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Abstract: In this lecture I will be presenting some of our work of using DNA as a digital chemical tool in non-biological applications. For the most prominent application, long-term data storage, I will be discussing aspects of the chemical stability of DNA (1) and error sources (2).
In addition, my research group has been interested in other digital applications of DNA, which involve the integration of information into products. This is either in the form of DNA barcode tracers, or, more elaborately as DNA-of-things storage architecture (3). I will be presenting some proof of concept projects of the DNA-of-things approach, involving both large data pools (Netflix episode) and large-scale information distribution with DNA (to 400'000 recipients).
To complete, I will discuss the capabilities and fascination of random DNA synthesis: We can design giant random DNA pools to be used as cryptographic product barcodes, which allow a distributed identification of objects and materials, via our recently developed Chemical Unclonable Function technology.