Departmental Colloquium
De Witt Sumners
Florida State University
The Role of Entanglement in DNA Structure and Function
Abstract: This talk will survey some of the results on properties of random
knots in 3-space and in confined volumes, with applications to enzyme action on
duplex DNA and the structure and dynamics of duplex DNA confined to viral
capsids. This talk is intended for a general mathematical audience.
Friday October 31, 2014 at 3:00 PM in SEO 636