Das Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels

ist ein Forschungsmuseum der Leibniz Gemeinschaft

Mechanistic insights into biology through scaling studies

Termin: 
Mo, 14.12.2020 - 17:00 Uhr
Treffpunkt: 
Lectures by Zoom Meetings. Links will be provided before talks
Veranstaltungsart: 
Vortrag
Veranstaltungsreihe: 
Biologisches/Evolutionsbiologisches Kolloquium
Zielgruppe: 
Studierende, Wissenschaftler
Vortragende / Vortragender: 
Dr. David Labonte, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Some of the most fruitful endeavours to port physical approaches to biology have involved questions of scale. Selective pressures may drive species to grow to different sizes, take on various shapes, and adopt different energetic lifestyles and behaviours, but the laws of physics provide insurmountable boundaries to what is possible, and govern both the internal workings of life, and all interactions with the external environment.

In this talk, I will discuss how scaling studies can provide insight into complex biological questions, focusing on two examples: The mechanisms which allow animals to climb on smooth inverted surfaces, and the foraging behaviour of leaf-cutter ants.

Ansprechpartnerin / Ansprechpartner

Sektionsleiterin
+49 228 9122-241
+49 228 9122-295
h.waegele [at] leibniz-zfmk.de

Biologisches Kolloquium

Prof. Dr. A. Blanke
Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie
An der Immenburg 1, 53121 Bonn

 

Prof. Dr. A. Suh
Leibniz-Institut zur Analyse des Biodiversitätswandels, Museum Koenig Bonn
Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn

 

Ort: Großer Hörsaal, Poppelsdorfer Schloß oder online via ZOOM

Zeit: montags, 17.15 Uhr

 

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