Title: Cell-size regulation and growth fluctuations in exponentially growing bacterial populations
Abstract: Even in constant growth conditions, genetically identical bacterial cells exhibit substantial phenotypic variability, including different growth rates and division sizes. Recent advancements in single-cell technology have shed light on the distributions of these parameters and their correlations over time and across generations. This talk will explore how detailed statistics on cell growth and division qualitatively and quantitatively influence key population-level observables, such as the population growth rate, cell size distributions, and genetic drift rates in exponentially growing populations.