Lecture Overview

How do simple cells differentiate, assemble into communities, and cope with change? Losick's seminar addresses these questions in the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Part I is an overview of how B. subtilis makes a spore.

Part II presents research on the capacity of B. subtilis cells to form architecturally complex communities.

Part III presents research showing that B. subtilis uses a bet hedging strategy for coping with uncertainty.

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