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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 52: Posters - Multi-Cellular Systems

BP 52.1: Poster

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 17:00–19:00, Poster C

Signal propagation and summation in Physarum polycephalum — •Felix Bäuerle and Karen Alim — Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany

The slime mold Physarum polycephalum, among a number of organims growing and sustaining considerably large networks, excels in connecting food sources in a ressource balancing fashion. Furthermore, it was shown that the transport along the tubular body is optimized for dispersing nutrients with a peristaltic wave of contractions matching specimen size. In our research we want to understand the interplay of stimuli reactions, network growth and decision commitment in a context of biochemical and biophysical signals propagating along the network. By stimulation with, i.e., repulsive light illumination or glucose based attractants change in local and global behaviour is studied to gain insight into the slime molds ability to control its own transport mechanism.