AMS Sectional Meeting Program by AMS Special Session
Current as of Sunday, March 27, 2011 00:23:13
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2011 Spring Central Section Meeting
Iowa City, IA, March 18-20, 2011 (Friday - Sunday)
Meeting #1069
Associate secretaries:
Georgia Benkart, AMS benkart@math.wisc.edu
Special Session on Topological Problems in Molecular Biology I
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Friday March 18, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
Special Session on Topological Problems in Molecular Biology I
Rm 335 Iowa, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
Organizers:
Isabel K. Darcy, University of Iowa idarcy@math.uiowa.edu
Stephen D. Levene, University of Texas at Dallas
Jonathan Simon, University of Iowa
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2:30 p.m.
The Classification of Rational Subtangle Replacements, with Applications to Complex Nucleoprotein Assemblies.
Dorothy Buck*, Imperial College London
Kenneth L. Baker, University of Miami
(1069-57-274) -
3:00 p.m.
Rational Subtangle Replacements between Rational Tangles.
Kenneth L. Baker*, University of Miami
Dorothy Buck, Imperial College London
(1069-57-275) -
3:30 p.m.
The nullification number for knots and links.
Anthony G Montemayor*, Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci., WKU
Claus Ernst, Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci., WKU
(1069-92-324) -
4:00 p.m.
DNA unlinking by Xer recombination.
Mariel Vazquez*, Math Department, San Francisco State University
(1069-92-356)
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2:30 p.m.
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Saturday March 19, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Topological Problems in Molecular Biology II
Rm 335 Iowa, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
Organizers:
Isabel K. Darcy, University of Iowa idarcy@math.uiowa.edu
Stephen D. Levene, University of Texas at Dallas
Jonathan Simon, University of Iowa
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9:00 a.m.
Tutorial on DNA Geometry and Energetics.
Sarah Harris*, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds
(1069-92-344) -
9:30 a.m.
Computer Simulations of DNA Supercoiling at the Atomic Level.
Sarah A Harris*, University of Leeds
(1069-92-139) -
10:00 a.m.
Partition Functions and Entropy Estimates for Multiscale Models of DNA.
Andreas Hanke*, University of Texas at Brownsville
Stefan M Giovan, University of Texas at Dallas
Stephen D Levene, University of Texas at Dallas
(1069-82-358) -
10:30 a.m.
New Insights into the Mechanism of Tyrosine Recombinases from DNA Loop-closure Kinetics.
Massa J Shoura*, University of Texas at Dallas
Anusha Bharadwaj, University of Texas at Dallas
Matthew R Kesinger, University of Texas at Dallas
Farah H Bardai, University of Texas at Dallas
Alexandre A Vetcher, University of Texas at Dallas
Stephen D Levene, University of Texas at Dallas
(1069-92-317)
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9:00 a.m.
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Saturday March 19, 2011, 2:30 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Topological Problems in Molecular Biology III
Rm 335 Iowa, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
Organizers:
Isabel K. Darcy, University of Iowa idarcy@math.uiowa.edu
Stephen D. Levene, University of Texas at Dallas
Jonathan Simon, University of Iowa
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2:30 p.m.
The DNA and protein topology of chromosome segregation.
Chu-chun Hunag, University of Texas at Austin
Santanu K Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
Makkuni Jayaram*, University of Texas at Austin
(1069-92-171) -
3:00 p.m.
Pathways for DNA rearrangement in ciliates.
Angela Angeleska*, University of Tampa
Natasha Jonoska, University of South Florida
Masahiko Saito, University of South Florida
Laura Landweber, Princeton University
(1069-05-279) -
3:30 p.m.
DNA rearrangements through spacial graphs.
J. Burns, University of South Florida
E. Dolzhenko, University of South Florida
N. Jonoska*, University of South Florida
T. Muche, University of South Florida
M. Saito, University of South Florida
(1069-92-212) -
4:00 p.m.
Topological Epigenetics: DNA Entanglement and Gene Expression.
De Witt Sumners*, Florida State University
(1069-92-191) -
4:30 p.m.
Panel on open problems.
Jonathan Simon*, Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa
De Witt Sumners*, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
Stu Whittington*, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Lynn Zechiedrich*, Department of Molecular Virology & Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine
Joanna Ida Sulkowska*, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics UCSD
(1069-92-168)
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2:30 p.m.
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Sunday March 20, 2011, 9:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m.
Special Session on Topological Problems in Molecular Biology IV
Rm 335 Iowa, Iowa Memorial Union Bldg
Organizers:
Isabel K. Darcy, University of Iowa idarcy@math.uiowa.edu
Stephen D. Levene, University of Texas at Dallas
Jonathan Simon, University of Iowa
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9:00 a.m.
The effects of density on the topological structure of the mitochondrial DNA from trypanosomes.
J Arsuaga, Department of Mathematics, San Francisco State University
Y Diao*, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UNC Charlotte
R Kaplan, Department of Mathematics, San Francisco State University
M Vazquez, Department of Mathematics, San Francisco State University
(1069-57-148) -
9:30 a.m.
Average crossing number, total curvature and ropelength of thick knots.
Claus Ernst*, Western Kentucky University
Attila Por, Western Kentucky University
(1069-57-302) -
10:00 a.m.
Flat-ribbon links in R2 and the medial axis.
Elizabeth Denne*, Smith College
John M Sullivan, Technische Universität, Berlin
Nancy C Wrinkle, Northeastern Illinois University
(1069-57-297) -
10:30 a.m.
Knot reduction for a lattice polygon model of local strand passage.
Michael Szafron, University of Saskatchewan
Christine Soteros*, University of Saskatchewan
(1069-82-308) -
11:00 a.m.
Generating Polymers in Confinement.
Yuanan Diao, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Claus Ernst, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, WKU
Kenneth Hinson, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Uta Ziegler*, Departmet of Mathematics and Computer Science, WKU
(1069-57-353) -
11:30 a.m.
Sub-Riemannian and Symplectic Geometry of Polygon Spaces.
Matt Mastin*, University of Georgia
Jason Cantarella, University of Georgia
(1069-53-329)
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9:00 a.m.
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