学术报告

报告题目：Testing mechanisms of cell polarity with microfluidics  

报告人：Tran, Phong T.
                 Associate Professor，Cell & Developmental Biology，Institut Curie（Paris, France)    

报告时间：2014年4月3日（星期四）下午14:00-15:00

地点：北京大学定量生物学中心老化学楼东配楼102会议室（理教路西/光华楼北侧）

摘要： Cell polarity is regulated by the microtubule and actin cytoskeleton. We use microfluidic channels to control the shape of cells. We show that microtubules can initiate new sites of polarized cell growth; and actin maintains growth. A feedback loop exists between cell shape and the cytoskeleton - changes in the cytoskeleton changes cell shape, and changes in cell shape changes the cytoskeleton.

主持人：罗春雄副教授