{"608039":{"#nid":"608039","#data":{"type":"news","title":"NSF Funding DNA-based Electrical Memory Project","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical engineer Yonggang Ke and colleagues at the University of California-Davis and University of Washington were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to create DNA-based electrically readable memories. The goal is to address a worldwide need for data storage that outstrips today\u0026rsquo;s capabilities, by integrating synthetic biology with semiconductor technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKe, a researcher in the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech, is an assistant professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECompared with silicon-based computer memory, DNA could have advantages: it\u0026rsquo;s stable, high density and requires little energy to write information. The cost of reading genomic information has fallen dramatically in the last 20 years, made possible by \u0026ldquo;next-generation\u0026rdquo; sequencing technology. However, the new approach goes in an even more exotic direction.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn our cells, DNA stores information in the genetic code. Ke and his collaborators -- Joshua Hihath, Ph.D. at University of California, Davis and Manjeri Anantram, Ph.D. at University of Washington \u0026ndash; envision using differences in DNA molecules\u0026rsquo; electrical properties to store information. The electrical properties of DNA can be influenced by the base sequence, length of the molecule, and the number of strands in a junction. The three labs propose to develop self-assembling nanowires, multi-level memory cells, and cross-wire ROM (read only memory) systems, all made from DNA.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe grant is for $1.5 million over three years, divided between the three campuses. The grant is among $12 million in grants from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=295968\u0026amp;WT.mc_id=USNSF_51\u0026amp;WT.mc_ev=click\u0022\u003Ethe NSF\u0026rsquo;s SemiSynBio program announced July 17\u003C\/a\u003E. SemiSynBio is a partnership between the National Science Foundation and the Semiconductor Research Corp, a nonprofit research consortium that receives contributions from companies including Microsoft, Intel, IBM and Autodesk.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContact\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQuinn Eastman\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404-727-7829\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:qeastma@emory.edu\u0022\u003Eqeastma@emory.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Petit Institute researcher Yonggang Ke part of research team addressing worldwide need for data storage"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPetit Institute researcher Yonggang Ke part of research team addressing worldwide need for data storage\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Petit Institute researcher Yonggang Ke part of research team addressing worldwide need for data storage"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2018-07-24 15:12:44","changed_gmt":"2018-07-24 15:12:44","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"608038":{"id":"608038","type":"image","title":"Yonggang Ke","body":null,"created":"1532444941","gmt_created":"2018-07-24 15:09:01","changed":"1532444941","gmt_changed":"2018-07-24 15:09:01","alt":"","file":{"fid":"231914","name":"0041-c.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0041-c.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/0041-c.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1410491,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/0041-c.jpg?itok=KMDn54UF"}}},"media_ids":["608038"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"126571","name":"go-PetitInstitute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}