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