QLS seminar (Debashish Chowdhury) via Zoom on 27 April 2021 at 15.00 CET

[Quantitative Life Sciences Section]

Dear All,

On Tuesday, 27 Aprilat 15:00 CET, Debashish Chowdhury, Department of 
Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, will give a 
seminar titled:

"Rulers, timers and transport for length control in long cell protrusions"


Abstract:

A living cell uses its long cylindrical appendages for locomotion and 
sensory purposes. Therefore, assembling and maintaining a
protrusion of correct length is crucial for its survival and overall 
performance. Usually the protrusions lack the machinery for the synthesis
of building blocks and imports them from the cell body. What are the 
unique features of the transport logistics which facilitate the exchange
of these building blocks between the cell and the protrusion? What kind 
of ‘rulers’ and ‘timers’ does the cell use for constructing its 
appendages of
correct length? How do the multiple appendages coordinate and 
communicate among themselves during different stages of their existence? How
frequently do the fluctuations drive the length of these dynamic 
protrusions out of the acceptable bounds? In this talk, I'll present an
overview of our theoretical models that address these questions in the 
context of eukaryotic flagella.


http://indico.ictp.it/event/9651/ <http://indico.ictp.it/event/9624/>


Zoom Meeting ID to attend the online seminar: 475-819-702

Join Zoom Meeting:https://zoom.us/j/475819702 <https://zoom.us/j/475819702>


If you haven't registered for previous QLS webinars, please contact 
qls at ictp.it to obtain the PASSWORD for this zoom meeting.


Kind regards,
Erica Sarnataro

  
Erica Sarnataro
Group Secretary
Quantitative Life Sciences
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Trieste,  Italy
Tel. +39-040-2240623
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