{"512381":{"#nid":"512381","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Terasaki Ramps: A Glimpse into the Geometrical Architecture of the Cell","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBiologists have long considered the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to be an exceedingly important and complex intracellular organelle in eukaryotes (like you!). It is a membrane structure, part folded sheet, part branching network, that both envelopes the nucleus and threads its way outward, all the way to the cell\u2019s periphery.\u0026nbsp; Microscopic images attest to its convoluted geometry, but can the complexity of its architecture be understood in a precise, mathematical way?\u0026nbsp; Recently, refined imaging of the ER has revealed beautiful and subtle geometrical forms \u2013 \u0022Terasaki ramps\u0027\u0027 -- suggestive of Riemann sheets and helical minimal surfaces.\u0026nbsp; What is the physics of these structures, and how do these fantastical architectural motifs connect to biological function?\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Terasaki Ramps: A Glimpse into the Geometrical Architecture of the Cell"}],"uid":"27664","created_gmt":"2016-03-11 14:54:47","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:16:20","author":"Alison Morain","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-04-01T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-04-01T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-04-01T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-04-01 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-04-01 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-04-01 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"166896","name":"seminar"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amorain@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eamorain@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}