Biology Club: Pattern formation live from the kitchen!

Speaker: Dr Carlos A Lugo-Velez, University of Cambridge

Patterns, patterns, patterns everywhere! The science of pattern formation lies at the very core of the evolution and development of living systems.
In this session we will take a brief tour of some interesting universal principles that lead to coherent patterns in space and time and explore some examples of how of geometry and symmetry trigger the emergence of some of nature's most striking patterns, including Turing patterns, circadian rhythms, neuron and cardiac dynamics, and patterned animal coats.
To illustrate some principles of pattern formation we will carry out a live convection experiment streamed from the kitchen of a Cambridge scientist!

Biology Club: The Biology Club brings together scientists, engineers, technologists, entrepreneurs, teachers, artists and others interested in engineering with biology at Makespace.
The Club has talks, social sessions and hands-on practicals or skill-sharing sessions (yes -we have even found some biology and making you can do at home!). If you want to work on biology-related projects, Biomakespace is the section of Makespace for that. It contains experimental biology and fabrication tools focused on scientific
applications.

This is an online event. Please find the link to join, below.

You can join the Biology Club email group at http://biology-club.makespace.org