{"603939":{"#nid":"603939","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Magic Numbers in Protein Phase Transitions","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProf. Ned Wingreen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPrinceton University\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBiologists have recently come to appreciate that eukaryotic cells are home to a multiplicity of non-membrane bound compartments, many of which form and dissolve as needed for the cell to function. These dynamical \u0026#39;condensates\u0026#39; enable many central cellular functions - from ribosome assembly, to RNA regulation and storage, to signaling and metabolism. While it is clear that these compartments represent a type of separated phase, what controls their formation, how specific biological components are included or excluded, and how these structures influence physiological and biochemical processes remain largely mysterious. I will discuss recent experiments on phase separated condensates both in vitro and in vivo, and will present theoretical results that highlight a novel \u0026#39;magic number\u0026#39; effect relevant to the formation and control of two-component phase separated condensates.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A QBioS, PoLS, Microbial Dynamics Seminar"}],"uid":"27964","created_gmt":"2018-03-17 00:03:40","changed_gmt":"2018-03-17 00:04:04","author":"Jasmine Martin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-03-21T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2018-03-21T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-03-21T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-03-21 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-03-21 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-03-21 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"108591","name":"Will Ratcliff"},{"id":"11599","name":"Joshua Weitz"},{"id":"177443","name":"Ned Wingreen"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}