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SUMMARY:Living patterns: Linking microscopic properties with emergent macr
 oscopic dynamics
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CATEGORIES:Inaugural lectures - Honorary Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Guillermina Ramirez-SanJuan\, Living Patterns Laborator
 y\, EPFL\n15:15  Inaugural lecture Prof. G. Ramirez-SanJuan\n15:55  Inau
 gural lecture Prof. H. Stahlberg\n\nLiving matter relies on countless mole
 cular interactions to execute the processes that keep us alive. In most bi
 ological contexts\, detailed knowledge of these nanometer-scale interactio
 ns is yet to be translated into understanding of how they give rise to cel
 lular\, tissue and organism scale properties. In my talk I will discuss ho
 w measurements of the patterns and dynamics of a biological system can lea
 d to the discovery of mesoscopic laws that describe its macroscopic behavi
 or. Specifically\, I will focus on how we apply this approach to the probl
 em of flow generation by arrays of beating filaments known as cilia\, high
 lighting how living matter provides accessible experimental platforms to e
 xplore the multi-scale physics of pattern formation.\n\nBio\nI earned my P
 hD in Biophysics under the supervision of Margaret Gardel at the Universit
 y of Chicago. My work in the Gardel lab focused on understanding how cell 
 migration is guided by the geometry of the extra-cellular environment. Add
 itionally\, during my doctoral studies I collaborated closely with the Hor
 ne-Badovinac lab to investigate the role of cytoskeletal patterning in org
 an morphogenesis.\nThe experience of collaborating across different fields
  inspired me to become a joint postdoctoral researcher with Wallace Marsha
 ll at the University of California\, San Francisco and Manu Prakash at Sta
 nford University. There I became interested in combining tools from cell b
 iology and fluid mechanics to study flow generation by ciliary arrays.\nI 
 have always been fascinated by the diversity of patterns observed in biolo
 gical systems\, whether they exist at the subcellular\, cellular\, tissue 
 or organism scales.\nWhen I’m not in the lab I am in the kitchen experim
 enting with new protocols a.k.a recipes or running by the nearest lake.\nT
 o learn more about my scientific journey you can watch my Living story.
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