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SUMMARY:G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Waves in the airways: a carpet of microscopic
  rowers keeps us alive - Professor Pietro Cicuta\, Professor of Biological
  Physics\, Biological and Soft Systems\, Cavendish Laboratory\, Department
  of  Physics 
DTSTART:20180129T180000Z
DTEND:20180129T190000Z
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CONTACT:Beverley Larner
DESCRIPTION:We can breathe in dusty environments\, without choking\,  and 
 we are not infected by the vast fraction of bacteria that we inhale in a t
 ypical day. This is thanks to a carpet of microscopic moving filaments tha
 t lines our airways\, the cilia. This carpet keeps a constantly refreshed 
 clean layer of fluid\,commonly known as the mucus\, in motion. We cough\, 
 sometimes\, as a response to cilia not working properly\, which can be a r
 esult of an infection.   Some people have severe diseases that permanently
  affect this important function. Why do we look at this in the Physics Dep
 artment? Even in healthy people\, it is not clear how the cilia manage to 
 coordinate their beating.Coordination is essential\, imagine the differenc
 e a good cos can make to a rowing crew. The cilia manage\, spontaneously\,
  to coordinate over a scale of millions of individual filaments\, to form 
 long range waves of rowers. We need an understanding of the physics of syn
 chronisation\, together with fluid dynamics\, and knowledge from cell biol
 ogy\,to piece this puzzle together.   \n\n\n
LOCATION:Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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