Mathematics 596a
Quantitative Biology Seminar
Fall 2013
Tuesdays 5PM
Mathematics
Room 402
Overview.
The
Quantitative Biology Seminar is a central activity of the National Institutes
of Health training grant - "Computational and Mathematical Modeling of Biomedical
Systems." This grant will provide fellowships for students working
at the interface of mathematics and the biological and biomedical sciences and
will create a campus-wide community of faculty and students working on problems
in quantitative biology. As a consequence, the seminar is open to all graduate
students as a course. In addition, the seminars are open to the University of
Arizona community.
Day-to-Day Operations.
The Quantitative Biology
Colloquium will consist of two 6 to 8 week-long
minicourses. The first will be species
distribution modeling. The second concerns molecular mechanics of the heart.
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Minicourse |
Presenters |
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molecular mechanics of the heart |
Each
participant in the seminar will choose one of the two topics as a focus topic. The
minicourse ÒteamsÓ formed by this choice will coordinate with the course coordinaor and them minicourse instructors the preparatory
reading, the presentation of the introductory lectures, the follow-up
activities, and prepare a five-page report.
The
course convenes each Tuesday at 5:00 PM in room 402 of the Mathematics
Building. If you need to contact me, write me electronically at jwatkins at
math.arizona.edu, call me at 621-5245, or drop by my office Math 522.
Evaluation of Students.
We will evaluate your work via class participation, presentations and
report.
Best wishes to you for a good semester in this course and in all your
other activities.
- Joe Watkins