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SMMG – September 2019Date: September 15, 2019
Time: 12pm-2pm Location: RLM 5.104 Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Mann Austin Title: Strawberries, Bands, and Knots
Abstract: In this session, we will see the amount of DNA in a strawberry as we appreciate the packaging challenges within cells, explore the topology of DNA, and learn how cells deal with DNA entanglements. |
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SMMG – September 2019Date: September 29, 2019
Time: 12pm-2pm Location: RLM 5.104 Speaker: Cas Monroe Title: Combinatorial Game Theory Abstract: We're going to talk about how the math behind counting can help us learn how to say that certain games, like Connect 4, can always be won by the first player. We're going to demonstrate by playing a fun game called Nim! |
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SMMG – October 2019Date: October 13, 2019
Time: 12pm-2pm Location: RLM 5.104 Speaker: Dr. Ngoc Mai Tran Title: Math in Neuroscience Abstract: How do neuroscientists "see" what neurons do in our brains? And why is it such a hard math problem? Come and find out! |
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SMMG – October 2019Date: October 27, 2019
Time: 12pm-2pm Location: RLM 5.104 Speaker: Dr. Philip Yasskin Title: The Diagonals Problem Abstract: Math is about finding patterns in places you didn't expect to find them. We will investigate how many diagonals can be drawn in a grid of squares so that no two diagonals touch, and see what cool patterns we can find! |
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SMMG – November 2019Date: November 10, 2019
Time: 12pm-2pm Location: RLM 5.104 Speaker: Teddy Weisman Title: TBA Abstract: TBA |
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The AMC 8Date: November 12, 2019
Time: 6:30 – 7:30pm Location: BUR 108 For more information and registration, click here! |
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SMMG – November 2019Date: November 24, 2019
Time: 12pm-2pm Location: RLM 5.104 Speaker: Tom Gannon Title: TBA Abstract: TBA |
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SMMG – December 2019Date: December 8, 2019
Time: 12pm-2pm Location: RLM 5.104 Speaker: Professor Michael Starbird Title: TBA Abstract: TBA |
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