EPFL BioE Talks SERIES "The Missing Mechanical Link: How Composite Interfaces Govern Cell Morphogenesis, Immune Migration, and Stem Cell Fate"
Event details
| Date | 11.11.2024 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Alba Diz-Muñoz, Ph.D., Research Group Leader Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit - European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg (DE) |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | English |
WEEKLY EPFL BIOE TALKS SERIES (sandwiches provided)
Abstract:
Mechanics lay at the heart of much of physiology and pathology. My laboratory at the EMBL in Heidelberg studies cellular force transduction and mechanical signaling in animal cells and tissues by combining imaging and biophysical approaches with protein engineering. Our material science perspective has allowed us to obtain fundamental insights to enhance immunotherapy, gate stem cell differentiation and improve cancer treatment. In this talk I will show how animal cells exploit the remarkable biophysics that emerge through the coupling of polymer physics and membrane mechanics to regulate cell morphogenesis, immune migration, and stem cell fate, and show how our mechanical perspective can influence the clinic.
Bio:
- PhD 2011, Paluch and Heisenberg laboratories, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden (DE).
- Postdoctoral research between the Fletcher and Weiner laboratories at UC Berkeley and UCSF, Bay Area, CA (USA).
- Since 2016, Group Leader at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg (DE).
Zoom link (with one-time registration for the whole series) for attending remotely: https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks
Instructions for 1st-year Ph.D. students who are under EDBB’s mandatory seminar attendance rule:
IN CASE you cannot attend in-person in the room, please make sure to
Abstract:
Mechanics lay at the heart of much of physiology and pathology. My laboratory at the EMBL in Heidelberg studies cellular force transduction and mechanical signaling in animal cells and tissues by combining imaging and biophysical approaches with protein engineering. Our material science perspective has allowed us to obtain fundamental insights to enhance immunotherapy, gate stem cell differentiation and improve cancer treatment. In this talk I will show how animal cells exploit the remarkable biophysics that emerge through the coupling of polymer physics and membrane mechanics to regulate cell morphogenesis, immune migration, and stem cell fate, and show how our mechanical perspective can influence the clinic.
Bio:
- PhD 2011, Paluch and Heisenberg laboratories, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden (DE).
- Postdoctoral research between the Fletcher and Weiner laboratories at UC Berkeley and UCSF, Bay Area, CA (USA).
- Since 2016, Group Leader at European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg (DE).
Zoom link (with one-time registration for the whole series) for attending remotely: https://go.epfl.ch/EPFLBioETalks
Instructions for 1st-year Ph.D. students who are under EDBB’s mandatory seminar attendance rule:
IN CASE you cannot attend in-person in the room, please make sure to
- send D. Reinhard a note well ahead of time (ideally before seminar day), informing that you plan to attend the talk online, and, during seminar:
- be signed in on Zoom with a recognizable user name (not any alias making it difficult or impossible to identify you).
Practical information
- Informed public
- Registration required
Contact
- Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), Dietrich REINHARD