Mathematical Biology seminar
Toshiyuki Nakagaki
Research Institute for Electronic Sciences,
Hokkaido University
Cell behaviors in an large amoeba of true slime mold
Novemder 29, 2006
3:05pm in LCB 215
The Physarum plasmodium is a large amoeboid organism. I
will talk about some intelligent behaviors exhibited by the
plasmodium: networking multiple food locations, learning
and memory of periodic environmental changes, demonstrating
contemplative behavior when crossing an environmental
barrier. Mathematical models for these cell behaviors are
presented and discussed.
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Mathematical Biology Program
Department of Mathematics
University of Utah
155 South 1400 East Room 233
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
rasmusse@math.utah.edu
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