Mathematical Biology Colloquium Thursday at 3:30 in MG2050

Boryana Koseva and Stephen Quinn will present:
“Energy allocation in a generalist predator, Neordia sipedon”

Abstract: The energy available to an organism to do work is allocated to competing physiological functions based on the organism’s life history and its environment. The successful allocation of energy determines the lifetime reproductive success of an organism (i.e. its fitness). We Studied the Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon) in order to understand how energy budgets work and incorporated our results in a modeling framework to predict effect on lifetime fitness.

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Josh Mantooth and Matt Kiblinger will present:
“Modeling the Dynamics of Carbon Sequestration in Bean Plants”

Abstract: On average, the amount of CO2 released into our atmosphere is ~4.5 billion tons per year. The purpose of our study is to model a possible measure of mitigating climate change through carbon sequestration in the agricultural bean plant P. vulgaris.