Advances in Biosciences Seminar Series - Professor Timothy Saunders from The University of Warwick.
| Dates: | 30 September 2025 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health |
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| Who is it for: | University staff |
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| Speaker: | Timothy Saunders |
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Join the Division of Molecular and Cellular Function (MCF) for the Advances in Biosciences Seminar Series, the speaker is Professor Timothy Saunders from The University of Warwick.
Hosted by Dr Sarah Woolner.
Title: The emergence of complex organ shape during development; a dive into myogenesis
Abstract: How is organ formation coordinated to ensure robust morphogenesis? We use quantitative biology techniques and modelling to help answer this important question. We are particularly interested in how mechanical interactions guide morphogenesis, and how such mechanics interact with signalling networks during development.
In this talk, I will discuss how the complex form of the skeletal muscle emerges during development. This will span from how preadaxial cells are mechanically defined with the presomitic mesoderm through to how elongating muscle fibres pack coherently within the newly formed myotome segments. This work reveals that the balance between cell fate, cell adhesion, internal cellular mechanical processes and boundary constraints is tightly regulated during morphogenesis to ensure robust formation of the skeletal muscle.
Speaker
Timothy Saunders
Role: Professor
Organisation: University of Warwick
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Michael Smith Lecture Theatre
Michael Smith Building
Manchester
