• The Birth of Molecular Computation, University of Wisconsin at Platteville Mathematics Colloquium (February 2000)
  • The Birth of Molecular Computation, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh Mathematics Colloquium (February 2000)
  • The Surprising World of DNA Computing, Shippensburg University Mathematics Colloquium (February 2000)
  • The Surprising World of DNA Computing, Colloquium, California Polytechnic, Pomona (February 2000)

  • My presentation as Featured Speaker at the regional (MD-VA-DC) Spring '99 MAA Conference: The Birth of Molecular Computation, at regional VA-MD-DC Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), April 1999.

  • The Birth of Molecular Computation, Hood College Lecture Series for Math Awareness Month (Theme: Mathematics and Biology), co-sponsored by Mathematics and Biology Departments (April 1999).

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    Molecular-Level Computations with DNA

    Adleman quote on mathematics

    Some talks I've given:

  • DNA: The next Generation Computer?, Graduate Olivetti Club, Cornell University, 3/95.

    I also gave undergraduate-level versions of this talk, although much of the original talk would have been understandable to undergraduates as well.

  • Using DNA as a Computer (Review), invited talk for Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society, Ithaca College, 3/96.
  • Using DNA as a Computer (Review) , Wells College Science Colloquium, 3/95.

    These two talks were given under the Pew Foundation's "Preparing Future Faculty" Program.


    Some Introductory Articles:

  • An article geared to the general public from the New York Times.
  • An accessible article, "Gene Genie" by T. Bass (Aug '95, WIRED).
  • Survey article by David Gifford On the Path to Computation with DNA , pp. 993-994, Science (Vol 266, Nov 11, 1994), same issue as Adleman's paper (see below)
    Some More Technical Papers

  • Princeton Bio-Computing Homepage   &  Erik Winfree's DNA Computing page.
  • Adleman's paper, Molecular computation of solutions to combinatorial problems in the journal Science (Vol 266, Nov 11, 1994, pp 1021-1024) upon which my talk was mostly based). Same issue had survey article by David Gifford, see above.
  • By FTP Lipton's Speeding up Computation via Molecular Biology
  • Adleman's response: On Constructing a Molecular Computer
  • Touring Machine paper
    Here are some Pictures:

  • A Gorgeous diagram: the human genome at four levels of detail


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