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LOCATION:MPI-CBG\, Pfotenhauerstraße 10801307 Dresden
SUMMARY:Dudin: Exploring multicellular developmental diversity at the root 
 of animals &amp\; beyond
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DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Omaya Dudin\nInstitute of Speaker: University of Genev
 a\, Switzerland\nTopics:\n\n Location:\n  Name: MPI-CBG (MPI-CBG CBG Large
  Auditorium)\n  Street: Pfotenhauerstraße 108\n  City: 01307 Dresden\n  P
 hone: +49 351 210-0\n  Fax: +49 351 210-2000\nDescription: All animals dev
 elop from a single-celled zygote and undergo complex morphogenetic process
 es to form multicellular organisms. These processes are regulated by intri
 nsic and extrinsic factors that drive key developmental events\, such as s
 ymmetry breaking\, cell division\, and differentiation. Despite the remark
 able conservation of these pathways across species\, the evolutionary orig
 ins of these morphogenetic mechanisms remain unclear. A major challenge in
  addressing this question is the limited availability of microscopy and ce
 ll biological data from key protists that occupy pivotal phylogenetic posi
 tions in the eukaryotic tree\, including those identified as the closest u
 nicellular relatives of animals.  In this talk\, I will show how close ani
 mal relatives such as Ichthyosporeans display strikingly diverse developme
 ntal strategies\, from coenocytic growth with cellularization to cleavage-
 based colony formation. These systems provide unique opportunities to prob
 e how cells coordinate in space\, establish polarity\, and differentiate\,
  posing critical questions about the evolutionary transition to multicellu
 larity.  Finally\, I will outline how we aim to move beyond animal origins
  by implementing\, optimizing\, and developing Expansion Microscopy (ExM) 
 to study a broader diversity of microbial eukaryotes. This approach allows
  us to uncover the diversity of cellular forms\, cytoskeletal architecture
 s\, and life cycles across lineages\, providing new perspectives on how di
 stinct multicellular developmental programs emerge. Our long-term goal is 
 to establish an Expansion Microscopy Atlas of Microbial Eukaryotes\, creat
 ing a framework to identify general principles of multicellular transition
 s across eukaryotic life.
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