AMS Sectional Meeting AMS Special Session

Current as of Friday, April 20, 2018 03:30:04

Spring Eastern Sectional Meeting

• Northeastern University, Boston, MA
• April 21-22, 2018 (Saturday - Sunday)
• Meeting #1139

Steven H Weintraub, AMS shw2@lehigh.edu

Please note room assignments are subject to change right up until the meeting occurs. The program published here is continually updated and may be more current than the printed program. The following material has been posted without being proofread in order to provide you with the most current information.

• 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
  

  • 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)
• 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
  

  • 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)
• 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
  

  • 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)
• Sunday April 22, 2018, 2:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Topology of Biopolymers, IV
  220, Shillman Hall
  Organizers:
  Erica Flapan, Pomona College eflapan@pomona.edu
  Helen Wong, Carleton College
  

  • 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)