Mathematical Biology Seminar, 2008 - 2009
The 2008-2009 Schedule for the Mathematical Biology Seminar.
Truman's Mathematical Biology Program sponsors a biweekly seminar series that hosts local and visiting speakers that will talk on topics that fall at or near the intersection of the mathematical and life sciences. All meetings are open to any students, staff, faculty, and community members who are interested in this topic. All meetings are at 3:30pm on Thursdays, biweekly. Location is Magruder 1098.
The calendar of events for this semester follows.
Fall 2008 Dates
- 4 September
- "The Biological ESTEEM Project: An Online Resource for Classroom Investigations in Mathematical Biology." Prof. Tony Weisstein, Department of Biology, Truman State University.
- 18 September
- Prof. Glenn Wehner, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Truman State University. Topic TBA.
- 25 September
- Prof. Gil Pontius, Department of Geology Clark University. "Why does my profession use misleading methods?: Problems and solutions to analyze a categorical variable.”
- 2 October
- "ISSAC: An Integrated Statistical System for Analyzing DNA Chip Data" Prof. Jae Won Lee. Department of Statistics, Korea University. On sabbatical at Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh.
- 16 October
- Prof. Mark Campbell, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Truman State University. Topic TBA.
- 30 October
- Prof. Jeffrey Knisley, Department of Mathematics and the HHMI funded Symbiosis Project. Eastern Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.
- 13 November
- Prof. Holly Gaff, Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, School of Community and Environmental Health College of Health Sciences. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
Spring 2009 Dates
- 15 January
- Prof. Tom Marshall, Department of Agricultural Science. Truman State University. My Current Research.
- 29 January
- Prof. Jeff Poet and Prof. Todd Eckdahl, Missouri Western State University. Topic: Genetically Engineered Machines.
- 12 February
- Topic TBA
- 26 February
- Topic TBA
- 19 March
- Topic TBA
- 2 April
- Topic TBA
- 23 April
- Topic TBA
