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Active Clustering, Fluctuations and Stresses in Living Cells
Mathematical Biology| Speaker: | Madan Rao, Raman Research Institute/National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, Ind |
| Location: | 432 Physics |
| Start time: | Tue, Mar 9 2010, 2:00PM |
The material of the living cell is subject to active stresses arising from a cytoskeletal meshwork which is driven out of equilibrium by the action of motors and polymerization/depolymerization. I will describe the coarse grained dynamics of this system, and its implications in two cellular contexts : (i) Cortical actin dependent clustering of molecules on the cell surface and its consequences to sorting and signaling, (ii) Buckling and stiffening of a filament in an active contractile medium.
Joint with Physics seminar.