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The Internet of Algae: modelling communication across four signaling channels

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  • Molecular Communication
  • Computational Biology
  • Scientific Visualization
  • Open Science

Algae communicate through chemicals, voltage, and light. The Internet of Algae Lab translates communication-theoretic models for photosynthetic molecular networks into parameter-driven simulations that run in a browser.

The lab covers four signaling modalities:

  • Quorum sensing: chemical communication between cells
  • Volatile organic compounds (VOCs): airborne chemical signals
  • Electrical signaling: communication through voltage changes
  • Bioluminescence: communication through emitted light

Users can modify model parameters, visualize signal propagation toward the receiver, and examine attenuation and propagation delay as functions of distance. The lab is a static web page and requires no installation or build step.

Video overview of the Internet of Algae Lab and its four signaling modalities.

The simulations translate models from The Internet of Algae: End-to-End Communication-Theoretic Models for Photosynthetic Molecular Networks, by Ian F. Akyildiz, Selin Sayın, Eyüp İlker Saygılı, and Bige Deniz Ünlütürk, published in IEEE Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications.

These are communication-theoretic simulations, not experimental validation of biological signaling. The project is available here: