Ariel Amir

SEAS, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Date

18 May 2016

Host

Evert van Nieuwenburg

Title

How Do Microorganisms Control their Sizes?

Abstract

How do bacteria control the size of their cells? How do they coordinate DNA replication, growth and division? I will show that ideas from statistical mechanics are helpful is answering these questions, and lead to a simple model where cell size and DNA replication is simultaneously regulated. Analysis of budding yeast data shows similar behavior, suggesting that the principles involved may be prevalent in nature across different kingdoms of life.

Amir
Ariel Amir (left) with Evert van Nieuwenburg
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