Friday, April 29, 2005 7:30 - 8:15 Registration, 1st Floor Lobby Continental Breakfast, DIMACS Lounge, Room 401 8:15 - 8:35 Introductory Remarks Philip Furmanski, Executive VP for Academic Affairs, Rutgers Jean Vanski, Deputy Director, Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education, National Science Foundation Margaret Cozzens, Conference Co-Chair and President of Colorado Institute of Technology Fred Roberts, Conference Co-Chair and Director of DIMACS 8:35 - 9:15 The Interdisciplinary Scientist of the 21st Century Keynoter - Eric Jakobsson, Ph.D. Director, NIGMS Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at NIH, and Chair, NIH Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative Consortium Session a Topics in Mathematics and Computer Science that Could be Included in High School Biological Sciences Courses and Topics in Biology that Could be Included in High School Mathematical Sciences Courses: 9:15 - 10:15 Session a1 Plenary Session Learning Science/Mathematics by Doing Science/Mathematics: Genuine Research Projects for High School Students William Sofer, Genetics, Rutgers University Biomathematics: Using Graph Models for High School L. Charles Biehl, Math teacher and administrator, Charter School of Wilmington, DE 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:30 Keynote Lecture cont. 11:30 - 12:30 Sessions a2.1 and a2.2 Concurrent Sessions for Bio and for Math Teachers Bio Session: CoRE A, Room 301, 3rd Floor Probability and Betweenness of Points: The Genetic Ruler Kevin DeVizia, Math Teacher, and Mark Nebzydoski, Delaware Valley High School, Milford, PA Math!? Why Do I Need That? The Biology Student's Dilemma with a Problem-based Solution Tom Fleetwood, Charter School of Wilmingon, DE Math Session: Seminar Room, Room 431, 4th Floor Waiting Time and Seed Selection for Homology Search Gary Benson, Bioinformatics and Biology, Boston University Co-Evolution Robert Hochberg, Computer Science, East Carolina University 12:35 - 1:30 Lunch Session b Materials: Availability and Development 1:30 - 2:30 Session b1 Plenary Session Using Bioinformatics to Make the Bio-Math Connection Kathleen Gabric, Biology Teacher, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL Mathematics in Service to Biology and Vice Versa Sol Garfunkel, COMAP Session b Materials: Availability and Development, continued 2:30 - 3:30 Sessions b2.1 and b2.2 Concurrent Sessions for Bio and Math Teachers Bio Session: CoRE A, Room 301, 3rd Floor Publishing Bioinformatics in a Well Established Biology Program Linda Lundgren, Glencoe McGraw Hill Interactive Modeling Environments: Sources and Resources for Quantitative Reasoning in Biology Robert Panoff, Shodor Education Foundation Math Session: Seminar Room, Room 431, 4th Floor Games, Metaphor, and Learning Mjumbe Poe, Computer Science, Harvey Mudd Teaching Mathematical Biology in High School Joseph Malkevich, CUNY 3:35 - 5:05 Session c Teacher Training The Role of Teacher Training in Overcoming the Inertia of the Status Quo Bro. Pat Carney, Math teacher, De Paul Catholic High School, Wayne, NJ Changing the Culture: Professional Development for the 21st Century Teacher Valerie DeBellis, Shodor Education Foundation Cross-Disciplinary High School Teacher Professional Development Linda Morris, Jefferson County, Colorado School District 5:05 - 5:20 Break 5:20 - 6:20 Discussion Groups: Where to Go from Here? List of Topics and Facilitators: Topic 1: Bringing Cutting Edge Math-Bio into Urban Schools Moderator: Jerry Goldin, Rutgers University Topic 2: How does Technology Play a Role in the Bio-Math Interface? Moderator: Kathy Shay, Middlesex County College Topic 3: What Role Does a Research Experience Play in the Bio-Math Interface? Moderator: Jean Vanski, NSF Topic 4: Implementing BIO2010: Practical Strategies Moderator: Eric Marland, Mathematical Sciences, Appalachian State University Topic 5: Mathematical Manipulative Models: Kinesthetic Learning in Mathematical Biology Moderator: John Jungck, Biology, Beloit College 6:20 - 7:00 Posters and Demonstrations: Simultaneous with Wine and Cheese Reception Demonstrations Building DNA models with K'NEX Gary Benson, Bioinformatics and Biology, Boston University BLAST Your Way into Bioinformatics using Biology Student Workbench Kathleen Gabric, Biology Teacher, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL Posters Science Informatics at Montclair State University Katherine G. Herbert and James H. Dyer, Montclair State University Reaching the Community with Mathematical Biology Olgamary Rivera-Marrero and Brandilyn Stigler, Virginia Tech Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:45 - 8:00 Registration, 1st Floor Lobby Continental Breakfast, DIMACS Lounge, Room 401 8:00 - 9:00 Session d The DIMACS Bio-Math Connect Institute Organizer: Rochelle Leibowitz, Wheaton College An overview of the DIMACS program and three presentations by high school teacher participants to describe how they brought the bio-math interface into their classrooms. 8:00 - 8:15 Overview, Rochelle Leibowitz, Wheaton College 8:15 - 8:30 Reverso: The Exciting Game of Genetic Inversion. A Reflection on Teaching a Biomathematics Unit to High School Students Kathy Erickson, High School Teacher, Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, MA 8:30 - 8:45 Applications Several Dynamic Programming Techniques Lou Giglio, High School Teacher, Riverdell Regional High School, Oradell, NJ 8:45 - 9:00 Researching the Superstring Problem Charles Mullins, High School Teacher, Arkansas School for Math, Sciences and Arts, Hot Springs, AR 9:00 - 9:30 Keynote Lecture for Student Session Randomly Dealing with Biological Strings by Embeddings S. Muthukrishnan, Computer Science, Rutgers University 9:30 - 9:45 Break 9:45 - 11:15 Contributed Papers Session III: High School Student Presentations 9:45 - 10:03 Algorithms for Genetic Inversions Jess Platt and Riley Baldwin, Monument Mountain Regional High School, Great Barrington, MA Under the direction of Kathy Erickson, Monument Mountain Regional High School, BMCI 2004 Participant 10:03 - 10:21 Comparison of the Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I Gene in Soldier and Non-soldier Aphids Christina Sartorio, Seton Catholic High School, Pittston, PA and Zachary Brady, Wyoming Area High School Under the direction of Jim Kupetz, Seton Catholic High School, BMCI 2004 Participant 10:21 - 10:39 Effectiveness of the Greedy Algorithm in DNA Sequencing Johnson C. Wong, Arkansas School for Math, Sciences and Arts, Hot Springs, AR Under the direction of Charles Mullins, Arkansas School for Math, Sciences and Arts, BMCI 2004 Participant 10:39 - 10:57 Applying Abstract Algebra and Graph Theory to Model Flu Seasons Ben Hughes, Galileo Magnet High School Under the direction of Olgamary Rivera-Marrero, Virginia Tech Session e What is Happening at the Undergraduate Level that Could be Adapted to the High School Level? What Changes in the Undergraduate Curriculum Have Implications for High School Education in Bio-Math? 11:20 - 12:20 Session e1 Plenary Session A Biology and Engineering Cooperative Project James Stevens, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Developing the new Biomedical Mathematics Major at Florida State University DeWitt Sumners, Math and Molecular Biophysics, Florida State 12:20 - 1:15 Lunch Session e What is Happening at the Undergraduate Level that Could be Adapted to the High School Level? What Changes in the Undergraduate Curriculum Have Implications for High School Education in Bio-Math?, continued 1:15 - 2:15 Sessions e2.1 and e2.2 Concurrent Sessions for Bio and Math Teachers Bio Session: CoRE A, Room 301, 3rd Floor Quantitative Courses and Training in Mathematical Biology, particularly ecology Alan Hastings, UC Davis Valuing Voronoi Visualization: Patterns in Nature for Art, Biology, and Mathematics John Jungck, Biology, Beloit College Math Session: Seminar Room, Room 431, 4th Floor Bioinformatics? One Minute and One Hour at a Time Laurie Heyer, Mathematics, Davidson College Bridge Courses for Cross-Training between Biology, Computer Science, and Mathematics Steve Billups, Center for Computational Biology, University of Colorado Contributed Papers Session, Conference Room, Room 433, 4th Floor An Angiogenesis Model using Graph Theory and the Generalized Ballot Problem Mike Gargano, Pace University (with Lorraine Lurie, Lou Quintas, Eric Wahl) Dynamic Web Tools for Biomathematics: Bringing Realistic Models to Secondary Education Michael Martin, Johnson County Community College and University of Kansas 2:20 - 3:20 Panel 1: Assisting Teachers who Want to Get Involved Panel Themes: Math Teachers who Have Never Experienced Interdisciplinary Points of View; Bio Teachers Uncomfortable with Math; Ways that Bio and Math Teachers can Partner Moderator: Deborah Cook, NJ Math Science Partnership Partial List of Participants: Nkechi Agwu, CUNY Jerry Goldin, Rutgers University Consuelo Rogers, NSTA District XVI Director 3:20 - 3:35 Break 3:35 - 4:05 Closing Session: Discussion Groups Present Recommendations followed by Discussion