Grambling State University
Title:
Modeling Membrane Conductance Dependence on Channel Protein State
Director(s):
Brett Sims
Email:
simsb@gram.edu
Dates of
Program: June 4-July 13, 2007
Summary:
This summer research program at Grambling State University (GSU) will give four undergraduate students the opportunity to study and perform an interdisciplinary research in modeling practices for building deterministic models of bioelectric phenomena in excitable tissue. Students will continue developmental work on previous research involving a new model for ionic flux of the form
The new model will describe the influence of the Tryptophan protein dipole located in the Gramicidin side-chain on the ion conductance through the Gramicidin channel.
The four member student research team will consist of mathematics, mathematics/chemistry, biology, and computer science majors.
Student
Researchers Supported by MAA:
- Adrienne DiCarlo
- Derrick Jackson
- Shenika Williams
- Rickey Thomas
Program Contacts:
Bill Hawkins
MAA SUMMA
bhawkins@maa.org
202-319-8473
Michael Pearson
MAA Programs & Services
pearson@maa.org
202-319-8470