Mechanobiology across the Tree of Life
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between Synthetic Biology and Engineering and Mechanobiology across the Tree of Life
Symposium overview
How do cells and tissues build themselves and respond to their environment? Over the past decade, it has become clear that physico-chemical properties are rapidly modulated to accommodate or drive changes in shape or behaviour and to exchange matter and information with the environment.
Solving the grand challenges of this field requires integrating expertise from biology, physics, and engineering. Furthermore, understanding which processes are system-specific and which represent generalisable principles requires us to use the lens of evolution to compare across the tree of life.
Responding to this critical challenge, we bring together researchers across all biological systems to discuss how new technologies can empower studies of cell wall, cytoskeleton, and membrane biology, including advanced imaging in in vitro and in vivo systems, as well as approaches that combine molecular biology with computational and biophysical methods.
Since this is a new and expanding area, we will have a particular focus on early-career researchers. Our goal is to inspire, catalyse, and foster collaborations across diverse communities to reach a comprehensive understanding of mechanobiology across kingdoms, integrating cell wall, actin and membrane biochemistry and biophysics with cell mechanics.
Session topics
More details:
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between Synthetic Biology and Engineering and Mechanobiology across the Tree of Life
Symposium overview
How do cells and tissues build themselves and respond to their environment? Over the past decade, it has become clear that physico-chemical properties are rapidly modulated to accommodate or drive changes in shape or behaviour and to exchange matter and information with the environment.
Solving the grand challenges of this field requires integrating expertise from biology, physics, and engineering. Furthermore, understanding which processes are system-specific and which represent generalisable principles requires us to use the lens of evolution to compare across the tree of life.
Responding to this critical challenge, we bring together researchers across all biological systems to discuss how new technologies can empower studies of cell wall, cytoskeleton, and membrane biology, including advanced imaging in in vitro and in vivo systems, as well as approaches that combine molecular biology with computational and biophysical methods.
Since this is a new and expanding area, we will have a particular focus on early-career researchers. Our goal is to inspire, catalyse, and foster collaborations across diverse communities to reach a comprehensive understanding of mechanobiology across kingdoms, integrating cell wall, actin and membrane biochemistry and biophysics with cell mechanics.
Session topics
- Molecular and subcellular mechanics and mechanotransduction
- Cell and tissue dynamics
- Organismal morphogenesis
- Mechanobiology of disease, ageing and regeneration
- Theoretical and computational mechanobiology
- Bacterial mechanobiology
- Plant mechanobiology
- New technologies in mechanobiology
More details:
https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/EES26-06/?utm_source=Sciepublish&utm_medium=mpreferral&utm_id=EES26-06