Tal Danino: Programming bacteria to detect cancer (and maybe treat it)
Tal Danino: Met bacteriën kunnen we kanker vaststellen (en misschien zelfs behandelen)
Tal Danino explores the emerging frontier of combining biology and engineering (and art). He is a 2015 TED Fellow. Full bio
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than stars in our entire galaxy.
dan er sterren zijn in het heelal.
of bacteria inside of us
van bacteriën in ons lichaam
van onze gezondheid,
ontwikkelt zich zo snel
like we program computers.
net als computers, kunnen programmeren.
some kind of sports play,
the first bacterial program I developed.
mijn eerste bacterieprogramma.
we can print and write DNA
kunnen we DNA printen en schrijven
and programs inside of bacteria.
en programma's in de bacteriën.
is produces fluorescent proteins
fluorescerende eiwitten
to communicate and synchronize,
en synchroniseren,
that you see here
van een menselijk haar.
is that our genetic program
is dat ons genetisch programma
to each produce small molecules,
kleine moleculen aan te maken,
the thousands of individual bacteria
tussen duizenden andere bacteriën
quite well at this scale,
redelijk goed op deze schaal,
them together can only travel so fast,
ze synchroniseert in snelheid beperkt is,
this results in traveling waves
bewegende golven
far away from each other,
ver uit elkaar liggen.
from right to left across the screen.
van rechts naar links bewegen.
op het natuurlijke fenomeen
relies on a natural phenomenon
and sometimes virulent behaviors
en soms heftig reageren
dichtheid bereiken.
in action in this movie,
in deze video,
only begins to glow
pas begint te gloeien
dichtheid wordt bereikt.
or critical density.
fluorescente eiwitten produceren
rhythmic patterns of fluorescent proteins
we call The Supernova,
dat we de Supernova noemen,
these beautiful patterns,
deze mooie patronen
bacteriën nog meer doen?
these bacteria to do?
bacteriën kunnen programmeren
how we can program bacteria
in our bodies like cancer.
te herkennen en te genezen.
over bacteriën
inside of tumors.
groeien in tumoren.
has no access,
het immuunsysteem niet werkt.
to grow and thrive.
voor hun groei en ontwikkeling.
that have a health benefit,
die goed zijn voor de gezondheid,
when orally delivered to mice,
aan muizen werden toegediend,
grow inside of liver tumors.
verder groeiden.
of the probiotics,
te laten produceren
to produce a signal
programmed these probiotics
speciaal geprogrammeerd
the color of your urine
dat de kleur van je urine verandert
aan te tonen.
leverkanker kon herkennen,
detect liver cancer,
to detect otherwise.
specifically localize to tumors,
specifiek aan tumoren vastkleven,
om kanker niet alleen te herkennen
to not only detect cancer
from within the tumor environment
helende moleculen te produceren
using quorum sensing programs
quorum-sensingprogramma's,
taking a programmed probiotic
waarin een geprogrammeerd probioticum
en leven te programmeren,
in kankeronderzoek.
I worked with artist Vik Muniz
werkte ik met kunstenaar Vik Muniz
gemaakt uit bacteriën en kankercellen.
or cancer cells.
and purpose of this microscopic universe
van dit microscopische universum
for the future of cancer research.
creatieve richtingen in kankeronderzoek.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tal Danino - Synthetic biologistTal Danino explores the emerging frontier of combining biology and engineering (and art). He is a 2015 TED Fellow.
Why you should listen
Tal Danino's research explores the emerging frontier of combining biology, engineering and medicine. His work as a synthetic biologist focuses on reprogramming bacteria to detect and treat diseases in our bodies such as cancer.
Originally from Los Angeles, Danino received B.S. degrees from UCLA in Physics, Chemistry and Math, and received his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from UCSD. He did a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently an assistant professor at Columbia University in New York.
Danino's work has been published in scientific journals and highlighted in several popular press venues. He actively develops "Bio-Art" projects that share perspectives and stories about science with recent projects featured in the New York Times, WIRED, and the Wall Street Journal.
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