logo-fast uniblau klein.png

IRTG / Soft Matter Science
Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum
Stefan-Meier-Str. 21
79104 Freiburg, Germany

softmattergraduate[at]uni-freiburg.de


|    Flyer   |   Poster   |


Uni-Logo
You are here: Home Events Prof. Patricia Bassereau "Cellular membrane traffic from a soft matter point of view"

Prof. Patricia Bassereau "Cellular membrane traffic from a soft matter point of view"

— filed under:

Group "Membranes and cellular functions", Centre de Recherche, Institut Curie Paris, France

What
  • Seminar
When Feb 12, 2014
from 02:15 PM to 03:00 PM
Where Seminarraum A, FMF, Stefan-Meier-Str. 21, Freiburg
Add event to calendar vCal
iCal

Membrane proteins and lipids are internalized, externalized or transported within cells, not by bulk diffusion of single molecules, but embedded in the membrane of small vesicles or thin tubules. The formation of these transport carriers follows sequential events: membrane bending, fission from the donor compartment, transport and eventually fusion with the acceptor membrane. The mechanisms behind these biological processes of membrane transformation are actively studied both in the cell biology and the biophysics contexts. I will show on some examples how simple soft matter principles can account for membrane deformation by proteins, and how membrane bending can also affect lipid and protein distribution.

 

Personal tools