Modeling Metabolically-Driven Passive Transport in S. Cerevisiae During Fermentation
When
noon, April 23, 2021
The brewer's yeast cell is entirely non-motile and relies on passive transport to get around. Despite this restriction, during fermentation in a liquid environment complex flows arise driven by the yeast's fermentation activity which result in non-trivial transport and distributions of yeast cells in suspension. I outline multiple elements of modeling this process, which can serve as an example of metabolically-coupled environmental feedback in other cellular organisms. This talk is of relevance to those whose interests lie in cell motility, computational modeling, multiphase fluid flows, or theoretical fluid dynamics.