BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/ X-WR-CALDESC:Esdeveniments per Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20200206T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20200206T130000 DTSTAMP:20240328T231033 CREATED:20200130T145950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200130T145950Z UID:70819-1580986800-1580994000@ibecbarcelona.eu SUMMARY:IBEC Seminar: Andela Saric DESCRIPTION:How to build a biological nanomachine\nAndela Saric \, University College London \nThe molecular machinery of life is largely created via self-organisation of individual molecules into functional larger-scaled structures. Such processes are multi-scale in nature and constantly driven far from thermodynamic equilibrium. Our group develops minimal coarse-grained computer models to help understand how the assembly of a large number of macromolecules results in a functional nanomachine\, as well as how such processes can go wrong\, leading to diseases. \nHere I will discuss the physical mechanisms behind two key biological nanomachines that operate via protein assembly – active elastic ESCRT-III filaments that remodel and cut cell membranes and split cells in two\, and bacterial mechanosensitive protein channels that convert mechanical signals into chemical. I will discuss the model development\, simulation results\, and the mapping of the simulation data to in vivo experiments. Beyond their biological context\, our findings can guide the design of artificial structures that are able to manipulate cell membranes and perform work at the nanoscale. \nAndela is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology at University College London. She obtained her PhD from Columbia University in 2013\, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge. Andela works in the area of computational biological physics\, developing minimal models to study biological assembly and cell remodelling. She is a recipient of the ERC Starting Grant\, Royal Society University Research Fellowship\, and HFSP Cross-disciplinary Fellowship. \nShe has been invited to IBEC by Josep Samitier \nShare this...FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin URL:https://ibecbarcelona.eu/ca/event/ibec-seminar-andela-saric/ LOCATION:Sala Félix Serratossa\, Parc Científic de Barcelona\, Barcelona\, Spain CATEGORIES:IBEC Seminar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR