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SUMMARY: Predicting Emergent Properties of Spatially Structured Microbial 
 Systems - Simon van Vliet\, University of Basel 
DTSTART:20241104T130000Z
DTEND:20241104T140000Z
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CONTACT:Henry North
DESCRIPTION:Microbes play a significant role in human and planetary health
 . Many of these microbes live in dense\, spatially structured communities 
 known as biofilms\, where cells interact closely by exchanging diffusible 
 molecules. To understand and manipulate the functions of these communities
 \, it is essential to uncover how community-level properties\, such as com
 position\, spatial arrangement\, and growth rate\, emerge from these inter
 actions. Here\, I demonstrate how combining single-cell microscopy with ma
 thematical modelling can provide a quantitative understanding of how these
  community properties develop from the underlying molecular mechanisms of 
 cell-cell interactions. This framework enables us to scale from molecular 
 to community-level dynamics\, laying the groundwork for a quantitative und
 erstanding of microbial community function.
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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