De Witt Sumners : The Role of Entanglement in DNA Structure and Function

Posted by Ryan Martin , part of the Departmental Colloquium.

At

Oct. 31, 2014, 3 p.m.

In

SEO 636

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.