Developmental Biology of a Simple Organism
How do simple cells differentiate, assemble into communities, and cope with change? Losick's seminar addresses these questions in the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Part I is an overview of how B. subtilis makes a spore. Part II presents research on the capacity of B. subtilis cells to form architecturally complex communities.
Part III presents research showing that B. subtilis uses a bet hedging strategy for coping with uncertainty.
Richard Losick is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, the Maria Moors Cabot Professor of Biology, and a Harvard College Professor.
(from ibiology.org)
1. Spore Formation in B. Subtilis
Richard Losick provides an overview of how B. subtilis makes a spore.
2. New Research on Multicellularity
Richard Losick presents research on the capacity of B. subtilis cells to form architecturally complex communities.
3. Stochasticity and Cell Fate
Richard Losick presents research showing that B. subtilis uses a bet hedging strategy for coping with uncertainty.
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