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CATEGORIES:Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
SUMMARY:Structure\, Mechanics\, and Thermodynamics of Mixt
 ures of Microtubules and Molecular Motors - Daniel
  Joseph Needleman (Harvard University)
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/124366
DESCRIPTION:The self-organization of the microtubule cytoskele
 ton underlies diverse cell biological processes\, 
 ranging from chromosome segregation to neuronal mo
 rphogenesis. In order to gain insight into these b
 iological processes\, and the properties of active
  matter more generally\, we are studying the large
 -scale structure\, mechanics\, and thermodynamics 
 of collections of microtubules and molecular motor
 s in cell extracts and reconstituted systems of pu
 rified components. I will present our recent work 
 characterizing spontaneous contractions\, ordering
 \, instabilities\, and heat production in these sy
 stems.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
CONTACT:INI IT
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