Topic | Lecturer | Affiliation |
DNA structure | John Maddocks | DMA-EPFL |
Mathematical description of the rod equations | John Maddocks | DMA-EPFL |
Static equilibria of closed DNA, comparison with circularization experiments | Rob Manning | DMA-EPFL |
Dynamic equations for the rod: Langevin description | Oscar Gonzalez | DMA-EPFL |
The basic assumptions of Langevin dynamics | Gerard Ben Arous | DMA-EPFL |
An introduction to the topology of DNA, the linking number paradox | Patrick Furrer | DMA-EPFL |
The knot invariants - the example of the Homfly polynomial | Chantal Oberson | DMA-EPFL |
The ideal representation of knots | Andrzej Stasiak | LAU-UNIL |
DNA by AFM, the Flory exponent | Axelle Tapponnier | IPE-UNIL |
The DNA geometry - Link, Twist and Writhe | Peter Buser | DMA-EPFL |
The Calugareanu-White equation and topological fluid magneto-mechanics | Renzo Ricca | Univ. College London |
Dynamique brownienne de l'ADN surenroule | Pierre-Edouard Sottas | LAU-UNIL |
Global curvature of a closed curve and the ideal representation of knots | Oscar Gonzalez | DMA-EPFL |
Symmetries and knots | Akos Dobay | LAU-UNIL |
Protein profiles, a statistical tool for fishing homolog protein folding domains | Nicolas Moeri | DMA-EPFL |
De la physique de l'ADN | Richard Lavery | IBPC-Paris |
The flying cylinder and the worm | Francesc Pinol | LTS-EPFL |
And a DNA reading list to support the seminar.
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