BINA Scientific Speaker Series | Oct 15 2024 - Guillermina San Juan (English Audio)

BINA Scientific Speaker Series | Guillermina San Juan, Oct 15, 2024
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Presentation Title: Imaging living patterns to link microscopic interactions with biological function
Presenter: Guillermina San Juan
Abstract:
Living matter relies on countless molecular interactions to execute the processes that keep us alive. In most biological contexts, detailed knowledge of these molecular interactions is yet to be translated into understanding of how they give rise to organism scale physiological and developmental processes. In my talk I will discuss how microscopy imaging data can be translated into meaningful measurements that describe the macroscopic patterns and dynamics of a biological system. Specifically, I will focus on how we apply this approach to the problem of flow generation by arrays of cilia and swimming cells. This integrated view that seeks to link sub-cellular patterns with macroscopic function will enable the discovery of mesoscopic laws that describe and predict the dynamics of essential physiological and developmental processes driven by physical forces, such as tissue morphogenesis and organism motility. Beyond their biological significance these living systems provide accessible experimental platforms to explore the multi-scale physics of pattern formation.