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Genetics to Revelation

Date: Friday, March 8, 2024 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker: Mario de Bono (ISTA)
Location: Raiffeisen Lecture Hall
Series: 4th year colloquium
Host: Tim Vogels
Central building lecture hall

Abstract

 

One of the remarkable findings of Biology is that at a molecular mechanistic level, animals work in similar ways.  We aim to discover protein machines that ultimately allow the neural circuits of a worm to  properly coordinate its behaviour. To find these machines, we randomly damage the animal's DNA, and identify mutants defective in the behavior we are studying.  

 

Elucidating how a small part contributes to the function of the marvellously complex system that is an animal requires a little imagination and a lot of painstaking detective work. I will describe our analysis of several such machines found from worms to humans.  


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