Eric Cytrynbaum
University of British Columbia
Scientific, Distinguished Lecture
UBC Department Colloquium: Eric Cytrynbaum
For over a century, the development and replacement of reptile teeth has been of interest originally for its value in comparative anatomy and evolutionary biology due to the prevalence of teeth in the fossil record and more recently as a model system...
Scientific, Seminar
A Polymer Model Explains MinDE Dynamics in E. coli Cell Division
Scientific, Seminar
Mathematical Biology Seminar: Eric Cytrynbaum
Scientific, Seminar
Math Biology Seminar: Eric Cytrynbaum
The FitzHugh-Nagumo system of partial differential equations (FHN) is a generic model for excitable media, often used to build a qualitative understanding of electrophysiological phenomena. A well-characterized traveling-pulse solution to FHN serves...
Scientific, Seminar
Math Biology Seminar: Eric Cytrynbaum
In growing plant cells, parallel ordering of microtubules (MTs) influences the direction of cell expansion. Models of MT growth in the plane and on polyhedral surfaces have shown that growing-MT encounters lead to the formation of ordered arrays. The...