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Startseite > Seminars > Séminaires théorie > Theory Club Wednesday February 7 2018 at 12:30pm in room 646A. Lionel Forêt: "Mechanism of lipid droplet biogenesis in cells".

Theory Club Wednesday February 7 2018 at 12:30pm in room 646A. Lionel Forêt: "Mechanism of lipid droplet biogenesis in cells"

Unless otherwise stated, seminars and defences take place at 11:30 in room 454A of Condorcet building.

Mechanism of lipid droplet biogenesis in cells

Lionel Forêt

Abstract:

Eukaryotic cells contain a large number of compartments, or "organelles", delimited by a fluid membrane made of lipids and proteins. It is a dynamic organization in which structures appear and disappear continuously through membrane deformation, fission and fusion. These processes are usually performed by protein machineries consuming energy.

During this seminar, I will discuss a theoretical model for the biogenesis of a particular type of organelle called lipid droplets, whose role is to store and deliver on demand fat ingested by a cell. I will show that the manufacture of a new lipid droplet could result from an instability in the membrane of the mother organelle, instability controlled by the interfacial tensions and the elastic properties of the membrane.

Wednesday February 7 at 12:30pm in room 646A

Contact : Équipe séminaires / Seminar team - Published on / Publié le 22 January 2018

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