{"663142":{"#nid":"663142","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Coulter BME Seminar Series","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThis event is also offered virtually. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/97421219805?pwd=b2ZUZElTQ044anlVbFRib2VIQk1IQT09\u0022\u003EPlease click here to join via Zoom.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026ldquo;Mechanical Information Processing in Adherent Cells\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMargaret Gardel, Ph.D.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHorace B. Horton Professor, Physics and Molecular Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector, James Franck Institute\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nUniversity of Chicago\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABSTRACT\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMy lab studies how the movement and shape of living cells is controlled by living materials constructed by protein assemblies within the cell interior.\u0026nbsp; In this talk, I will describe my lab\u0026rsquo;s recent efforts to understand the design principles of the active, soft materials that drive morphogenesis of epithelial tissue.\u0026nbsp; In particular, we are interested in the design principles by which the cellular cytoskeleton senses, generates, and adapts to mechanical force.\u0026nbsp; Here I will describe our current experimental to study the regulation of the shape and size of epithelial cells.\u0026nbsp; If time allows, I will discuss how physical constraints govern cell size regulation in epithelial tissue.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBIOGRAPHY\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMargaret Gardel is the Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics and Molecular Engineering at University of Chicago. She is a member of the Institute for Biophysics Dynamics and currently serves as Director of the James Franck Institute. She joined the University of Chicago in 2007 after earning her Ph.D. from Harvard University with David Weitz and completing postdoctoral research as a Pappalardo Fellow at MIT and at Scripps Research Institute with Clare Waterman.\u0026nbsp; She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.\u0026nbsp; Her awards include a Packard Fellowship, Sloan Fellowship, NIH Director\u0026rsquo;s Pioneer Award and Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Mechanical Information Processing in Adherent Cells\u0026rdquo; - Margaret Gardel, Ph.D. - University of Chicago\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u201cMechanical Information Processing in Adherent Cells\u201d - Margaret Gardel, Ph.D. - University of Chicago"}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2022-11-14 15:41:35","changed_gmt":"2022-11-14 16:03:32","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-11-18T13:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2022-11-18T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-11-18T14:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-11-18 18:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-11-18 19:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-11-18 19:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/97421219805?pwd=b2ZUZElTQ044anlVbFRib2VIQk1IQT09","title":"Join virtually via Zoom"}],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"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":""}}}