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DTSTART:20151111T170000Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/1515
SUMMARY:Getting in shape: how do microorganisms control their geometry?
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Ariel Amir\, Harvard\n\nPart of the Condensed Matter 
	Theory Seminar Series.\n\nAbstract:\nMicroorganisms such as bacteria and bu
	dding yeast are remarkably\nsuccessful in accurately self-replicating thems
	elves within several\ntens of minutes. How do cells decide when to divide? 
	How do they\ncontrol their morphology? I will show how ideas from statistic
	al\nmechanics and materials science can help answer these questions. In\npa
	rticular\, I will show how a stochastic model of cell size control\,\ncombi
	ned with single cell data\, can be used to infer a particular\nstrategy for
	 cell size control in bacteria and budding yeast\, and how\nthe theory of e
	lasticity can be utilized to understand the coupling of\nmechanical stresse
	s and cell wall growth in bacteria.
LOCATION:SCI 328\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
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