Inverting Algae and Shape-Shifting Droplets

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• Pierre Haas (University of Cambridge)
• Thursday 01 February 2018, 13:00-14:00
• MR11, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge.

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This talk is divided into two parts: first, I shall describe a generalised elastic theory for the inversion process of the green alga Volvox. I shall analyse the mechanics of type-A inversion in Volvox carteri, and interpret mechanically the arrest of inversion in mutants and chemically treated embryos. Second, I shall give an update on our work on shape-shifting droplets (which flatten into a host of polygonal shapes upon cooling), and discuss the competition between geometry and topology that arises in the polyhedral stages intermediate between the spherical and flattened droplet shapes.

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