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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 12: Poster II

BP 12.58: Poster

Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 14:00–16:00, Poster B2

Reconstitution of cilia-like beating — •Veikko F. Geyer — Technische Universität Dresden, B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Dresden, Germany

I will present a historical overview on the study and reconstitution of bending oscillations in filament bundles and cilia-like beating, featuring key experiments and major challenges in the field.

To study ciliary beating, two approaches have been used: (i) the top-down (study of the dynamics of ciliary fragments) and (ii) the bottom-up (combining ciliary components - filaments, motors,cross-linkers) approach.

I will review the known requirements for bending oscillations in a minimal motor-filament system and discuss how those requirements have been tested experimentally by different approaches and by different groups.