Events
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Start: 2010-04-20 12:00
Grad and undergrad student lunch with Dr. Alipasha Vaziri. | 21
Start: 2010-04-21 10:00
End: 2010-04-21 11:00
Dr. Vzairi will discuss plans for future research. | 22
Start: 2010-04-22 14:00
End: 2010-04-22 15:00
I am interested in the role that mechanical forces play in biology. Nature has exploited the intrinsic physical properties of polymers to build networks of biopolymer filaments and associated proteins, called the cytoskeleton, which can exert the tensile and contractile forces within cells required for cell functions such as cell motion and cell division. I will present results from experiments using reconstituted cytoskeletal biopolymers to investigate how these filaments define intracellular organization and mechanics. | 23
Start: 2010-04-23 10:00
End: 2010-04-23 11:00
Cells must not only generate forces to move and divide, but they must also be able to react to forces in their environment. This conversion of physical forces into biological responses is known as mechanotransduction. I will describe measurements of the response of living Escherichia coli bacteria to osmotic stress as a model for mechanotransduction, and of the mechanical properties of a cytoskeleton system reconstituted from purified components as a model for the behavior of cells. Start: 2010-04-23 12:00
End: 2010-04-23 13:00
Graduate and undergraduate student lunch with Dr. Maria Kilfoil | 24
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