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Science Seminars 13 to 19 September 2004

MONDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER

"Getting to the Root of Tropisms: Integrating Touch and Gravity Signaling in Arabidopsis," Simon Gilroy, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, host: Daniel Cosgrove, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Large-Scale Two-Particle Correlation Structures in 130 GeV Au+Au Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)," Aya Ishihara, University of Texas, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Doug Cowen, Department of Physics (863-5943).

"Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry Orientation Meeting," Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"The Dynamics and Geometry of the Fatou Functions," Janina Kotus, Warsaw Polytechnic, 3:30 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"It Came from the Bog: Cranberry Nitrogen and Water Management," Kevin Kosola, University of Wisconsin, 3:50 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

"Genomic Approaches to Understanding Complex Traits and Diseases," Mark Shriver, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 209 Henderson Building, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).


TUESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER

"Kinesin Motor Proteins: Mechanochemistry and Microtransport Applications," William O. Hancock, Penn State, 11:30 a.m. (refreshments at 11:15 a.m. outside 108 Wartik Laboratory), 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Antonios Armaou, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-5316).

"How Glaciers Do What They Do, and Why That Matters to Mountains," Richard Alley, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Lessons Learned from the Endothelial Glycocalyx and their Application to Skiing and a New Concept for a High-Speed Train Track," Sheldon Weinbaum, City College of the City University of New York, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory and 106 Wartik Laboratory for overflow (with videoconferencing to Lecture Room D at College of Medicine), Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (863-3650).


WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER

"The Place of the Human Species in Nature," Jan Klein, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, host: Masatoshi Nei, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (863-7334).

"My Town (Mio Paese)" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"A Jet is a Jet, Big or Small: Connections Between Microquasars and Active-Gallactic-Nuclei Jets," Sebastian Heinz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Niel Brandt, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).


THURSDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER

"Dynamical Evolution of Unstable Self-Gravitating Scalar Solitons," Jose Gonzalez, Penn State, 12:30 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Riemann Mapping Theorem via Steepest Descent," Mark Levi, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 122 Pond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"A Case Study of Clear and Effective Communication in Science: Writing a Paper for Nature ," Leslie Sage, Nature and University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Xiaoxing Xi, Department of Physics (865-5350).

"A New Weighted-Jackknife Mean-Square-Prediction-Error (MSPE) Estimator of Empircial-Best-Linear-Unbiased Prediction (EBLUP)," Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 104 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

CHANGED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service: Leveraging Science and Technology to the Fullest" (Tarbell Lecture in Meteorology), John E. Jones, Jr., National Weather Service, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).


FRIDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER

Lecture by the Winner of the Graduates of Earth and Mineral Sciences (GEMS) Award, Virginia Camenalli, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), 10:10 a.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering (865-3437).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"The Surprising Biology of Short RNA" (Sesquicentennial Lecture), Phillip Sharp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11:00 a.m., Berg Auditorium in the Life Sciences Building, Eberly College of Science and the Eberly College of Science Alumni Society (865-0511).

"Biogeochemistry of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria," Greg Ferry, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 341 Deike Building, Astrobiology Research Center (865-4074).

"Equations on 'Real Life' Domains," Victor Nistor, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).


SATURDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER and SUNDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER

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