Course Content: Speakers from all over the world are asked to present pedagogical introductions to their field with an emphasis on basic concepts. After an introductory lecture (open for everybody), the participants of this course will have an additional discussion with the speaker discussing a recent paper and the holy grails of the field. For an overview of past hot topics sessions, please click here.

Preparation: PhD students who have registered for the hot topics course need to prepare for the session by reading the articles that are mentioned in the below. For each paper, one should prepare two questions to ask to prof. Erickson.

Date & Speaker: Friday April 10th, 2015 - prof. dr. Harold Erickson (Duke University)

Topic:       FtsZ-driven cell division in E coli bacteria and in synthetic cells  

Host:         Prof. dr. Cees Dekker    

Location:  Delft University of Technology, TNW (building 22), Lorentzweg 1, Delft.

Room:       BN meeting room, F070

Time:        10:00 - 11:30 hot topics discussion (registered PhD students and postdocs only)