American Mathematical Society

AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Sunday, March 18, 2012 00:21:33

Associate secretaries:

Matthew Miller, AMS miller@math.sc.edu

Saturday March 10, 2012, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Discrete Models in Molecular Biology, I
Room 115, Business Administration Building (BSN)
Organizers:
Alessandra Carbone, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Laboratory of Microorganisms Genomics
Natasha Jonoska, University of South Florida jonoska@math.usf.edu
Reidun Twarock, University of York
- 9:00 a.m.
  Integer Quadratic Programming and the Sequence Reconstruction Problem.
  Angela Angeleska*, The University of Tampa
  Sabrina Kleessen, Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
  Zoran Nikoloski, Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
  (1079-92-393)
- 9:30 a.m.
  Polynomial Invariant of Graphs Modeling Nucleotide Rearrangements.
  Egor Dolzhenko*, University of South Florida
  Natasha Jonoska, University of South Florida
  Masahico Saito, University of South Florida
  (1079-92-325)
- 10:00 a.m.
  This is your brain on graphs.
  Mark Daley*, The University of Western Ontario
  (1079-92-191)
- 10:30 a.m.
  Traveling wave of asexual evolution: no longer solitary.
  Igor M Rouzine*, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, UCSF
  (1079-92-162)

Saturday March 10, 2012, 2:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Discrete Models in Molecular Biology, II
Room 115, Business Administration Building (BSN)
Organizers:
Alessandra Carbone, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Laboratory of Microorganisms Genomics
Natasha Jonoska, University of South Florida jonoska@math.usf.edu
Reidun Twarock, University of York
- 2:30 p.m.
  DNA is Not Merely the Secret of Life: Using the Chemical Information in DNA for the Construction of Objects, Lattices and Nanorobots.
  Nadrian C. Seeman*, New York University
  (1079-92-98)
- 3:30 p.m.
  DNA knot distances.
  Isabel K. Darcy*, University of Iowa
  Hyeyoung Moon, Michigan
  Rob Scharein, Hypnagogic Software
  Guanyu Wang, University of Iowa
  Danielle Washburn, University of Iowa
  (1079-92-140)
- 4:00 p.m.
  RNA folding prediction: the continued need for interaction between biologists and mathematicians.
  Christine E. Heitsch*, Georgia Institute of Technology
  (1079-92-416)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Periodic rigidity of protein crystal structures.
  Ileana Streinu*, Smith College
  (1079-92-284)

Sunday March 11, 2012, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Discrete Models in Molecular Biology, III
Room 115, Business Administration Building (BSN)
Organizers:
Alessandra Carbone, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Laboratory of Microorganisms Genomics
Natasha Jonoska, University of South Florida jonoska@math.usf.edu
Reidun Twarock, University of York
- 9:00 a.m.
  String problems inspired by genome analysis.
  Alberto Castellini, Department of Computer Science, Verona University, Italy
  Giuditta Franco*, Department of Computer Science, Verona University, Italy
  Vincenzo Manca, Department of Computer Science, Verona University, Italy
  (1079-92-377)
- 9:30 a.m.
  The Algebra of Ciliates.
  Hendrik Jan Hoogeboom*, LIACS, Leiden University, The Netherlands
  (1079-92-234)
- 10:00 a.m.
  Applications of the theory of crystallographic phase transitions to conformational changes in viral capsids.
  Paolo Cermelli*, University of Torino, Italy
  (1079-92-248)
- 10:30 a.m.
  The binary perfect phylogeny model with persistent characters: applying the parsimony principle to discover genetic variations in individuals.
  Paola Bonizzoni*, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Department of Computer Science, Systems and Comunications, Milan Italy
  (1079-92-250)

Sunday March 11, 2012, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Discrete Models in Molecular Biology, IV
Room 115, Business Administration Building (BSN)
Organizers:
Alessandra Carbone, Université Pierre et Marie Curie and Laboratory of Microorganisms Genomics
Natasha Jonoska, University of South Florida jonoska@math.usf.edu
Reidun Twarock, University of York
- 3:00 p.m.
  How the genome folds.
  Erez Lieberman Aiden*, Harvard Society of Fellows
  (1079-92-426)
- 4:00 p.m.
  Boundary Conditions on Protein Structures in Assemblies with Non-Crystallographic Symmetries.
  Thomas Keef*, The University of York
  (1079-92-369)
- 4:30 p.m.
  Genome-wide rearrangements in ciliates: the genus of assembly graphs.
  Karin Valencia*, Imperial College London
  D Buck, Imperial College London
  N Jonoska, University of South Florida
  M Saito, University of South Florida
  (1079-93-373)