Events

Apr

17

Event

Physics Colloquium: "Exploring Intrinsic Disorder at the Protein-Lipid Interface" Presented by Dr. Wade Zeno - University of Southern California

Location:

LL 316

April 17, 2025, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Cellular membranes are critical interfaces for the biochemical interactions that regulate cell behavior and function. Composed of heterogeneous mixtures of lipids and proteins, these membranes create complex environments where protein-lipid interactions are functionally coupled,…

Apr

24

Event

Physics Colloquium: "Cellular protrusion generation and length scale depend on curvature cues and actin network balances" Presented by Dr. Michael Henderson - Bowdoin College

Location:

LL 316

April 24, 2025, 4:25 - 5:25pm

Some of the most noticeable changes in the shape of a cell membrane are the formation of finger-like protrusions such as short filopodia (typically <5 μm long) that assist in environmental sensing and cell migration or tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) that connect cells up to 100…

May

1

Event

Physics Colloquium: "Fermions in an Optical Box" Presented by Dr. Nir Novan - Yale University

Location:

LL 316

May 1, 2025, 4:25 - 5:25pm

For the past two decades harmonically trapped ultracold atomic gases have been used with great success to study fundamental many-body physics in flexible experimental settings. However, the resulting gas density inhomogeneity in those traps has made it challenging to study…