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SYSS: Structure Formation and Self-Organization in non-equilibrium Systems

SYSS 2: Structure Formation and Self-Organization in non-equilibrium Systems II

SYSS 2.1: Talk

Thursday, March 30, 2006, 14:30–14:45, BAR Sch\"o

Reading the pattern in living cells - the Physics of Calcium signalling — •Martin Falcke — Abteilung Theorie SF5, Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin

Structure formation and self-organization is used inside living cells to transmit signals or to encode a physiological state as we will outline by several examples: The dynamics of periodic wave trains and wave train bifurcations explain the response of cells to energization of mitochondria or overexpression of SERCA-protein. The spatial structure of cells allows for oscillations in a non-oscillatory dynamic regime by repetitive wave nucleation. The talk gives a survey of how living cells transform structure formation far from equilibrium into physiological function.