Semester 2, Week 6: Prof John Mackenzie, University of Strathclyde
Academic Webpage Title: Dissecting the Role of Phenotypic Variation in Cell Population Growth and Collective Self-Generated Chemotaxis Abstract: Phenotypic variation is a ubiquitous feature of biological cell populations, even in genetically identical cells growing in uniform environments. Such variability can have profound consequences for population-level behaviour, particularly under stress, yet it is often neglected in…