Jennifer Young

NC
Scientific, Seminar
Math Biology Seminar: A Numerical Model of Cellular Blebbing
November 10, 2009
University of British Columbia
In animal cells, a "bleb" is a balloon-like protrusion of the plasma membrane that forms when the membrane separates from the underlying cytoskeletal network and is pushed outward by pressure-driven cytosol. The protrusion later retracts due to the...