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La Jolla, CA. Photo taken by K.E.Yamada.
Contact Information:
Center for Applied Mathematics
Cornell University
657 Frank Rhodes Hall - 6th Floor
Ithaca, NY
14853-3801
Telephone: 607-255-4335
Fax: 607-255-9860
My email is: yamada at cam dot cornell dot edu
My CV is available for download here: pdf or ps
Education:
Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Mathematics. Cornell University Advisor: Charlie Peskin
Dissertation Topic: Quantitative Models of Transcriptional ElongationM.S., Applied Mathematics, 2006. Cornell University B.S., Mathematics, 2000. Yale University. With Distinction in the Major. B.S., Physics, 2000. Yale University.
Research Interests:
Applications of Stochastic Modeling to Bio-molecular Motors Scientific Computation of Parameter Estimation
Teaching:
Spring 2006 - CS 214: Advanced Unix Tools Fall 2006 - CS 114: Introduction to Unix Tools Fall 2006 - CS 100M: Introduction to Computer Science Spring 2007 - CS 214: Advanced Unix Tools Spring 2007 - CS 100M: Introduction to Computer Science
Preprints:
q-bio.BM/0603012: A Chemical Kinetic Model of Transcriptional Elongation.
Yamada, Y.R. and C.S.Peskin. Submitted to PRL.
Publications:
IR Spectroscopy of Mammalian Cells
Mourant, J.R., Y.R.Yamada, S.Carpenter, A.Guerra, J.Schoonover, and J.P.Freyer
Biophys J. 2003 Sep; 85(3):1938-47Methods for Measuring the Infrared Spectra of Biological Cells
Mourant, J.R., R.R.Gibson, T.M.Johnson, S.Carpenter, K.W.Short, Y.R.Yamada, and J.P.Freyer
Phys Med Biol. 2003 Jan; 48(2):243-57Vibrational Spectroscopy of Viable, Paired Tumorigenic, and non-Tumorigenic Cells
Mourant, J.R., Y.R.Yamada, S.Carpenter, A.Guerra, J.Schoonover, and J.P.Freyer
Proceed.SPIE 2002 4614:109-116
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