Dear undergraduate math majors, math minors, and all students with
interest in math.
A number of research projects is available in the group of Vitaly
V. Ganusov (http://web.bio.utk.edu/Ganusov/). If you are interested in
applying methods of mathematics to real biological phenomena, you may
want to consider doing a research project in our group. We use
statistics, dynamical system theory, and theory of random processes to
understand how various pathogens such as HIV, Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (causative agent of Tuberculosis), and Plasmodium
falciparum (causative agent of malaria) cause diseases in their host
and how replication of these pathogens is controlled by the host
immune response. Nearly all of our projects involve actual
experimental data, and in our group you will learn not only how to
apply mathematics to biological problems, but you will also learn how
primary biological data are obtained and analyzed. There are at least
two benefits for you to do a research project in our group. First, if
you are very successful, you may end up publishing your results in a
good scientific journal - a milestone which will help you in your
future careers. Second, if you do well, you will be able to secure a
strong and positive recommendation letter, and you will need such
letters as you move to your professional careers after
graduation. Several undergraduates students working in our group
published papers and secured positions in medical and graduate
schools. Please take a look at the group webpage and if you are
interested in doing a research project, email me ([log in to unmask]) and
make an appointment for a meeting.
Vitaly Ganusov
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Vitaly V. Ganusov
Assistant Professor
M409 Walters Life Sciences
Department of Microbiology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0845
USA
Phone: +1 865 974-4547
FAX: +1 865 974-4007
http://web.bio.utk.edu/ganusov/index.html
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