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SUMMARY:Microscale motility: challenges\, opportunities\, ecological consi
 derations - Kirsty  Wan (University of Exeter)
DTSTART:20221011T151500Z
DTEND:20221011T155000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Researchers have been deeply fascinated by motility since the 
 days of van Leeuwenhoek\, over 350 years ago. It is a key physiological ac
 tivity that is present in many microbial species\, across many phyla\, fro
 m bacteria to archaea to small eukaryotes. In multicellular organisms many
  of these ancestral traits are retained\, examples include immune cells cr
 awling on substrates\, or cilia propelling viscous fluid. Motility is ther
 efore an energetically costly investment\, especially for microbial life\,
  so what are some of the advantages that it confers? In this talk I will h
 ighlight three distinct examples of motility at the microscopic scale\, fo
 cussing on mechanisms\, dynamics and stochastic behaviours at the individu
 al level.&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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