Carlsson Lab

Anders Carlsson Shown above is the structure of an actin wave propagating across a 3 by 3 micron piece of cell membrane. Such waves occur in Dictyostelium and several other cell types, and we are working on pinning down the networks that drive them. Take a look at the movie of simulated fluorescence . These results were obtained from a stochastic model of actin filament growth combined with Brownian dynamics simulations. More recently, under support from NIH Grant R01 GM107667, we have extended these methods to treat endocytosis.
Shown above is the structure of an actin wave propagating across a 3 by 3 micron piece of cell membrane. Such waves occur in Dictyostelium and several other cell types, and we are working on pinning down the networks that drive them. Take a look at the movie of simulated fluorescence . These results were obtained from a stochastic model of actin filament growth combined with Brownian dynamics simulations. More recently, under support from NIH Grant R01 GM107667, we have extended these methods to treat endocytosis.