Wednesday, October 26, 2011: 4:00 PM-4:50 PM
Room J3 (San Jose Convention Center)
Chairs:
Christian Ratsch, PhD, Associate Adjunct Professor and Associate Director of Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles
,
Suzanne Lenhart, PhD, Associate Director for Education, Outreach, and Diversity, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
,
Ricardo Cortez, PhD, Professor, Tulane University
and
Ivelisse Rubio, PhD, Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras
Description: Mariel Vazquez, PhD will present a keynote talk title: DNA Unknotting and Unlinking. Dr. Vazquez's current research focuses on the applications of topological and discrete methods to the study of DNA, with emphasis on the topological changes affected by enzymes such as topoisomerases and site-specific recombinases.
Sponsored by: NSF Mathematics Institutes