A special invitation to chemistry, biology faculty and students!

"Using Mathematics to Understand Molecules" is the title of the next Math Club Presentation. The presentation will be Monday, December 4, at 3:30 p.m., in room #321(Truax).

Professor Julie Mitchell, UW-Madison, will discuss how enzymes and antibodies are two types of molecules that are essential to survival. These molecules are proteins, which are formed as a linear sequence of amino acids. Folded proteins have unique geometric structures, much like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. It is the structure and other properties of a protein that allow it to identify its binding parter and perform its job.

The talk will introduce students to the properties of molecules and explain how mathematics can be used to model their behavior. Although high-level mathematics is frequently used, the basic principles of molecular modeling can readily be understood by those with a basic math and science background.

Math Club's, monthly presentation is sponsored by the MATC Foundation and the Student Life. Graphing calculator as door prize; pizza and pop served soon after the talk.

Please visit the math club webpage for the Spring 2007 lecture list, including the nation's FIRST sudoku festival, April 26-27, 2007 (Mathematics Awareness Month celebration)