The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is a classical model organism of embryonic development. The mechanisms that lead to an adult, fully-developed animal from an unstructured embryo are at the very core of biology, and their investigation keeps unveiling surprises and discoveries.
In this Presidential Lecture, Massimo Vergassola will cover the first two hours (at room temperature) of this fascinating process. He will illustrate the numerous and relevant contributions brought by the overlap between biology and physics, which covers a broad range of phenomena from fluid dynamics to waves to mechanics. More details: www.simonsfoundation.org/even...
27 июн 2024
