The Leo Apostel Center

in collaboration with the Doctoral Programme of the VUB invites
everyone to the 44th of its interdisciplinary seminars in the
Foundations series. In this series CLEA invites scholars that are
actively engaged in the research on the foundations of a particular
discipline. Their lectures will always be directed to an
interdisciplinary audience, and the discussions aim at confronting
the foundations of the different disciplines.



            TOWARDS THE BIOPHYSICS OF CELL INTELLIGENCE
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                  by Prof. Dr. Jack Tuszynski
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   (Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)



Friday, December 10, 1999 at 5 p.m. in room 5/ C401(building C)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Campus Oefenplein



About the lecture
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In this talk he will try to make a link between cell structure and
function discussing the various subcellular components and their
assemblies. Microtubules, actin filaments and motor proteins will be
discussed in this context along with their physical properties,
either measured or predicted from simulations. The focus of his
attention will be the centriole whose importance has been recently
emphasized by G. Albrecht-Buehler. It will be his goal to support
Albrecht-Buehler's observations with computer models and their
results.

About the speaker
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Jack Tuszynski is Professor at the Department of Physics at the
University of Alberta. His reasearch include: Biophysics,
Pharmacokinetics, Condensed Matter Physics, Mathematical and
Nonlinear Physics, Bio-Medical Physics, Bio-Electronics.
He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Biological Physics
He is also in the organizing committee of the upcoming conference:
Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry of Motor Proteins in August 27
- September 1, 2000 in Banff, Alberta, Canada. For more about him see
: http://fermi.phys.ualberta.ca/~jtus/

The presentation with questions will last about an hour. Afterwards,
an hour or more is reserved for an in-depth, group discussion of the
topic. More info at the CLEA office: phone 02-644 26 77 or via the
Web-page: http://pcp.vub.ac.be/CLEA/