The chirality of life
- Date
- Oct 10, 2024
- Time
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Speaker
- Alain Goriely
- Affiliation
- University of Oxford
- Series
- MPI-CBG Thursday Seminar
- Language
- en
- Main Topic
- Biologie
- Host
- Pierre Haas
- Description
- Many natural structures such as proteins, climbing vines, and seashells exhibit a well defined chirality, some are left-handed, some are right-handed, some are both. The ultimate origin of chirality is one of Nature's great mystery. However, geometry and mechanics play a fundamental role in assigning chirality and carrying this information from microscopic to macroscopic scales. In this talk, I will discuss the general problem of chirality, chirality measure, and chirality transfer, trace its history, and use examples from chemistry and biology to obtain general principles with some surprising twists.
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG: Auditorium Large)Pfotenhauerstraße10801307Dresden
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- +49 351 210-0
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- +49 351 210-2000
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- http://www.mpi-cbg.de
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Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and GeneticsPfotenhauerstraße10801307Dresden
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- +49 351 210-0
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- +49 351 210-2000
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- http://www.mpi-cbg.de
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