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Biophysics Seminar: Professor Ned Wingreen, Princeton University

Title: "Protein phase transitions in and out of cells"
Friday, March 24, 2017
4:00-5:00 PM
1300 Chemistry Dow Lab Map
Abstract: Biologists have recently come to appreciate that eukaryotic cells are home to a multiplicity of non-membrane bound compartments, many of which form and dissolve as needed for the cell to function. These dynamical “liquid droplets” enable many central cellular functions – from ribosome assembly, to RNA regulation and storage, to signaling and metabolism. While it is clear that these compartments represent a type of separated phase, what controls their formation, how specific biological components are included or excluded, and how these structures influence physiological and biochemical processes remain largely mysterious. I will discuss recent experiments on phase separated droplets both in vitro and in vivo, and will present theoretical results that highlight a novel “magic number” effect relevant to the formation and control of two-component phase separated liquid droplets.
Building: Chemistry Dow Lab
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Event Type: Workshop / Seminar
Tags: Biophysics, Chemistry
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