Physics of Life

Physics of Life

This week, the first iteration of the Physics of Life conference was held at the Harrogate Convention Center (UK). The conference covers a wide variety of subjects and is supposed to be right at the intersection of physical and life-sciences.

Toquinha presented her current work on "Mathematical modelling of trichome pattern formation in Arabidopsis thaliana". She shows that a Turing Pattern can explain the positional spacing of Trichomes on Arabidopsis thaliana leafs and explores plans for her future research.

Jonas presented his efforts in "Modeling the Growth of Kidney Organoids subject to optogenetically-induced BMP4 Morphogens". A in-silico experimental setup is explored in which Kidney Organoids can be spatially exposed to morphogen gradients which arise indirectly by using optogenetically modified cells that secrete said morphogen. He was awarded the "Best Student Poster" prize for this work.