Recurrent neural networks in synthetic cells: a route to autonomous molecular agents?

Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 Jun 7:11:1210334. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1210334. eCollection 2023.

Michele Braccini¹, Ethan Collinson², Andrea Roli^{1

3}, Harold Fellermann^{2

3}, Pasquale Stano⁴

¹ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Campus of Cesena, Cesena, Italy.
² Interdisciplinary Computing and Complex Biosystems Research Group, School of Computing, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
³ European Centre for Living Technology (ECLT), Venice, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: artificial cells; autonomy; recurrent chemical neural networks; synthetic biology; synthetic cells.

Grants and funding

UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), grant agreement number EP/W524700/1.