Living patterns: Linking microscopic properties with emergent macroscopic dynamics
| When |
Jun 26, 2023
from 11:00 to 12:00 |
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| Where | Salle des Thèses |
| Attendees |
Guillermina Ramirez-San Juan |
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Living matter relies on countless molecular interactions to execute the processes that keep us alive. In most biological contexts, detailed knowledge of these nanometer-scale interactions is yet to be translated into understanding of how they give rise to cellular, tissue and organism scale properties. In my talk I will discuss how measurements of the patterns and dynamics of a biological system can lead to the discovery of mesoscopic laws that describe its macroscopic behavior. Specifically, I will focus on how we apply this approach to the problem of flow generation by arrays of beating filaments known as cilia, highlighting how living matter provides accessible experimental platforms to explore the multi-scale physics of pattern formation.