PSYCHOBOTANY proudly supported by: Revolutionary Breakthroughs in Human/Plant Communication MACHINE PROJECT & The CENTER for TACTICAL MAGIC   DARPA       U.S. Department of Defense   - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - - Defense Sciences Office Biological Input/Output Systems: "The Biological Input/Output Systems Program will develop robust technologies for designing DNA-encoded "plug and play" modules that will enable the use of organisms (e.g., plants, microbes, lower eukaryotes) as remote sentinels for reporting the presence of chemical or biological analytes." Quoted from: Scehdule of Events at DARPA BIO Booth #2112, "DARPA BIO - Harvesting Biology for Defense Technology", Participation in the Biotechnology Industry Organization Annual Conference, Washington, DC, June 23-25, 2003 "The goal of the Biological Input/Output Systems (BIOS) Program was to develop a toolbox for the rational design and engineering of genetic regulatory circuits, signal transduction pathways, and metabolism. The utility of the toolbox components was demonstrated via the engineering of specific model laboratory organisms. Categories demonstrated include (1) the redesign of signal transduction pathways in plants and bacteria so they can be used together to make new functional signal transduction circuits; (2) the creation of logic circuits constructed out of components responsible for DNA rearrangements; and (3) the regulation of metabolic pathways via genetic regulatory and signal transduction components. Quoted from: DARPA Defense Sciences Office website, "Completed Programs" section (http://www.darpa.gov/dso/trans/bios.htm), April 9, 2007 "Arabidopsis plants expressing marker genes." DSO Mission Statement   (see bio here)