Event Detail (Archived)

Cytoskeletal Mechanics: Contractile Actomyosin Networks

  • This event already took place in May 2017
  • A Level Physics Seminar Room, Room A30, Smith Hall Annex (CRC)

Event Details

Type
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Speaker(s)
François Nédélec, Ph.D., group leader, cell biology and biophysics unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Open to
Public
Contact
Melanie Lee
Phone
(212) 327-8636
Sponsor
Melanie Lee
(212) 327-8636
leem@rockefeller.edu

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