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SUMMARY:Kirsty Wan -- Distinct gaits of self-propulsion in microswimmers
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DESCRIPTION:(via Zoom)\nJoin us for this seminar by Kirsty Wan (Exeter) a
 s part of the North West Seminar Series in Mathematical Biology and Data
  Sciences. Details of the full series can be found here https://www.cms.
 livjm.ac.uk/APMSeminar/\n\nThe talk will be hosted in person at the Univ
 ersity of Liverpool and via zoom\, please contact carl.whitfield@manches
 ter.ac.uk or B.Vasiev@liverpool.ac.uk for the zoom link\, or sign up to 
 the mailing list.\n\nAbstract: Cilia are ubiquitous\, hair-like protrusi
 ons attached to cells. Interactions between cilia and ciliated tissues m
 ediate a variety of physiological flows that may be external (directed o
 utside of the organism)\, or internal (to facilitate internal processes 
 such as feeding or mucociliary clearance). Whenever multiple cilia exist
  in close proximity they will invariably interact\, leading to the emerg
 ence of many types of local and global coordination patterns. Often\, th
 e mechanism of this interaction or coupling is mysterious and highly sys
 tem-dependent. Adjacent cilia can communicate physically through the flu
 id\, but they can also do so via elastic or cytoskeletal linkages throug
 h the cell or tissue surface. In this talk we will consider the strategi
 es and consequences of distinct modes of ciliary coordination and propul
 sion in diverse organisms ranging from single-celled eukaryotes (protist
 s)\, to the ciliated larvae of marine invertebrates. We will introduce d
 ifferent model systems in which groups of cilia can move completely sync
 hronously\, maintain specific synchronization patterns\, or else beat me
 tachronously along topologically interesting structures. We will also di
 scuss how ciliary arrays select different modes of synchrony or metachro
 ny\, transitioning stochastically between order and disorder\, and the i
 mplications of this for whole-organism self-propulsion and navigation in
  the vast depths of the ocean.\n\nTo subscribe to the mailing list for t
 his event series\, please send an e-mail with the phrase “subscribe math
 -lifesci-seminar” in the message body to listserv@listserv.manchester.ac
 .uk
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