Wednesday, September 26, 2018
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM
TY - 102
Event Type
Educational
Contact
Colin Inglefield
801-626-6127
Link
http://calendar.weber.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=66122
Seminar presented by Dr. Michael Vershinin
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Biology
Center for Cell and Genome Science
University of Utah
Abstract:
Eukaryotic cells are a fundamental unit of life. They therefore have all the subsystems we associate with more complex lifeforms and even societies, such as logistics. I will discuss the work in my lab to understand how cargos move inside living cells. Some motions are just diffusive while in many cases motility is driven by mechanochemical enzymes called molecular motors. The latter case is also complicated because the roads called microtubules often form complex networks in cells. I will discuss our efforts to tell diffusion apart from enzymatic activity and to understand the rules of the road for motion along the microtubules. I will also discuss our experimental techniques and future outlook.