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How Cells Control the Size of Their Organelles

  • This event already took place in January 2020
  • A Level Physics Seminar Room, Room A30, Smith Hall Annex (CRC)

Event Details

Type
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology Seminars
Speaker(s)
Lishibanya Mohapatra, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Brandeis University
Open to
Public
Contact
Melanie Lee
Phone
(212) 327-8636
Sponsor
Melanie Lee
(212) 327-8636
leem@rockefeller.edu
Notes
Cells contain a number of micron-scale structures, whose physiological functions are related to their size. Examples include cytoskeletal elements like mitotic spindle, cilia and actin cables. Each of these structures is characterized by a narrow size distribution and is composed of molecular building blocks (tubulin dimers and actin monomers) that diffuse in the cytoplasm. A key question is how the size of these structures is maintained in light of constant turnover of their molecular components. Using theory, simulations and experiments in various cell types, I will describe how we can aim to uncover design principles of size-control in biology.


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