October 17, 2014
A Mathematical Journey into Plant Spirals
How would you try to minimize human-induced errors in processing data? How would you work with fellow research assistant from a completely different academic background? These are only some of the questions I threw myself into when working for a biomathematics project on phyllotaxis at Smith College. As a Four College Biomath Consortium fellow, I studied the transitions between the different kinds of plant spiral patterns observed in nature and their connection to the plant’s vasculature using microscopic imaging,data visualization and analysis. In my presentation, I will share with you the beauty of plant spiral arrangement, challenges in modeling their patterns and doing research in an interdisciplinary field.
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