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Mar
30
2017

Terence Hwa: Understanding bacterial growth: from test tubes to the gut

When: Thursday, March 30, 2017
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CT

Where: Technological Institute, F160, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Tina Hoff   (847) 491-3645

Group: Physics and Astronomy Complex Systems Seminars

Category: Academic

Description:

Title: Understanding bacterial growth: from test tubes to the gut

Speaker: Terence Hwa, University of California, San Diego

Abstract: Cellular behaviors are strongly dependent on their environment. In this talk, I will describe two studies. For E. coli in laboratory environments subjected to various nutrient limitations, growth of the culture is governed by a number of simple laws which accurately predicts cellular responses to environmental changes. For the major bacterial species in the human gut, a hydrodynamic model capturing the physiological state of the host correctly predicts primary correlates of bacterial composition under various perturbations.

Host: Adilson Motter

 

Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, Complex Systems

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