Microns: The bacterial viewpoint - Morning of Theroetical Physics

28/02/2017 38 min
Microns: The bacterial viewpoint - Morning of Theroetical Physics

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Episode Synopsis

Ramin Golestanian will introduce you to Life at Low Reynolds number and ask how microorganisms can swim, navigate, and coordinate their activities. You will discover how the left-right symmetry is first broken in a developing embryo, and investigate the medically important question of how mucus is shifted in our lungs and what happens when things go wrong.