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SUMMARY:The Mechanical Basis of Morphogenesis - Dr John Biggins 
DTSTART:20140501T110000Z
DTEND:20140501T120000Z
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CONTACT:Salvatore Tesoro
DESCRIPTION:The development of an adult organism from a single cell requir
 es complex shapes to emerge from simple ones. Such spontaneous shape forma
 tion is normally understood within Turing's reaction diffusion framework: 
 chemical morphogens first set up spatial patterns then couple to growth to
  produce shapes. In this talk I will discuss a growing body of evidence th
 at the shapes of biological organs are often sculpted directly by mechanic
 al forces\, without preliminary chemical patterning. In particular\, I wil
 l discuss recent work on how the gut  loops and how villi form\, and some 
 of my own results on the folding of the eye's ciliary muscle and the foldi
 ng of the outer surface of the brain.\n
LOCATION:TCM Seminar room\, 530 Mott building
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