MATH Seminar

Title: Combinatorics of splice graphs
Colloquium: N/A
Speaker: Dustin Cartwright of Yale University
Contact: David Zureick-Brown, dzb@mathcs.emory.edu
Date: 2012-10-22 at 4:00PM
Venue: W302
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Abstract: A splice graph is a way of modeling the alternative splicings of a gene, which are different ways of forming related proteins from the same genetic building blocks. The characterization of this alternative splicing is a major area of study in contemporary biology. I will talk about some of the combinatorics relevant to splice graphs. Also, I will talk about some of the implications for inferring splice graphs from data.