Developmental Biology of a Simple Organism by Richard Losick, April 2008 - Part 1: How Bacillus Subtilis Makes a Spore (28:57)

How do simple cells differentiate, assemble into communities, and cope with change? Losick's seminar addresses these questions in the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Part I is an overview of how B. subtilis makes a spore. For further information see: http://www.ascb.org/ibioseminars/Losick/Losick1.cfm » More

How do simple cells differentiate, assemble into communities, and cope with change? Losick's seminar addresses these questions in the spore-forming bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Part I is an overview of how B. subtilis makes a spore.

Part 2: New Research on Multicellularity (18:13)

Part 3: Stochasticity and Cell Fate (25:03)


For further information see: http://www.ascb.org/ibioseminars/Losick/Losick1.cfm