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SUMMARY:Cell signalling and oscillations - Dr. Kojiro Kano\, DAMTP and PDN
 \, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20061101T140000Z
DTEND:20061101T150000Z
UID:TALK5817@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Danielle Stretch
DESCRIPTION:Oscillations are observed in a wide variety of biological syst
 ems\, including \ncell signalling. Oscillations are essential to control c
 ellular processes\, \nsuch as muscle contraction\, secretion\, cell divisi
 on and gene expression and \nare generated through complex interactions be
 tween signalling molecules\, \nenzymes and transporters within the cell. R
 ecent development in fluorescent \nand electrophysiological techniques all
 owed us to quantify signalling \nmolecules with remarkable spatial and tem
 poral resolutions as well as to \nbuild theoretical models based on such d
 ata. The advantage of using \ntheoretical models is that we can study comp
 lex dynamic property of the \nsystems analytically or numerically and disc
 over new experimental \napproaches\, while the disadvantage is that it is 
 extremely difficult to \nbuild models good enough for such purpose. This s
 eminar will first give an \noverview of this field and then introduce some
  recent works by the speaker \nand other groups to discuss how experimenta
 l and theoretical studies can be \ncombined to gain a real understanding o
 f oscillations in cell signalling.\n\n
LOCATION:MR5\, DAMTP
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