AMS Sectional Meeting Program by Special Session

Current as of Tuesday, April 12, 2005 15:10:34

Associate secretaries:
John L Bryant, AMS bryant@math.fsu.edu

Friday October 24, 2003, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Molecular Biology, I
Room 307, Dey Hall
Organizers:
Dorothy Buck, Brown University dbuck@dam.brown.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  A Survey of Topological Chirality.
  Erica L Flapan*, Pomona College
  (991-57-154)
- 9:30 a.m.
  3-string Tangle Analysis of Mu Transposase.
  John Luecke, University of Texas at Austin
  Isabel K Darcy*, University of Iowa
  Mariel Vazquez, University of California at Berkeley
  (991-92-274)
- 10:00 a.m.
  A knot-theoretic look at the mu transpososome.
  John E. Luecke*, University of Texas at Austin
  Darcy, University of Iowa
  Vasquez, University of California, Berkeley
  (991-57-297)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Tangle solutions for the Integrase Family of DNA-rearranging proteins.
  Dorothy Buck, Brown Univesity
  Cynthia Verjovsky Marcotte*, St. Edward's University
  (991-92-204)

Friday October 24, 2003, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Molecular Biology, II
Room 307, Dey Hall
Organizers:
Dorothy Buck, Brown University dbuck@dam.brown.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Hinged rod models for flexible sites in DNA.
  Robert S Manning*, Haverford College
  (991-92-293)
- 3:00 p.m.
  Discussion
- 3:30 p.m.
  DNA Mechanics and the Regulation of Lac Operon in E. Coli.
  David Swigon*, Rutgers University
  Wilma K Olson, Rutgers University
  Bernard D Coleman, Rutgers University
  (991-92-232)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Discussion
- 4:30 p.m.
  Random Segregation of Minicircles during Replication of Kinetoplast DNA.
  Alexander V Vologodskii*, New York University
  (991-92-298)
- 5:00 p.m.
  Discussion

Saturday October 25, 2003, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Molecular Biology, III
Room 307, Dey Hall
Organizers:
Dorothy Buck, Brown University dbuck@dam.brown.edu
- 9:00 a.m.
  Discussion
- 9:30 a.m.
  Bio-Geometry.
  Herbert Edelsbrunner*, Duke University and Raindrop Geomagic
  (991-51-276)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Backbone motion by inverse kinematics for protein design.
  Jack Snoeyink*, UNC Chapel Hill, Computer Science
  Andrew Leaver-Fay, UNC Chapel Hill, Computer Science
  Kimberly Noonan, UNC Chapel Hill, Computer Science
  David O'Brien, UNC Chapel Hill, Computer Science
  (991-68-266)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Comparing Evolutionary Trees.
  Katherine St. John*, City University of New York
  (991-92-304)

Saturday October 25, 2003, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Mathematical Molecular Biology, IV
Room 307, Dey Hall
Organizers:
Dorothy Buck, Brown University dbuck@dam.brown.edu
- 2:30 p.m.
  Modeling the self-organization of microtubule asters.
  Eric N Cytrynbaum*, University of California, Davis
  (991-92-299)
- 3:00 p.m.
  The NCR circuit: a simple model for genetic regulatory networks.
  Konstantin Mischaikow*, Georgia Institute of Technology
  (991-92-130)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Hamiltonian cycles in Conway's algebraic knots and their implications on rope length.
  Claus Ernst*, WKU
  Yuanan Diao, UNCC
  (991-57-285)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Combinatorial Insights Into RNA Secondary Structures.
  Christine E. Heitsch*, University of Wisconsin -- Madison
  (991-92-275)

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