MATH1602-1 (1h credit)
PRISM-MLS Proseminar III -- Research Seminar for Second-Year MLS Students (2010 Fellows) - SP12 Schedule

Date Speaker(s) & Topic Mentor(s) Location SC-Item
Jan. 17 Planning & Organization (via email)
Read Syllabus and Evaluation Rubric.
Dr. Rainer Glaser, Chemistry - Syllabus 3.0
Evaluation Rubric 2.0
Jan. 24 No Meeting - - -
Jan. 31 Marielle Lefloch
"The effect of hormones on Tramp-C2 prostate cancer cell growth."
Dr. Dennis Lubahn, Biochemistry Math 110, 5-6 pm -
Feb. 7 Jeremy Clincy
"Meibomian Gland Development in Mice"
Dr. Lixing Reneker, Dept. of Ophthalmology, MU, School of Medicine Math 110, 5-6 pm -
Feb. 14 Ryan Roach
"Using Individual Movement Data to Map Population Distributions: a Simulation Study"
Dr. Ricardo Holdo, Dept. of Biological Sciences Math 110, 5-6 pm -
Feb. 21 Chelsea Nichols
"Materials Characterization of Explanted Hernia Mesh"
Dr. Sheila Grant, Dept. of Biological Engineering Math 110, 5-6 pm -
Feb. 28 Rainer Glaser
"Working with Primary Literature I"
- Math 110, 5-6 pm Bring your laptops!
March 6 Jessica Boateng
"The role of outer membrane protein Lav in autoaggregation and dispersal of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae."
Dr. Miriam Golomb, Dept. Biol. Sci. Math 110, 5-6 pm -
March 13 Austin Yates
"Programming and Utilizing the Fast Fourier Transform"
Dr. Montgomery-Smith, Dept. of Math. Math 110, 5-6 pm -
March 20 Anh Le
"Computing Probabilities for Luria-Delbruck Experiment"
Dr. Montgomery-Smith, Dept. of Math. Math 110, 5-6 pm -
March 27 SPRING BREAK - - -
April 3 Dr. George Smith
"Symmetry principles in the construction of big viruses from tiny subunits"
Dept. of Biol. Sciences Math 110, 5-6 pm -
April 10 Dr. Rainer Glaser
"Moving an Oxygen Between Bromines. A Chemical Mechanism Workshop."
Dept. of Chemistry Math 110, 5-6 pm -
April 17 Dr. Frank Schmidt
"Information Theory in Biology"
Dept. of Biochemistry Math 110, 5-6 pm -
April 24 Dr. Dix Pettey
"Fractal Dimension and Allometric Scaling"
Department of Mathematics Math 111, 5-6 pm NOTE room change
May 1 Dinner, Dr. George Smith - TBA -