SCIENCE SEMINARS: OCTOBER 11 TO 17, 1999

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11

"Role of Predator Behavior in Ecosystem Response to Climate," Eric Post (faculty candidate), University of Oslo (Norway), 11:00 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Mitchell, Department of Biology (865-4562).
 
 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12

"Metal Porphyrin Chemistry," James Collman, Stanford University, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).

"Multigrid Method for Harmonic-Map Computation: II," HongRong Qin, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Too Much of A Good Thing? Agricultural Fertilization and Change in the Global Nitrogen Cycle" (colloquium series), Pamela A. Matson, Stanford University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building (with video conferencing to other locations), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).
 
 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13

"Separations and Structure Characterization on Anhydrous Peptide and Protein Ions," David Clemmer, Indiana University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).

"Nitrogen Availability Affects Ozone-Induced Accelerated Leaf Senescence," Douglas G. Bielenberg, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).

"On The Generic Existence of Homoclinic Points," Fernando Oliveira, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Panel Discussion: The Challenge of Six Billion Humans on Earth," 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Molecular Scale Electronics" (Frontiers in Materials series), Mark Reed, Yale University, 5:00 p.m. (reception: 4:30 p.m.), 189 Materials Research Laboratory, Materials Research Institute (863-8407).
 
 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14

"Hodge Structures, Etale Cohomology, and One Motives," Niranjan Ramachandran, University of Maryland, 11:15 a.m., 220 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Mechanism of Substrate Selection by the RNA-Dependent RNA-Polymerase from Poliovirus," David Gohara, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Craig Cameron, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-8703).

"Knots and Knot Invariants," Arkady Vaintrob, University of New Mexico, 3:00 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Story of Sr2RuO4: A p-Wave Superconductor?," Ying Liu, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0090).

"Cloning and Sequencing a Novel Cytotoxic Protease Gene from Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Species Staphylococcus chromogenes," Songlin Zyang, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science, (863-5786).

"Common Property Regimes in Amazonian Fisheries," Henrique Periera, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 8 Mueller Laboratory, host: Stephen Beckerman, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-3869 or 863-3201).
 
 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15

"Chemically Mediated Tritrophic Plant-Insect Interactions," James Tumlinson, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Insect Attractants Lab., 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Scott Camazine, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Signaling Events and Novel Genes Regulated by Erythropoietin (EPO) Receptor Membrane-Proximal Cytoplasmic Subdomains," Richard Gregory, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Don Wojchowski, Department of Veterinary Science (863-0713).
 
 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16 and SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17

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