The cell is the building block of life—the basic unit that is alive on its own and that assembles into tissues that carry out the functions of organisms. The cell is, in simple terms, a bag full of molecules that interact with one another to direct growth, crawling, energy production, and a host of other functions. Much is known about the inventory of the cell—the protein molecules that dance with one another and make the cell alive—yet little is known about the design rules that coordinate the interactions of the proteins to give the cell its functions. In this talk, Northwestern University Professor Milan Mrksich discusses recent work that is developing the molecular engineering tools to identify and model the molecular mysteries of the cell and to engineer cells with novel functions.

Milan Mrksich is the Henry Wade Rogers Professor at Northwestern University, with appointments in Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Cell & Molecular Biology. This talk was part of the "Wednesdays@NICO" seminar series hosted by the Northwestern University Institute on Complex Systems.

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