BNMC Seminar:  Modeling Pheromone-Induced Cell Polarization in Yeast

Tau-Mu Yi
Assistant Professor
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
University of California, Irvine

G-protein signal transduction pathways are the primary sensors of eukaryotic organisms. Haploid yeast cells use this system to sense and project up spatial gradients of mating pheromone leading to cell fusion. We have employed a systems biology approach to obtain a higher-resolution understanding of this process.

About the speaker:

Tau-Mu Yi learned about systems biology at Caltech, which was a wonderful experience. He is now at UCI where he investigates G-protein signaling, chemotaxis and cell polarization, and the robustness of biological systems.