Advances in Physics Lecture - Event Details

Category:
Colloquium
Title:
Folding RNA: a confluence of biology, mathematics, and physics
Speaker:
Anthony Zee
Date:
03-Apr-2017
Time:
14:30
Location:
Lidow Rosen Auditorium (323)
Abstract:

I will describe a long-standing project to fold RNA using some topological aspects of matrix field theory in the large-N limit, in particular some recent work with Orland, Vernizzi, and others. The problem involves elements of biology, mathematics, and physics. The talk will be self-contained, aiming at an interdisciplinary audience.