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Join Dr Thomas Hiscock for the January 2024 Cafe Sci.
Every multicellular organism – whether human, animal, or plant – begins its life as a very small and very simple single-celled embryo. This embryo then does something remarkable – it transforms into a highly complex organism with many different shapes, patterns, organs, and cell types. Unlike man-made structures, which are built by architects and engineers, embryos must build themselves.
In this talk, Dr Thomas Hiscock from the Institute of Medical Sciences will describe how mathematics – and in particular the pioneering work of the famous code-breaker Alan Turing – helps us to understand the mysterious ways in which simple embryos self-assemble into complex animals.
- Speaker
- Dr Thomas Hiscock
- Hosted by
- Public Engagement with Research Unit
- Venue
- Aberdeen Art Gallery
- Contact
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peru@abdn.ac.uk