News & Announcements
Presentations of laboratory research:
Non-linear behavior of DNA in response to force drives biology.
Seminar Series: Center for Complexity Science, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom 11 June 2009
The Devil in the Details: How DNA Structure, Sequence, and Counterions Drive Biology University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom 10 June 2009
The Devil in the Details: How DNA Structure, Sequence, and Counterions Drive Biology
Ecole Normale Superieure, and Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles of Paris, Paris, France 8 June 2009
From DNA-Inspired Physics to Physics-Inspired Biology,
International Conference; International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy June 2009
San Francisco International Meeting on DNA Topology,
International Meeting on DNA Topology; San Francisco, CA April 2009
Knots and other entanglements in biopolymers: Topological and geometrical aspects of DNA, RNA and protein structures. International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. September 2008.
Knots and soft matter physics: topology of polymers and related topics in physics, mathematics and biology. Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. August 2008.
The Eleventh International Conference on DNA Topoisomerases in Therapy. "Advances in the studies of protein-DNA interactions." John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom. July 2008.
Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA), "Knots and Macromolecules II" Venice, Italy, March 2008.
Mathematics of DNA Structure, Function, and Interactions, September 2007
Wind River Conference on Prokaryotic Biology, June 2007
The Mathematics of Knotting and Linking in Polymer Physics and Molecular Biology, PIMS, May 2007
Sumnersfest, Florida State University, May 2007
Department of Cell Biology Seminar Series, Emory University, March 2007
Memorial Symposium honoring Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, June 2006
Sitlington Infectious Diseases Symposium, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 2006
Molecular Virology and Microbiology Seminar Series, October 2005
BioMaPS Seminar Series in Quantitative Biology, October 2005
Workshop on Biopolymers, Trieste, Italy, June 2005
10th Structural Biology Symposium 2005, May 2005
Newspaper and internet coverage of laboratory research:
Fluoroquinolone resistance in E. coli
Antibiotic Resistance Varies with Locale. Texas Medical Center News, March 2008
Understanding regional antibiotic resistance rates could improve treatment. BCM News, February 2008
Drug resistance may travel same path as quorum sensing, From the Laboratories at BCM, March 2006
Multidrug resistance might be side effect of bacterial chats, BioWorld Today, February 2006
Drug resistance may travel same path as quorum sensing, Medical News Today, United Kingdom, February 2006
Drug resistance may travel same path as quorum sensing, BrightSurf.com, The Resource for Science Information, February 2006
Drug resistance may travel same path as quorum sensing, EurekAlert, February 2006
Drug resistance may travel same path as quorum sensing, BCM news, February 2006
Understanding Antibiotic Resistance, From the Laboratories at BCM, September 2002
Undermining Antibiotic Resistance, Applesforhealth.com, March 15, 2002
Confronting the mystery of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, BCM news, February 2002
DNA topoisomerases, DNA structure and DNA topology
Knotted DNA Can Lead to Cell Death, Math Gateway, June 2007
Knotted DNA Can Kill Cells, Science.SK, June 2007
Knotted DNA Can Kill Cells, BCM News, May 2007
A slightly more complex knot problem (for advanced boy scouts), Dynamical Systems, February 2007
Researchers Unravel DNA Tangles And Enzyme Seamstresses, ScienceDaily, March 2006
Understanding DNA tangle could open door to new treatments for cancer, infectious diseases, BCM News, March 2006
Researchers unravel DNA tangles and enzyme seamstresses, Unversity of Toronto News, March 2006
Unusual Colloboration Untangles Knotty Problem of DNA, BCM Family Newsletter, December 2004
Unusual collaboration untangles knotty problem of DNA, From the Laboratories at BCM, August 2004
Math helps unravel DNA tangle, BCM public webpage, June 2004
Baylor Researchers Keep Knots Out of DNA, Texas Medical Center News, June 15, 2001
Baylor researchers keep knots out of DNA, BCM news, March 2001
Laboratory personnel volunteer:
Visit with children motivates young researchers, ExaminerNews.com, Aug. 1, 2006