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Welcome to the SIAM Student Chapter at Tufts The Chapter is to promote basic research in applied mathematics to the graduate and undergraduate community, provide opportunities of research and learning, create a pleasant environment in which students can share scientific interests. NewsNew Chapter Advisor Since this Fall, Prof. Scott MacLachlan is our new Chapter advisor. Prof. MacLachlan is co-founder and former co-president of University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate Chapter of SIAM. Welcome! Coming Events Luncheon Seminars Speaker: Erin Munroe Title: The Axonal Plexus: Behaviors and Mechanisms for a Network of Axons Connected by Gap Junctions When: Monday, February 23rd at 12:00pm Where: Conference Room, BP Abstract: Gap junctions are associated with very fast oscillations (VFOs, >80~Hz) in the neocortex and hippocampus. We show how an axonal plexus (a network of axons connected by gap junctions) can exhibit (1) noisy activity, (2) stochastically-driven VFOs, or (3) re-entrant VFOs depending on the somatic voltage and gap junction conductance. We discuss applications of this analysis for VFOs in gamma oscillations, slow-wave sleep, and seizure initiation. |
