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When a Cell Talks, Everyone Listens!
Teaching Materials | 06 May 2020 | Contributor(s):: Nicole Harper, NNCI Nano
This is a two part lesson focused on diffusion and cell communication. In Part 1, students will use the classic starch iodine diffusion activity. This activity can be done in any life science class. It can be used as an introduction to diffusion or as a refresher activity for advanced...
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PhysiCell: invader-scout-attacker system
Tools | 05 Feb 2019 | Contributor(s):: Paul Macklin, Randy Heiland
PhysiCell model of an invader-scout-attacker multicellular system
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Collective Sensing by Communicating Cells
Online Presentations | 22 Sep 2016 | Contributor(s):: Andrew Mugler
In this talk I will describe recent theoretical and experimental results in which this question is explored in several contexts, including gradient detection by groups of epithelial cells. I will show how communication allows cells to perform qualitatively new behaviors that single cells cannot...