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Biology is fundamental to our changing world. The 21st century challenge for our students, our scholars, and the greater society is to understand our place in this changing world and to create fundamental knowledge for informed policies, economies, and social structure.

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Curvature dynamics of biomembranes: role of membrane viscosity and interleaflet friction

Petia Vlahovska, Northwestern University
- | DRL 4C6 and via Zoom

Abstract: 

Lipid bilayers are the main structural component of the membranes that shape and compartmentalize cells. Cell architecture is highly dynamic and…



The evolution of immunity and pathogenesis within environmental battlegrounds

Dr. Tera Levin, University of Pittsburgh
- | Leidy 109 and Zoom

Abstract; New infectious diseases routinely emerge from natural reservoirs, with sometimes devastating consequences on human populations. How does this happen? Specifically, what events within natural…