06.09.2022 17:30 - 19:30
Topic: Giant bacteria and the evolution of eukaryotic cells
Speakers: Jean-Marie Volland & Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez
When: 6 September 2022, 5:30 p.m. CET
Registration via Zoom:
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Jean-Marie Volland (Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems) will talk about the recently discovered giant bacteria Thiomargarita magnifica, which are up to 2 centimeters long and can have 500.000 copies of their DNA. Sergio A. Muñoz-Gómez (Université Paris-Saclay) will talk about eukaryote evolution and the role of mitochondria.
