AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session
Current as of Friday, December 14, 2018 03:30:06
Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting
- Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- April 21-22, 2018 (Saturday - Sunday)
- Meeting #1139
Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu
Special Session on Topology of Biopolymers
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Saturday April 21, 2018, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Topology of Biopolymers, I
220, Shillman Hall
Organizers:
Erica Flapan, Pomona College eflapan@pomona.edu
Helen Wong, Carleton College
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8:00 a.m.
On the duplexing of DNA's genetic and geometric codes.
Alex Kasman*, College of Charleston
(1139-92-77) -
8:30 a.m.
Knot and link statistics for lattice models of biopolymers in tubes and nanochannels.
Chris Soteros*, University of Saskatchewan
(1139-92-535) -
9:00 a.m.
Persistent homology heatmaps of knots.
Catalina Betancourt, University of Iowa
Isabel K Darcy*, University of Iowa
Robert G Scharein, Hypnagogic Software
(1139-57-513) -
9:30 a.m.
Analysis of Protein Structure via Persistent Homology.
Marcio Gameiro*, University of Sao Paulo and Rutgers University
Konstantin Mischaikow, Rutgers University
(1139-92-587) -
10:00 a.m.
Chromosome conformation capture data suggests that the Rabl conformation reduces the topological complexity of the yeast genome.
Javier Arsuaga*, Depts. Molecular and Cellular Biology and Mathematics, UC Davis
(1139-92-529) -
10:30 a.m.
Knotting probability of self-avoiding polygons under a topological constraint: A sum rule derived from the factorization property.
Tetsuo Deguchi*, Ochanomizu University
Erica Uehara, Ochanomizu University
(1139-92-465)
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8:00 a.m.
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Saturday April 21, 2018, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
Special Session on Topology of Biopolymers, II
220, Shillman Hall
Organizers:
Erica Flapan, Pomona College eflapan@pomona.edu
Helen Wong, Carleton College
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3:00 p.m.
A Natural Map from Random Walks to Equilateral Polygons in Any Dimension.
Jason Cantarella, University of Georgia
Philipp Reiter, University of Georgia
Clayton Shonkwiler*, Colorado State University
(1139-53-572) -
3:30 p.m.
Sampling and theory for random embedded spatial graphs, with applications to topologically complex polymers.
Jason Cantarella*, University of Georgia
Clayton Shonkwiler, Colorado State University
(1139-53-565) -
4:00 p.m.
Average crossing number and writhe of knotted random polygons in confinement.
Eric J Rawdon*, University of St. Thomas
(1139-57-229) -
4:30 p.m.
Random linear embeddings of spatial graphs and configurations of Mobius ladders.
Erica Flapan, Pomona College
Kenji Kozai*, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Ryo Nikkuni, Tokyo Woman's Christian University
(1139-92-600)
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3:00 p.m.
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Sunday April 22, 2018, 8:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
Special Session on Topology of Biopolymers, III
220, Shillman Hall
Organizers:
Erica Flapan, Pomona College eflapan@pomona.edu
Helen Wong, Carleton College
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8:30 a.m.
Protein Knots: Experimental Studies on Stability, Folding, Degradation and Design.
Sophie E Jackson*, University of Cambridge
(1139-00-479) -
9:00 a.m.
Effects of steric confinement in the folding of knotted proteins.
Patricia FN Faisca*, University of Lisbon
Miguel A Soler, SISSA
Antonio Rey, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
(1139-92-286) -
9:30 a.m.
A topological model for protein folding.
Eleni Panagiotou*, Department of Mathematics University of California Santa Barbara
Kevin Plaxco, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Center of Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
(1139-92-584) -
10:00 a.m.
A new model of protein knot folding.
Erica Flapan*, Pomona College
Adam He, Cornell University
Helen Wong, Carleton College
(1139-92-173) -
10:30 a.m.
A topological model of lasso proteins.
Adam Y He*, Cornell University
Erica L Flapan, Pomona College
(1139-92-508)
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8:30 a.m.
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Sunday April 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
Special Session on Topology of Biopolymers, VI
220, Shillman Hall
Organizers:
Erica Flapan, Pomona College eflapan@pomona.edu
Helen Wong, Carleton College
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2:00 p.m.
Knots and Links in Proteins.
Kenneth C Millett*, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara
(1139-57-99) -
2:30 p.m.
Using virtual knots to identify ambiguously knotted conformations of proteins and open random walks.
Keith Alexander*, University of Bristol
Alexander J. Taylor, University of Bristol
Mark R. Dennis, University of Birmingham
(1139-92-509) -
3:00 p.m.
Unknotting $\theta$-curves and DNA replication.
Dorothy Buck, Univeristy of Bath
Danielle O'Donnol*, Indiana Univeristy
(1139-92-489) -
3:30 p.m.
A characterization of the products arising from site-specific recombination on certain DNA substrates.
Diana Hubbard*, University of Michigan
Jordan Katz, University of Michigan
(1139-92-477) -
4:00 p.m.
A Predictive Model for Chromatin Folding.
Jose N Onuchic*, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics and Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
(1139-92-179) -
4:30 p.m.
Mechanisms of chromatin unknotting.
Fabrizio Benedetti, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dusan Racko, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Julien Dorier, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dimos Goundaroulis, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Andrzej Stasiak*, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
(1139-92-344) -
5:00 p.m.
Beyond the static DNA models of Watson and Crick.
Jonathan M. Fogg, Baylor College of Medicine
Qian Wang, University of Texas Medical Branch
Rossitza N. Irobalieva, Baylor College of Medicine
Muyuan Chen, Baylor College of Medicine
Steven J. Ludtke, Baylor College of Medicine
Sarah A. Harris, University of Leeds
Wah Chiu, Baylor College of Medicine
B. Montgomery Pettitt, University of Texas Medical Branch
E. Lynn Zechiedrich*, Baylor College of Medicine
(1139-92-543)
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2:00 p.m.
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