[Bphystudent] Upcoming Biophysics Seminar by SSB

[Navaira Sherwani]

Hi all,

Just a reminder that we will be having our next SSB seminar tomorrow
(Friday 02/23/2024) from 2:00pm to 3:00pm in SSC Multi-Purpose Room 3
(Ground Floor). Coffee and pizza will be served at 1:45pm!

For those of you who cannot join in person the seminar is available to
attend on zoom.

*Zoom Link:*
https://ucr.zoom.us/j/92738986667?pwd=RVpVdXJvS21jSnB6L3o1YWh5N08yUT09

I would like to request the faculty to please forward this to your
respective departments.

Hope to see you there!

Best regards,
Navaira Sherwani

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 12:34 PM Navaira Sherwani <nsher012 at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> We are happy to announce the next seminar in our fortnightly series of
> Biophysics Seminars coming up at the end of next week, during which Dr.
> Weitao Chen from the Department of Mathematics will be giving a talk
> featuring her work in Applied Mathematics. Details about the talk can be
> found below:
>
> *Location*: Student Success Center - Multi-Purpose Room 3 (Ground Floor)
>
> *Date + Time*: Friday, February 23rd, from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
>
> *Speaker*: Dr. Weitao Chen
>
> *Title: *
> *A Mechanochemical Coupled Model to Understand Budding Behavior in Aging
> Yeast *
> *Abstract: *Cell polarization, in which a uniform distribution of
> substances becomes asymmetric due to internal or external stimuli, is a
> fundamental process underlying cell mobility and cell division. Budding
> yeast provides a good system to study how biochemical signals and
> mechanical properties coordinate with each other to achieve stable cell
> polarization and give rise to certain morphological change in a single
> cell. Recent experimental data suggests yeast budding develops into two
> trajectories with different bud shapes as mother cells become old. We first
> developed a 2D model to simulate biochemical signals on a shape-changing
> cell and investigated strategies for robust yeast mating. Then we extended
> and coupled this biochemical signaling model with a 3D subcellular element
> model to take into account cell mechanics, which was applied to investigate
> how the interaction between biochemical signals and mechanical properties
> affects the cell polarization and budding initiation. This 3D
> mechanochemical model was also applied to predict mechanisms underlying
> different bud shape formation due to cellular aging.
>
> For those who cannot attend in person, this talk is also available online.
> *Zoom Link:*
> https://ucr.zoom.us/j/92738986667?pwd=RVpVdXJvS21jSnB6L3o1YWh5N08yUT09
>
> I would like to request the faculty to forward these to their department
> graduate students and postdocs.
>
> A note to Biophysics students, this seminar counts towards the BPHY 252
> seminar series.
>
> Thank You!
>
> Best regards,
> Navaira Sherwani
>
>
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