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The Physarum plasmodium is a large aggregate of protoplasm which changes its shape perpetually and moves like an amoeboid cell. The collective dynamics of the thickness oscillation in this organism is studied experimentally in relation to the emergence of cell function. The topics would be:
(1) Decision making in response to multiple stimulation, (2) Development of spatio-temporal modes from the protoplasmic sol, (3) Changing patterns of birefringent fibrils during free locomotion, (4) The allometric relationship on the locomotion velocity, (5) New spatio-temporal modes in the cell migration as revealed by the mutant strains. |
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