Oocyte and egg provide an excellent model system for studying calcium patterns. Calcium
signal is a transient increase of intracellular calcium concentration which influences different …

At various stages of fertilization specific spatial and temporal patterns of Ca 2+ are required
for oocyte maturation. It is crucial to understand the mechanics of Ca 2+ regulation in cytosol …

The cytosolic concentration of free calcium ions ([Ca 2+]) is an important intracellular
messenger in most cell types, and the spatial distribution of [Ca 2+] is often critical. In a …

This introduction to the Theme Issue, Complex dynamics of life at different scales: from
genomic to global environmental issues, gives a short overview on why the ideas and …

Mean field models are often useful approximations to biological systems, but sometimes,
they can yield misleading results. In this work, we compare mean field approaches with …

Puffs are localized Ca 2+ signals that arise in oocytes in response to inositol 1, 4, 5-
trisphosphate (IP 3). They are the result of the liberation of Ca 2+ from the endoplasmic …

We present a method for mesoscopic, dynamic Monte Carlo simulations of pattern formation
in excitable reaction–diffusion systems. Using a two-level parallelization approach, our …

Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD)-linked mutations in presenilin 1 and 2 (PS1, PS2) have
been causally implicated in neurodegeneration and eventually neuronal cell death by …

El Ca2+ es un mensajero intracelular ubicuo. Está involucrado en la regulación de
diferentes procesos, desde la fecundación hasta la muerte celular, pasando por la …

Puffs are localized Ca2+ signals that arise in oocytes in response to inositol 1, 4, 5-
trisphosphate (IP3). They are the result of the liberation of Ca2+ from the endoplasmic …