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CDB Seminar - Jennifer Zallen, HHMI/Sloan Kettering Institute
09 June 2022, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Title: Signals, forces, and cells: Decoding tissue morphogenesis
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Michael Wright – Cell and Developmental Biology
Abstract: During development, cells dynamically move, change shape, and reorganize to build the unique structures of multicellular organisms. How these behaviors are systematically organized across hundreds of cells is a question that has long fascinated developmental biologists. I will discuss the global spatial systems and local cell behaviors that build the head-to-tail body axis of fly and mouse embryos. Recent work on how cells integrate genetic and environmental signals, including how cells modulate their behavior in response to mechanical forces, will be presented.
Host: Guillaume Charras
Zoom: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/97766688429?pwd=QzlqSnJDMUViS0NCWjlibGdROHBEZz09
Meeting ID: 977 6668 8429 / Passcode: 604758
About the Speaker
Jennifer Zallen
Investigator at HHMI/Sloan Kettering Institute
Jennifer Zallen is interested in the generation of tissue structure through the collective actions of cell populations. These organized actions are fundamental to establishing body form and generating the distinct shapes and functions of different organs. Zallen and her team work to understand how multiple cellular processes, including cell polarity, motility, and adhesions, are integrated in tissue remodeling, and how communication between cells modulates these processes so that all members of a population move in the same way. They also study how these processes can be coopted to promote cell movements that lead to tumor cell metastasis.
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