Active growth and pattern formation in membrane-protein systems
Active growth and pattern formation in membrane-protein systems
- Event time: 1:00pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 28th January 2019
- Speaker: Francesco Cagnetta (Formerly School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 2511, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
The essential features of many interfaces driven out of equilibrium are described by the same equation---the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation. How do living interfaces, such as the cell membrane, fit into this picture?
Following a universal approach, we have built an active-interface model that may address the question. In the talk I will lead the audience through the principles that led us to the model, and discuss its most intriguing implications for membrane-protein systems and the more general problem of motion in fluctuating media.
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