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For this reason, a joint experimental and theoretical effort has recently established a simpler model of tissue folding: the inversion whereby the embryos of the green alga <i>Volvox<\/i> turn themselves inside out and which results from cell shape changes only.<\/p><p>In this talk, I will develop a model of tissue folding in which these cell shape changes appear as variations of the intrinsic stretches and curvatures of an elastic shell. I will show how this model reproduces <i>Volvox <\/i>inversion quantitatively, reveals the spatio-temporal regulation of different biological driving processes, and explains mechanically the arrest of inversion observed in mutants. I will close by discussing some of the outstanding problems, both biological and physical, that this work opens up.<\/p><p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p><p>Pierre Haas is a theoretical biophysicist working in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. 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