For more information about this meeting, contact Hope Shaffer, Jinchao Xu.
| Title: | Calculating the Secrets of Life: Mathematics in Biology and Medicine |
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| Seminar: | CCMA Luncheon Seminar |
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| Speaker: | De Witt Sumners, Florida State University |
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| Abstract: |
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| The human body is an extremely complicated biological
system. Spurred by spectacular recent progress, biology and medicine
are experiencing an explosion of data. In order to convert this fire
hose of data into usable knowledge, mathematics and computation (both
old and new) are needed to build models and navigational tools. This
talk will briefly discuss a few applications to show the impact that
mathematics can have in biology and medicine: in the cell
(understanding how enzymes operate on DNA); in the heart (controlling
fibrillation); and in the brain (understanding brain function).
This talk does a little knot theory and a little sprial waves in
excitable media, and a little brain mapping. |
Room Reservation Information
| Room Number: | MB114 |
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| Date: | 02 / 15 / 2008 |
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| Time: | 12:15pm - 01:25pm |
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