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UK MATH CLUB: Fighting Back a Viral Attack with a Virus

Date:
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Location:
Classroom Building, room 114

Dr. Gisela Garcia-Ramos from the Department of Biology of the University of Kentucky will give a talk on "Fighting Back a Viral Attack with a Virus" on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. The talk will take place from 4pm to 5pm in room 114 of the Classroom Building.
 

Abstract: Viruses must hijack the living cells of animals or plants to reproduce. Many viruses burst the cells during the
release of viral particles causing severe damage to the host organism. When drugs do not work, can a good
virus fight a bad virus? In this talk, the biology of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will be discussed and
a mathematical model to predict the viral battle outcome.

This is the first talk for the Fall semester of the UK Math Club. As usual pizza will be served after the talk.

For more information about the UK Math Club activities please visit the website:
http://www.math.uky.edu/~mathclub .