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Physics Meets Biology: How Vinaigrette Informed Our Understanding of Cellular Organization
July 18 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Geraldine Seydoux, Sheldon Professor of Medical Discovery, Investigator, HHMI, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Registration link: https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FlpBxE-1SHmm6aLqGb221Q#/registration
Lecture Abstract: Seydoux will discuss the emerging concept of “biomolecular condensates.” It has long been appreciated that cells use membrane-bound organelles, like mitochondria and nuclei, to compartmentalize cellular functions. “Biomolecular condensates” are a newly appreciated type of cellular compartments that assemble by phase separation without the help of membranes. Seydoux will discuss how scientists working at the Marine Biological Laboratory first stumbled onto this concept, and how principles borrowed from physics and food science have guided investigations of these enigmatic cellular structures.