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Michael K Rosen, Mar Nell and F. Andrew Bell Distinguished Chair in Biochemistry, Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Michael K. Rosen is the Mar Nell and F. Andrew Bell Distinguished Chair in Biochemistry and Professor in the Department of Biophysics at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Dr. Rosen's research focuses on how cells organize their contents without membranes. Biomolecular condensates are two- and three-dimensional cellular compartments that concentrate specific collections of proteins and nucleic acids without an encapsulating membrane. Many condensates behave as dynamic, viscoelastic liquids, and appear to form through liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) driven by interactions between multivalent constituents.
Lecture: "Cell Organization by Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation"
Reception to follow lecture.
About the Series:
The UC Davis Genome Center's David L. Weaver Endowed Lecture in Biophysics and Computational Biology is presented annually. The series honors the memory of David L. Weaver, a distinguished biophysicist and professor at Tufts University for whom the endowment was established in 2006.
Meeting ID: 973 4539 2408