Modeling Pheromone-Induced Cell Polarization in Yeast
Tau-Mu Yi
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine
2:00 PM -- 3:00 PM
July 14, 2006 (Friday)
Beckman Inst. Auditorium
G-protein signal transduction pathways are the primary sensors of eukaryotic organisms. Haploid yeast cells use this system to sense and project up spatial gradients of mating pheromone leading to cell fusion. We have employed a systems biology approach to obtain a higher-resolution understanding of this process.
About the Speaker
Tau-Mu Yi learned about systems biology at Caltech, which was a wonderful experience. He is now at UCI where he investigates G-protein signaling, chemotaxis and cell polarization, and the robustness of biological systems.
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