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SUMMARY:Track building and locomotion in Labyrinthula zosterae: A case of 
 stigmergy++? - Wilson Poon (University of Edinburgh)
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DESCRIPTION:The marine seagrass Zostera marina plays an important role in 
 coastal ecology. It is occasionally devasted by a unicellular organism\, L
 abyrinthula zosterae\, which lives harmlessly on the plant most of the tim
 e. As it name suggests\, this organism colonises surfaces by building a la
 byrinthine network of &lsquo\;tracks&rsquo\; along which the cells then mo
 ve. I will survey what is known about the &lsquo\;active matter physics&rs
 quo\; of the track building and motility\, and then present some results o
 n the &lsquo\;logic&rsquo\; of the network to seek to understand why the o
 rganism may have evolved this mode of colonisation and locomotion.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Newton Institute
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