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AKB: Biologische Physik

AKB 55: Molecular Motors

AKB 55.2: Invited Talk

Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 14:30–15:00, TU H2013

Bacterial motion: molecular motors and switches — •Berenike Maier — CeNS, LMU München

Bacteria are the smallest free-living organisms. Having a diameter of only one micrometer, bacteria undergo random walks in aqueous solution. Bacteria have developed various molecular machines to overcome Brownian motion and to generate directed movement. In this talk we will explore kinetics, force generation and switching of the molecular machine responsible for ’twitching motility’ at surfaces.