[Bphystudent] Upcoming Biophysics Seminar by SSB

[Navaira Sherwani]

Hi all,

Our session will start in about 2 hours at 2:00pm. Coffee and pizza will be
served at the location!

To attend on zoom:
https://ucr.zoom.us/j/92738986667?pwd=RVpVdXJvS21jSnB6L3o1YWh5N08yUT09

Hope to see you there!

Best regards,
Navaira Sherwani

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 1:43 PM Navaira Sherwani <
navaira.sherwani at email.ucr.edu> wrote:

> 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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