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CATEGORIES:Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series
SUMMARY:Contributed Talk 1: Computational models of spatia
 l behaviour of microbial communities - Kalvala\, S
  (University of Warwick)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140910T165500
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UID:TALK54126AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/54126
DESCRIPTION:Computational simulations are now an important com
 ponent of the toolkit for studying biological syst
 ems. While it is easy to simulate well-mixed solut
 ions in order to model intra-cellular processes\, 
 it is more difficult to capture spatial phenomena 
 characterizing microbial communities. The problem 
 is compounded because we need to capture not only 
 inter-cellular communication but also changing con
 figurations\, with microbes that move\, change sha
 pe\, and create new communication channels.\n\nIn 
 this talk I will review some of the methodologies 
 that have been developed for spatially-aware compu
 tational modelling of microbial communities and th
 e limitations of these methodologies. I will also 
 present some of our results in capturing some of t
 he intriguing behaviour of myxobacteria communitie
 s (namely rippling and the formation of fruiting b
 odies) via a spatial simulation based on the Cellu
 lar Potts Model. \n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
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