Active Forces and Flow for Cellular Polarization

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• Stephan Grill, MPI CBG, Dresden
• Wednesday 09 June 2010, 11:30-12:30
• Part 2 Seminar Room, Department of Genetics.

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Active material flow of the contractile actomyosin cortex is important for many cell biological processes. Here I report on the physical mechanisms that underlie coordinated and large-scale flow of the cellular cortex in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, which we have investigated in a combined experimental and theoretical approach. I also discuss how cortical flow switches a set of PAR proteins to obtain a non-homogeneous distribution, which polarizes the cell. Our results reveal how cellular mechanics and biochemistry interact to establish cellular polarity.

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