Sustainable Division in a Model-System of self-reproducing Vesicles
- Date: Jun 23, 2017
- Time: 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Thomas Bödekker
- MPI-DS
- Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation (MPIDS)
- Room: SR 0.77
- Host: DCF
- Contact: oliver.baeumchen@ds.mpg.de
I will present a model system of self-reproducing vesicles that I worked with during my stay in the lab of Prof. Imai in Tohoku University, Japan. Sakuma and Imai found a simple binary vesicle capable of self-reproduction utilizing cycling temperatures in a range of 30-50°C and a pH of around 7 [1]. The division is recursive and robust. Shape deformations of this model vesicle throughout a division cycle [2], a theory of vesicle division [3] as well as recent experimental results and possible applications will be discussed.
[1] Sakuma Y., Imai M., "Model System of Self-Reproducing Vesicles", PRL107(19), 198101 1-5 (2011)
[2] Jimbo T., Sakuma Y., Urakami N., Ziherl P., Imai M., "Role of Inverse-Cone-Shape Lipids in Temperature-Controlled Self-Reproduction of Binary
Vesicles" Biophys. J. 110,7 1551 (2016)
[3] Chen C.-M., Higgs P.G., MacKintosh F.C., "Theroy of Fission for Two-Component Lipid Vesicles" PRL 79(8), 1579 (1997)
[1] Sakuma Y., Imai M., "Model System of Self-Reproducing Vesicles", PRL107(19), 198101 1-5 (2011)
[2] Jimbo T., Sakuma Y., Urakami N., Ziherl P., Imai M., "Role of Inverse-Cone-Shape Lipids in Temperature-Controlled Self-Reproduction of Binary
Vesicles" Biophys. J. 110,7 1551 (2016)
[3] Chen C.-M., Higgs P.G., MacKintosh F.C., "Theroy of Fission for Two-Component Lipid Vesicles" PRL 79(8), 1579 (1997)