Cell Surface as an Active Composite - local control of forces and composition with functional implications
- Date
- Jan 16, 2018
- Time
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Speaker
- Madan Rao
- Affiliation
- NCBS, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
- Language
- en
- Main Topic
- Biologie
- Other Topics
- Biologie
- Host
- Marino Zerial
- Description
- Over the years we and others have shown that the physical organization and dynamics of many signaling molecules at the cell surface are locally controlled by their coupling to the thin cortical actomyosin layer, which actively drives local cell membrane composition and shape. In many cases, this organisation involves a collaboration with specific lipids on the cell surface. While this active organisation occurs constitutively, it gets locally amplified by external cues. I will discuss our current understanding in terms of both theory and experiments. Towards the end, I hope to be able to discuss possible functional implications of such a local active control.
Last modified: Jan 17, 2018, 8:35:31 AM
Location
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG Auditorium (small half)Pfotenhauerstraße10801307Dresden
- Phone
- +49 351 210-0
- Fax
- +49 351 210-2000
- MPI-CBG
- Homepage
- http://www.mpi-cbg.de
Organizer
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and GeneticsPfotenhauerstraße10801307Dresden
- Phone
- +49 351 210-0
- Fax
- +49 351 210-2000
- MPI-CBG
- Homepage
- http://www.mpi-cbg.de
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