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We’re excited to announce the second event of Exploring Biocomplexity: A Series of Distinguished Speakers Hosted by the Biocomplexity Institute at UVA featuring an exciting virtual visit with Distinguished Institute Professor: Dr. Michael Waterman. Dr. Michael Waterman has made significant contributions to the computational methods of bioinformatics, co-creating the Waterman-Smith Algorithm for nucleotide sequence alignment, among other achievements.

This particular event is jointly hosted by the Biocomplexity Institute and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia.

Mathematics and Biology Case Study #1: Search

Speaker: Dr. Michael Waterman; Q&A moderated by Christian Reidys, Division Director, Biocomplexity Institute

Abstract: The success of mathematics in revealing deep aspects of physics is well-known and justly celebrated. While the mathematics sciences are contributing to our understanding of biology, things are much less clear although there is much activity. This talk will use mathematical aspects of genetic database search in some detail to explore these connections.

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