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Knots and Applications

In collaboration with INdAM and the Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni, Milano Bicocca

1 May 2011 - 31 July 2011

Timetable

Date Time Speaker Room
Wed 8 Jun 9:00- 10:00 Theodorou, Doros
"Searching for entanglements in atomistic simulations of polymer melts"
Aula Dini
10:00- 10:15 Coffee break Aula Dini
10:15- 11:15 Vazquez, Mariel
"Random knots and confinement considerations"
Aula Dini
11:30- 12:30 Rawdon, Eric
"Knotted Arcs in Polymer Models"
Aula Dini
14:30- 15:30 Micheletti, Cristian
"DNA knotting inside viral capsids: a computational approach"
Aula Dini
15:45- 16:45 Virnau, Peter
"Searching for entanglements in atomistic simulations of polymer melts"
Aula Dini
16:45- 17:00 Coffee break Aula Dini
17:00- 18:00 Scharein, Rob
"Computational Knot Theory with KnotPlot"
Aula Dini
18:15- 18:45 Tzoumanekas, Christos
"From rods to random walks: Onset of entanglements in linear polymer melts. Topological and dynamical aspects"
Aula Dini
18:45- 19:15 Tubiana, Luca
"Probing the entanglement and locating knots in ring polymers: a comparative study of different arc closure schemes"
Aula Dini
Thu 9 Jun 9:00- 10:00 Orlandini, Enzo
"Polymers with spatial and geometrical constraints: theoretical and computational results"
Aula Dini
10:00- 10:15 Coffee break Aula Dini
10:15- 11:15 Soteros, Chris
"Knotting probabilities after a local strand passage in unknotted self-avoiding polygons"
Aula Dini
11:30- 12:30 Rechnitzer, Andrew
"Counting polygons and knots"
Aula Dini
14:30- 15:00 Panagiotou, Eleni
"A study of the linking number in systems with periodic boundary conditions"
Aula Dini
15:00- 15:30 Structure and dynamics of supercoiled knots and catenanes Aula Dini
15:00- 15:30 Witz, Guillaume
"Structure and dynamics of supercoiled knots and catenanes"
Aula Dini
15:45- 16:45 Millett, Kenneth C.
"Generation of Equilateral Polygonal Knots"
Aula Dini
16:45- 17:00 Coffee break Sala Riunioni del Centro De Giorgi
17:00- 19:30 Poster Session/Discussion Sala Riunioni del Centro De Giorgi