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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T101500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20091003T101500
SUMMARY:Decision Making in Living Cells
CREATED:20090513T100000Z
DESCRIPTION:In every living organism\, the cell is the fundamental unit o
 f life. Half a century of biological study has produced the genetic blue
 prints of many organisms\, but there is a growing understanding that thi
 s knowledge is insufficient to understand life. The cell is not a static
  entity\, but rather\, a complex and dynamic one: information from a con
 tinuously changing environment is processed by the cell into a multitude
  of responses. In this talk we will focus on how cells adapt to their en
 vironment\, and make life-changing decisions by dynamically controlling 
 the expression of key genes. In particular\, cells must decide what to e
 at\, what lifestyle to adopt\, and even whether to live or die. We will 
 illuminate the process of decision-making by looking at these questions 
 in the bacterial model organism E. coli. We will also indicate how the m
 otifs elucidated in this very simple organism carry over into higher for
 ms of life\, including ourselves.
LAST-MODIFIED:20090915T100000Z
LOCATION:141 Loomis Laboratory of Physics\, 1110 W. Green Street\, Urbana
 
CATEGORIES:Outreach
CONTACT:Toni Pitts 217-244-2948
ORGANIZER:tpitts@illinois.edu
URL:http://illinois.edu/calendar/detail/75?key=2000010120000101117959
UID:117959@illinois.edu
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