UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
		 COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM
                            BioCrunch Series


                 "A Closer Look at Gene Transcription"


               		 Dr. Maria Schilstra 
                      BioComputation Research Group
		       University of Hertfordshire

			14 December 2005 (Wednesday)

			  Lecture Theatre E350
		       Hatfield, College Lane Campus
			       3 - 4 pm

	       Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available.
			 [Catering Permitting]

		    Everyone is Welcome to Attend
			  [Space Permitting]


Abstract:


In previous seminars in the BioCrunch series, we have heard about
statistical properties of the DNA sequences that are associated with
genes. In this seminar, I want to tell a bit more about the DNA
transcription process itself: what is actually happening when the
information in the DNA sequence is transcribed into RNA, and how one
could go about modelling this process. I will explain how I set up a
stochastic Petri-net model of gene transcription, and present some of
the predictions that it makes.

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