Quantitative Cell Physiology I

Presentations

• How does metabolic homeostasis emerge from the activities of many individual enzymes?

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 19, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: Choe M, Einav T, Phillips R, Titov DV. Glycolysis model shows that allostery maintains high ATP and limits accumulation of intermediates. Biophysical Journal. 2025 May 20;124(10):1562-1586.

  Presenters

  • Denis Titov

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Denis Titov

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Growth rate variations in Escherichia coli strains arise from differential expression of non-utilized proteins

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Richa Sharma

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Richa Sharma

    • Stanford University

  • Rachel Porter

  • Griffin Chure

    • Stanford University

  • Michael Lanz

  • Jonas Cremer

    • Stanford University

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• Resource identity and taxonomy hierarchically structure bacterial growth efficiency

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Publication: Manuscript in prep.

  Presenters

  • Vaibhhav Sinha

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Vaibhhav Sinha

    • University of Chicago

  • Seppe Kuehn

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• Metabolic Logic of Resource Hierarchies

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Chandana Gopalakrishnappa

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Chandana Gopalakrishnappa

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Andreas Sichert

  • Samantha Pennino

  • Uwe Sauer

  • Otto X. Cordero

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• DNA–Protein Stoichiometry as a Determinant of Bacterial Growth Rate

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Amy Sanderson

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Amy Sanderson

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Hanna Salman

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Maryam Kohram

    • Princeton University

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• Uncoupling the effects of host cell size and growth rate on phage infection dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Mathis Leblanc

    • Stanford University

  Authors

  • Mathis Leblanc

    • Stanford University

  • Ann Vu

  • Jonas Cremer

    • Stanford University

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• Insights into growth from single-cell data

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Ariel Amir

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

  Authors

  • Ariel Amir

    • Weizmann Institute of Science

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• Length, Area or Volume? How the cell's definition of its size affects size fluctuations

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Raghav Sharma

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Raghav Sharma

    • University of Michigan

  • David Lubensky

    • University of Michigan

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• Actin Dynamics Affects Glycolytic Fluxes in a Single Cell

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Radha Tanya

    • University of Southern California

  Authors

  • Radha Tanya

    • University of Southern California

  • Peter Foster

    • University of Southern California

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• A Mechanosensitive G1 Growth Rate Drives Size Reduction and Contact Inhibition in Epithelial Tissues

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Andy Zhang

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Andy Zhang

    • University of Chicago

  • Heather Rizzo

  • Martin Falk

    • University of Chicago

  • Margaret Gardel

    • University of Chicago

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• Spatiotemporal Population Dynamics of Genetically Modified and Native Gut Bacteria for CRC Detection

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Alberto Alonso

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Alberto Alonso

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

  • Moumita Das

    • Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Physical principles governing ribosome free-energy landscape: from elongation to rescue.

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 19, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Publication: Wanes, G., Mohanty, U., & Whitford, P. (2025). Transient ion-mediated interactions regulate subunit rotation in a eukaryotic ribosome. bioRxiv, 2025-08.

  Presenters

  • George Wanes

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • George Wanes

    • Northeastern University

  • Paul Whitford

    • Northeastern University

  • Udayan Mohanty

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