[HTML][HTML] Biomolecular feedback controllers: from theory to applications

M Filo, CH Chang, M Khammash - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Synthetic biomolecular feedback controllers have promising applications in
various fields.•Negative-feedback controllers enhance dynamic performance and reduce …

A hierarchy of biomolecular proportional-integral-derivative feedback controllers for robust perfect adaptation and dynamic performance

M Filo, S Kumar, M Khammash - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) feedback controllers are the most widely used
controllers in industry. Recently, the design of molecular PID-controllers has been identified …

Engineered live bacteria as disease detection and diagnosis tools

I Tanniche, B Behkam - Journal of Biological Engineering, 2023 - Springer
Sensitive and minimally invasive medical diagnostics are essential to the early detection of
diseases, monitoring their progression and response to treatment. Engineered bacteria as …

On the design of a PID bio-controller with set point weighting and filtered derivative action

E Alexis, L Cardelli… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Effective and robust regulation of biomolecular processes is crucial for designing reliable
synthetic bio-devices functioning in uncertain and constantly changing biological …

Pyecolib: a python library for simulating stochastic cell size dynamics

C Nieto, SC Blanco, C Vargas-García, A Singh… - Physical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, there has been an increasing need for tools to simulate cell size regulation due to
important applications in cell proliferation and gene expression. However, implementing the …

Noise properties of adaptation-conferring biochemical control modules

B Kell, R Ripsman, A Hilfinger - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - pnas.org
A key goal of synthetic biology is to develop functional biochemical modules with network-
independent properties. Antithetic integral feedback (AIF) is a recently developed control …

Stochastic dynamics of the logistic growth model subjected to environmental perturbations

S Rezaee, C Nieto, Z Vahdat… - 2023 IEEE Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The stochastic logistic model is widely used to capture random fluctuations arising from birth-
death processes in ecological populations. We use this model to study the impact of …

Multicellular PID control for robust regulation of biological processes

V Martinelli, D Fiore, D Salzano… - Journal of the Royal …, 2025 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This article presents the first implementation of a proportional-integral-derivative (PID)
biomolecular controller within a consortium of different cell populations, aimed at robust …

AC-BioSD: A biomolecular signal differentiator module with enhanced performance

E Alexis, JL Avalos, L Cardelli… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Temporal gradient estimation is a pervasive phenomenon in natural biological systems and
holds great promise for synthetic counterparts with broad-reaching applications. Here, we …

Optimal network transmission to minimize state-estimation error and channel usage

S Rezaee, C Nieto, A Singh - 2022 26th International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of transmitting the state value of a dynamical system through a
communication network. The dynamics of the error in state estimation is modeled using a …