In Silico Evolution of Sequential Transcription Logic

In this Master’s thesis project I explored how complex functions can evolve in biological systems using a broad range of strategies in the realm of in silico evolution, such as multi-objective optimization using evolutionary niches or generic steppingstones.

I have been supervised by Florian Gartner and Erwin Frey, first as a Master’s student and later as research assistant at the Frey Group for Statistical and Biological Physics at LMU Munich and the Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics.