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SUMMARY:Modeling the hard geometry of soft membranes: From tethers to the e
	ndoplasmic reticulum
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Greg Huber\, University of Connecticut\nHosted by: Wi
	lliam Klein\nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/internal//posters/2010_Spring/07
	_Huber.pdf\n\nPart of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n\nAbstract:
	 Phospholipid bilayers are 5-nanometer thin membranes made up of two layers
	 of amphiphilic molecules\, molecules which have a hydrophilic polar head a
	nd a hydrophobic hydrocarbon tail. These fluctuating sheets form one of the
	 crucial physical bases of the architecture of the cell. They are also inte
	resting from the point of view of the statistical mechanics of 2d extended 
	objects and the differential geometry of 2d manifolds. Biological membranes
	 in the cell are composite structures\, which involve a great variety of pr
	oteins and other molecules\, and are enormously more complex than the ideal
	 membranes studied by theoretical physicists and mathematicians. Nonetheles
	s\, I'll focus on how a small number of geometric and physical quantities c
	an be used to approach and solve problems posed by biologists.
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