.
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HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC)
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EIC-2022-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01
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1210 WIEN
Austria
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