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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Special Theoretical Biophysics Seminar

Prof. Stanislav Smirnov

Universite de Geneve

How the lizard got its colors

Abstract:

How a Turing's reaction-diffusion process in a biological context leads to a rather surprising appearance of Ising-like colorings of the skin of Mediterranean lizards.

Hosts: Terry Sejnowski (Salk) and Nigel Goldenfeld (Physics)

February 3, 2023

12:00 PM

Mayer Room, 4322 Mayer Hall

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