AsterFields | Measuring the energetic cost of generating biological order

Summary
Every second, millions of cells go through mitosis in the human body, a process dividing the cells and their genetic content. In eukaryotic cells, a cytoskeletal structure named the spindle apparatus is responsible for physically separating the duplicated chromosomes. The self-organization of filaments (microtubules) and associated molecular motor proteins shape this structure. For decades, the dynamics of active cytoskeletal matter have been investigated both in vivo and in vitro. However, a comprehensive quantitative understanding of the dynamics of the constituents and their energy budget remains elusive.
This action aims to investigate the non-equilibrium dynamics of contractile self-organizing active cytoskeletal material through energy and order quantification and to establish a field-based model to describe energetics and dynamics in three dimensions.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101153693
Start date: 01-10-2024
End date: 30-09-2027
Total budget - Public funding: - 289 407,00 Euro
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Every second, millions of cells go through mitosis in the human body, a process dividing the cells and their genetic content. In eukaryotic cells, a cytoskeletal structure named the spindle apparatus is responsible for physically separating the duplicated chromosomes. The self-organization of filaments (microtubules) and associated molecular motor proteins shape this structure. For decades, the dynamics of active cytoskeletal matter have been investigated both in vivo and in vitro. However, a comprehensive quantitative understanding of the dynamics of the constituents and their energy budget remains elusive.
This action aims to investigate the non-equilibrium dynamics of contractile self-organizing active cytoskeletal material through energy and order quantification and to establish a field-based model to describe energetics and dynamics in three dimensions.

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SIGNED

Call topic

HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01

Update Date

17-11-2024
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Horizon Europe
HORIZON.1 Excellent Science
HORIZON.1.2 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
HORIZON.1.2.0 Cross-cutting call topics
HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01
HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01-01 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023