Binghamton Formal Languages Seminar

December 7, 1:15 - 2:40
Speaker: Masayuki Yamamura (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Title: An Informal Report on the Activities of Prof. Yamamura's DNA Computing Group

Abstract:

The recent activities of Professor Yamamura's Research Group include
(1) An investigation of the use of PNA to interrupt double stranded DNA molecules at specific locations - giving an additional technology for 'writing on molecules' that can be used in DNA computing.
(2) An investigation of the use of bacteria to evaluate the quality of molecules produced in the course of carrying out a wet lab genetic algorithm for developing macromolecules that are intended to meet preassigned purposes.
These topics and perhaps others will be discussed informally in our seminar.