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SUMMARY:Fluid mechanics and biological development - Prof Julyan Cartwrigh
 t\, CSIC Spain
DTSTART:20140130T113000Z
DTEND:20140130T123000Z
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CONTACT:Catherine Pearson
DESCRIPTION:Human conception\, indeed fertilization in general\, takes pla
 ce in a fluid\, but what\nrole does fluid dynamics have during the subse
 quent development of an\norganism? It is becoming increasingly clear that 
 the number of genes in the\ngenome of a typical organism is not sufficien
 t to specify the minutiae of\nall features of its ontogeny. Instead\, gene
 tics often acts as a choreographer\,\nguiding development but leaving some
  aspects to be controlled by physical and\nchemical means. Fluids are ubiq
 uitous in biological systems\, so it is not\nsurprising that fluid dynami
 cs should play an important role in the physical\nand chemical processes s
 haping ontogeny. However\, only in a few cases have\nthe strands been teas
 ed apart to see exactly how fluid forces operate to guide\ndevelopment. W
 e survey instances in which the hand of fluid dynamics\nin developmental 
 biology is acknowledged\, both in human development and\nwithin a wider bi
 ological context\, together with some in which fluid dynamics is\nnotable
  but whose workings have yet to be understood\, and we provide a  \nperspe
 ctive on possible avenues for future research.
LOCATION:Open Plan Area\, BP Institute\, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ
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