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STC-QCB Seminar: Massimiliano Esposito (University of Luxembourg) "Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of chemical reaction networks and bioenergetics"

Event Type
Seminar/Symposium
Sponsor
NSF QCB STC
Location
Beckman 3269 3rd Floor Tower Room
Date
Feb 26, 2024   3:00 - 4:00 pm  
Speaker
Massimiliano Esposito
Contact
Lisa Johnson
E-Mail
lisa3@illinois.edu
Phone
217-300-9574
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Originating Calendar
Physics - Biological Physics / iPoLS / STC-QCB Seminar

I will start by introducing the fundamentals of thermodynamics of open chemical reaction networks (CRNs) and discuss how this theory can be used to assess the energetic cost of various biologically relevant operations. I will then present a circuit theory of CRNs which, like electrical circuit theory, can be used to describe complex CRNs in terms of modules characterized by the chemical analogues of a current-voltage characteristics and of Kirchhoff current and voltage laws. Energy transduction in central metabolism will be discussed as an application. 

 

References:

- R. Rao and M. Esposito, "Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Chemical Reaction Networks: Wisdom from Stochastic Thermodynamics", Phys. Rev. X  6, 041064 (2016)

- F. Avanzini, N. Freitas and M. Esposito, "Circuit Theory for Chemical Reaction Networks", Phys. Rev. X 13, 021041 (2023)

- A. Wachtel, R. Rao and M. Esposito, "Free-Energy Transduction in Chemical Reaction Networks: From Enzymes to Metabolism", J. Chem. Phys. 157, 024109 (2022)

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