Beat of Life: Understanding the Cell’s Rhythms

Caltech’s Michael Elowitz, an expert in the field of synthetic biology, discusses some of the well-studied and intriguing oscillations that produce order within cells.

Oscillations — such as the side-to-side swing of a pendulum — are best known from physical systems, but they are also prevalent in the natural world. Many processes within cells have rhythms, such as the wave-like oscillations of proteins that help cells divide or the circadian clocks that keep cellular activities running on time.

Watch more in our Cell Oscillations series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZCoret-Oew7C_l9KbgGdFxvF6q9f8EzT

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