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CMB Seminar: Amy Maddox

Bureau of Mines 201

Title: Connecting Molecules and Forces with Rings and Loops Abstract: Animal cell shape is dictated by the actomyosin cytoskeleton, including the membrane-apposed cortex. The molecular parts list of the cortex is well-characterized, and included the dynamic F-actin polymers, myosin family motor proteins, and myriad non-motor crosslinkers that scaffold the cytoskeleton, the membrane, and regulatory proteins.…

CMB Seminar: Erin Crites

Bureau of Mines 201

Title: Photothermal Heating with Nanoparticles: Enhancing Electrical Conductivity in Composites and Water Vapor Formation in Hydrogels Abstract: Photothermal heating is the conversion of light into heat. When nanoparticles are embedded in materials, we are able to precisely control localized heating in a sample using photothermal heating of the nanoparticles. We use this heating in two areas…

CMB Seminar: Allyson Sgro

Bureau of Mines 201

Title: Understanding the emergence of microbial collective behaviors Abstract: Groups of cells of all kinds work together as part of multicellular behaviors ranging from collective migration to development. These behaviors are coordinated at the level of single cells, where information about other cells and the environment are encoded in intracellular signaling dynamics that then drive…

CMB Seminar: Hangjie Ji

Bureau of Mines 201

Title: Modeling, analysis, and control of droplet dynamics Abstract: Thin liquid films flowing down vertical fibers spontaneously exhibit complex interfacial dynamics, leading to irregular wavy patterns and traveling liquid droplets. Such droplet dynamics are fundamental components in many engineering applications, including mass and heat exchangers for thermal desalination, as well as water vapor and particle…

CMB Seminar: Tom Schroeder

Bureau of Mines 201

Title: Controlling crystal growth using polyelectrolytes Abstract: In one form or another, polyelectrolyte additives are employed to control the formation of ionic crystals in a variety of contexts. As one example, engineers employ them as antiscalants to prevent the buildup of minerals on the interior of pipes. In a drastically different setting -- the microenvironment…

CMB Seminar: Wilton Snead

Bureau of Mines 201

Title: Decoding Intracellular Organization by Biomolecular Condensation Abstract: The precise organization of biochemical functions in time and space is essential for cellular life. Intracellular organization is facilitated by the division of biomolecules into subcellular organelles. While classical organelles employ a lipid bilayer membrane to separate materials from the surrounding environment, an emerging class of organelles…

CMB Seminar: Charles Maher

Bureau of Mines 201

Title: Hyperuniformity of Disordered Network Metamaterials Derived from Hyperuniform Point Patterns Abstract: Disordered hyperuniform two-phase heterogeneous materials are those whose density fluctuations are anomalously suppressed at large length scales compared to standard disordered materials. Such hyperuniform materials are found to possess unique and desirable transport and elastic properties that are isotropic and robust to defects.…

CMB Seminar: Tatiana Segura

Bureau of Mines 201

Title: From soft microparticle assemblies to tissue scaffolds Abstract: Particle assemblies form interconnected pockets of empty space that are hot spots for activity in many applications and natural phenomenon that deal with particulate matter. In my lab we explore the use of interlinked soft microparticle assemblies as scaffolds for cell culture in vitro and to…

CMB Seminar: Rita de Almeida

Riddick 415 2401 Stinson Drive, Raleigh, NC, United States

Title: Modelling cell migration Rita is a physicist that uses computational models and theory to study morphogenesis and cell migration (using both Cellular Potts and Vicsek models). She also has some nice work on the generation and analysis of transcriptomics of gene and protein expressions in yeast, arabidopsis and mammalian cells. Host: Julio Belmonte