SCIENCE SEMINARS: JANUARY 18 TO 24, 1999
SCIENCE SEMINARS: JANUARY 18 TO 24, 1999
MONDAY, JANUARY 18
"New Avenues to Macromolecular Surface Exposure, Structure, Stability, and Reactivity, Based on Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry Techniques," Michael Freitas, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).
"New Examples of Minimal and Uniquely Ergodic Real Analytic Dynamical
Systems," Anatole Katok, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building,
Department of Mathematics (865-7527)
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19
"Introduction to Forman's Combinatorial Morse Theory," Nigel Higson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., (location to be announced), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Effects of Diet and Exercise on Leptin and Body Composition in Obesity,"
John Kirwan, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 209 South Henderson Building, Intercollege
Graduate Program in Nutrition (863-0724).
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
"Fast Events in Protein Folding: Dynamics of the Primary Processes,"
Feng Gai, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory,
Department of Chemistry (865-6553).
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
"Collision of Unequal-Mass Black Holes," Steve Brandt, Penn State, 10:00 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
"The Involvement of Phosphatidylserine and CD14 in the Phagocytic Recognition of Apoptotic Lymphocytes," Melissa Callahan, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Schlegel, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Morse Theory on Buildings," Nigel Higson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., (location to be announced), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"DNA: a Polymer, a Molecular Code, and an Element of an Information Microarray" (Mueller lecture #1 of 2), Albert Libchaber, Rockefeller University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-9594).
"Plant Responses to Global Climate Changes," Robert Nowak, University of Nevada, 3:45 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, host: Dave Eissenstat, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).
"Information Theory and Biology" (Mueller lecture #2 of 2), Albert Libchaber,
Rockefeller University, 8:00 p.m., 112 Kern Building, Department of Physics
(863-9594).
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
"Modeling and Finite-Element Analysis of Damped Vibrations for Fluid-Structure
Coupled Systems," Rodolfo Rodriguez, University of Concepcion (Chile),
3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23
"How Drug Development Works" (Frontiers of Science lecture #2 of 6),
James R. Gardner, Pfizer Inc, 11:00 a.m., Kern Graduate Center Auditorium,
Eberly College of Science (863-8453).
SUNDAY, JANUARY 24
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