Wednesday, October 10, 2012: 4:15 PM-5:00 PM
612 (WSCC)
Chairs:
Suzanne Lenhart, PhD, Associate Director for Education, Outreach, and Diversity, National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)
and
Ricardo Cortez, PhD, Professor, Tulane University
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: Mathematical Sciences Collaborative Diversity Initiative of the Mathematical Sciences Institutes