Mechanics and Dynamics of Cell
Growth Control in Microbes
Rico Rojas, NYU Biology
Abstract:
I will discuss two ongoing projects concerning how microbes control
cell growth and morphogenesis. First, I will discuss how a
convergent mechanical mechanism of cell-wall expansion imposes a
developmental constraint on the space of possible shapes of tip-growing
cells from across the tree of life. Second, I will describe a
stability analysis of bacterial growth rate with respect to
perturbations of gene expression.