K. Kopfer

Biography

K. Kopfer,interested in mathematical models of cell polarization. Eukaryotic cells can sense chemical and mechanical environmental cues, and respond with reorganisation of the cytoskeleton, as well as with an imbalance of receptors and ligands in the membrane and cytoskeleton

Research Interest

Developing describe individual cells by partial differential equations and couple internal signaling processes and cell mechanics. The resulting models reflect important features like symmetry breaking, re-polarization in response to secondary stimuli, as well as shape changes of the moving cell.