1 Feb 19
Speaker: Avinash Patel, PhD., Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany.
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Presentation
Organizers: IRB Barcelona
Date: Friday, 1st February, 09:30h
Place: Felix Serratosa room
Host: Xavier Salvatella, PhD Group Leader - IRB Barcelona
Abstract
The discovery of phase separation in cytoplasm has provided a novel set of physicochemical principles to describe compartmentalisation in cells. I will address how phase separation not only creates crucibles to isolate and influence reactions but also leads to an enhanced risk of driving aggregation of disease causing proteins.
Mechanisms of Disease (MOD) Program Seminar