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SUMMARY:Why sperm doesn’t have fins - Alex Chamolly
DTSTART:20190224T140500Z
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DESCRIPTION:Have you never wondered? Alright\, I forgive you. But\, if you
  somehow did produce sperm with fins you’d soon realise that it's actual
 ly an existential question — literally — as with such equipment you’
 d never have come to be. Lacking inertia\, the physics of fluids on the mi
 croscale is vastly different from our everyday experience\, and so sperm\,
  bacteria and other microswimmers had to develop unique strategies to surv
 ive. I will present some surprising theorems\, highlight how nature has ad
 apted in response to them and how they challenge current designs for artif
 icial microrobots. Expect wet jokes and dry puns.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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