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SUMMARY:Elastic instability and morphogenesis of the brain - dr John Biggi
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CONTACT:Anna Walczyk
DESCRIPTION:The development of an adult organism from a single cell requir
 es complex shapes to emerge from simple ones. In this talk I will discuss 
 a growing body of evidence that the shapes of biological organs are often 
 sculpted directly by mechanical forces rather than relying on chemical pre
 -patterning. In particular\, I will discuss the elastically driven formati
 on of cusped furrows at the boundary of any sufficiently compressed soft s
 olid. I will then outline recent results showing these furrows underpin th
 e morphogenesis of villi in the gut\, and my own work linking them to sulc
 i in the brain. 
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, Lecture Room 6
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