Yamate Evening Seminar

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Lecture Title	"Locomotion and Transformation of Underwater Micrometer-Sized Molecular Aggregates under Chemical Stimuli"
Date	Friday 9 June 2017 16:00
Lecturer	Dr. Taro Toyota (Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Place	Seminar room B, 9th floor, Yamate 3rd Bldg.
Summary	The mobility and transformation of micrometer-sized molecular aggregates (i.e. oil droplets, liquid crystalline droplets and tubes, and giant vesicles) in water under chemical stimuli are introduced. These molecular aggregates comprised of lipophilic and/or amphiphilic molecules have drawn much attention as plausible prebiotic cellular structures and dynamic microreactors related to the origins of life. Especially, we highlight recent advances and issues concerning the construction of such systems and discuss the implications of these findings for our understanding of protocellular systems.
Contact	Kensuke Kurihara, Koichi Kato

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