title: Emergent dynamics from quorum eavesdropping.
abstract: Numerous bacterial species utilize quorum sensing to communicate, but crosstalk often complicates the dynamics of mixed populations. In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Wu and colleagues take advantage of synthetic gene circuits to elucidate interactions between two quorum sensing systems, with potential applications to fields from infectious diseases to biosynthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Center for Systems Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
authors.forename: Jaydeep K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Srimani
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Genomic and Computational Biology, Center for Systems Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Electronic address: you@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Lingchong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D008954:Models, Biological; D053038:Quorum Sensing; D058615:Synthetic Biology