Report on alumni guest lecture on “microtubules in cell migration” by life science association
On 5
January, 2018, a talk was organized by the Life Science Association for the postgraduate
students of Life Sciences, on the topic “Microtubules in cell migration”. The
talk was given by Ms. Shailaja Seetharaman of Pasteur Institute, Paris,
formerly a student of Christ. With a brief introduction on Cell Migration and
Cytoskeletal structures, the talk was directed towards the role of this very
phenomenon in Cancer cells. Just like a cell cannot move without a stimulus, it
cannot attach to the extracellular matrix without focal adhesions. Thus these
focal adhesions were highlighted to play a major role in cell adhesion. The
talk then went on revolve around tubulin-acetylation and its effect on focal
adhesion turn-over and dynamics.Before the end of the talk, Ms. Seetharaman
brought to our notice the various criteria to be checked while presenting research
data in the form of figures. The students thoroughly benefitted from the
interaction.
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