Osher & A&S Lecture Series: The Physics of Blood

Join the Osher Lifelong Learning and the School of Art & Sciences for the Talk of the Town Lecture Series featuring physics professor Christine Helms. 

We will explore how physics is used to understand blood clotting. Blood clots are complex and entities that are studied at the large-scale population level all the way down to the individual molecule level. We will look at the tiny forces and materials involved in blood clotting and discuss the challenging methods used to measure at sizes 1000 times smaller than a human hair. We will also cover some current research in the field.