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Webcast Event Details  Keck Seminar: Cell Shape Change: Bridging
Genetics, Biochemistry and Mechanics Anna Sokac, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Baylor College of
Medicine date:4:00PM   US Central (GMT −0500) Friday, December
6, 2013 location:BRC Auditorium, BioScience Research
Collaborative Building, Rice University sponsor:Gulf Coast
Consortia  Cell shape is critical to cell function, and cells
must reliably change or maintain shape as circumstances demand.
Yet despite a central role in development and homeostasis, cell
shape is poorly understood. Our lab is studying several aspects
of cell shape change in early Drosophila embryos. Specifically:
1) How are sub-cellular systems, from nucleus to cell surface,
integrated to accomplish cell shape change? 2) How are
materials, like actin and membrane, moved around? 3) Can
mechanics coordinate remote cell surface events? 4) What
determines the kinetics of cell shape cha