{"title": "Co-opting Cells for Mechanosensation", "start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T14:00:00Z", "place": "New Hunt’s House", "address": "Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "An in-person science seminar titled \"Co-opting Cells for Mechanosensation\", taking place in room G8 at New Hunt's House. It is a Randall Seminar in the Randall Centre for Cell & Molecular Biophysics Seminar Series, hosted by King's College London's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Speaker Dr Federica Mangione of King's College London will discuss her research on mechanosensation — how touch, pressure and vibration become electrical signals — presenting recent findings that support a new, multicellular model of mechanosensation at the body surface, based on her work establishing the Drosophila epidermis as a system for studying this sense.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/co-opting-cells-for-mechanosensation-39310/", "official_url": "https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/co-opting-cells-for-mechanosensation", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c4dc8a9ee1420e12126238a8dcc7aee3518f869ba0f305e73a239f9729d1aec8-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T14:00:00Z", "place": "New Hunt’s House", "address": "Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Biomathematics Seminar – David Rand (Warwick) – Dynamic Landscape Analysis of Cell Fate Decisions", "start": "2026-11-02T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/biology"], "description": "A seminar in the Biomathematics Seminar series at Imperial College London, open to all and free with first-come-first-served entry. 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