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SUMMARY:Patterning Embryos with Genetic Oscillations
DTSTART:20150528T140000
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Andrew C. Oates\, The Francis Crick Institute\, London (
 UK)\nBIOENGINEERING SEMINARAbstract:\nHow do spatio-temporal patterns emer
 ge at the tissue level from noisy cellular and molecular interactions? We 
 are exploring these questions using a population of genetic oscillators in
  the vertebrate embryo termed the segmentation clock. This multi-cellular 
 clock drives the rhythmic\, sequential\, and precise formation of embryoni
 c body segments with a period of about 30 minutes\, and exhibits a rich se
 t of spatial and temporal phenomena spanning from molecular to tissue scal
 es. Defects in this clock underlie human congenital mal-segmentation disor
 ders (hereditary scoliosis). Tissue patterning by cellular oscillations is
  a recent concept\, and the mechanisms and molecules responsible for this 
 astonishing activity are just beginning to be understood. I will present a
 nd discuss our progress in this area with a special focus on how the rhyth
 m of the process is controlled in the zebrafish embryo.Bio:\n1992 BSc Bioc
 hemistry (Honours) University of Adelaide\, Adelaide\, Australia\n1998 PhD
  Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research University of Melbourne\, Melbourne\
 , Australia\n2001 Postdoctoral\, Princeton University\, USA\n2003 Postdoct
 oral\, University of Chicago\, USA\n2003 Junior Group Leader\, Max Planck 
 Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics\, Dresden\, Germany\n200
 8 W2 Senior Group Leader\, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology
  and Genetics\, Dresden\, Germany\n2012 Professor of Vertebrate Developmen
 tal Genetics\, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology\, University C
 ollege London\, UK\n2015 Group Leader\, the Francis Crick Institute\, Lond
 on\, UK
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