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SUMMARY:Cytoskeletal pattern formation: Self organization of driven filame
 nts - Bausch\, A (Technische Universitt Mnchen)
DTSTART:20130627T084500Z
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Living cells rely on the self organization mechanisms of cytos
 keleton to adapt to their requirements. Especially in processes such as ce
 ll division\, intracellular transport or cellular motility the controlled 
 self assembly to well defined structures\, which still allow a dynamic reo
 rganization on different time scales are of outstanding importance. Thereb
 y\, the intricate interplay of cytoskeletal filaments\, crosslinking prote
 ins and molecular motors a central role. One important and promising strat
 egy to identify the underlying governing principles is to quantify the phy
 sical process in model systems mimicking the functional units of living ce
 lls. Here I will present in vitro minimal model systems consisting of acti
 n filaments\, crosslinking molecules and myosin II exhibiting collective l
 ong range order and dynamics. I will discuss how a balance of local force 
 exertion\, alignment interactions\, crosslinking and hydrodynamics affect 
 the evolving dynamic structures.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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