Source: cirosantilli/e-coli-whole-cell-model-by-covert-lab/run-variants

= Run variants

It would be boring if we could only simulate the same condition all the time, so let's have a look at the different <boundary conditions> that we can apply to the cell!

We are able to alter things like the composition of the external medium, and the genome of the bacteria, which will make the bacteria behave differently.

The variant selection is a bit cumbersome as we have to use indexes instead of names, but one you know what you are doing, it is fine.

Of course, genetic modification is limited only to experimentally known protein interactions due to the intractability of <computational protein folding> and <computational chemistry> in general, solving those would bsai.