Saturday, March 13, 2010

Dr. Jianhua Xing will be exhibiting at the March 20th KTU!

"Curriculum Vitae of a bacterium”

Abstract: We will use the words of a personalized E Coli bacterium to show that bacteria master physics and engineering principles, so they can design machines (called bacterial flagellar motors) with amazing performance. We hope to encourage kids to learn science and engineering to outsmart the bacteria. A student will play with kids to show how one can design a multi-engine motor.

Dr. Jianhua Xing's lab is interested in using theoretical and computational analysis to understand the simple physical and chemical laws underlying complex biological processes, and using the knowledge to outsmart disease-causing objects from microorganisms to cancer cells.

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