Event Detail (Archived)
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)
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Lishibanya Mohapatra, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Brandeis University
- Open to
- Public
- Contact
- Melanie Lee
- Phone
- (212) 327-8636
- Sponsor
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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.