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SUMMARY:Anomalous Diffusion and Random Encounters in Biological Fluids - S
 cott McKinley (Tulane University)
DTSTART:20160120T153000Z
DTEND:20160120T161500Z
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DESCRIPTION:The last twenty years have seen a revolution in tracking data 
 of biological agents across unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. An 
 important observation from these studies is that path trajectories of livi
 ng organisms can appear random\, but are often poorly described by classic
 al Brownian motion. The analysis of this data can be controversial because
  practitioners tend to rely on summary statistics that can be produced by 
 multiple\, distinct stochastic process models. Furthermore\, these summary
  statistics inappropriately compress the data\, destroying details of non-
 Brownian characteristics that contain vital clues to mechanisms of transpo
 rt and interaction. In this talk\, I will survey the mathematical and stat
 istical challenges that have arisen from recent work on the movement of fo
 reign agents\, including viruses\, antibodies\, and synthetic microparticl
 e probes\, in human mucus.&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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