Abstracts Book - IMRC 2018

• SB5-P002
MODEL OF CELL MEMBRANES AND PROTEIN DYNAMICS
Rosario Esperanza Moctezuma Martiñón 1 , Isis Sarahí Lázaro Covarrubias 2 , José Luis Arauz
Lara 1
1 Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Instituto de Física, Mexico. 2 Universidad Autónoma
de San Luis Potosí, Facultad de Ciencias, Mexico.
It has been found that, for certain particle concentrations and certain magnitude
of the magnetic field, the dynamics of a granular system composed of steel
beads resemble the dynamics of different biological systems such as bacteria,
birds or proteins. In this project, we study the dynamics of a granular system
and make a comparison with the motion of proteins entering a cellular
membrane. A simple model of a cell was constructed in which two barriers that
simulate being the cytosolic and nuclear membrane were constructed. We
found that the granular system is a good model that helps us to understand the
way in which the input and output of proteins occur by diffusion. In short, we
analyzed a model that uses simple and inexpensive methodologies that could
help us to better understand the dynamics of some proteins.
Keywords: Passive transport, cell membrane, diffusion
Presenting authors email: saraalc.96@gmail.com