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Dean's Seminar: Feeling the Pressure: Illuminating the Physical Mechanisms of Cell Movement
Start Date: 10/28/2015Start Time: 3:30 PM
End Date: 10/28/2015End Time: 5:00 PM

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Ryan Petrie, PhD, assistant professor of biology

 

Even when we are standing still, the cells in our body are going places. White blood cells, for example, constantly patrol our tissues and organs to detect and fight infections, while fibroblast cells can navigate to the site of a cut and help heal the skin. This talk will reveal that an individual cell can change how it moves in response to the structure of the material surrounding it. Ryan Petrie, PhD, will discuss how this adaptability is important for the movement of normal cells through the complex microenvironments of the body and can contribute to cancer cell invasion and metastasis.

 
The College of Arts and Sciences' Dean's Seminars are free and open to the Drexel community. Light refreshments will be served.
Location:
Disque Hall, Room 109, 32 South 32nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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  • Everyone
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  • Free Food
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