MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

"Convention Interaction and Flow Patterns During Oxide Crystal Growth," Hermann Wilke, Institute of Crystal Growth (Germany), 3:30 p.m., Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"How Does the Spiral Get its Curl?" (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Andrew Belmonte, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-1089).

"Investigation of Sources of Inoculum of Trichoderma Green Mold of the Cultivated Mushroom Agaricus bisporus," Nora Catlin, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"mRNA Turnover in Yeast," Roy Parker, University of Arizona, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ola Sodeinde, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

"An Optimization Perspective for Process Integration," Lorenz T. Biegler, Carnegie-Mellon University, 10:00 a.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: Costas Maranas, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-9958).

"Rapid Access to Structurally Diverse Compounds via Multiple Component Reactions," Gregg Kauffman, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041). "Rapid Decay Algebras," John Roe, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 218 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Mechanisms of Gene Activation by the Glucocorticoid Receptor," Annika Wallberg, Novum Research Center and Karolinska Institute (Sweden), 12:00 noon, 456 North Frear Laboratory, host: Jerry Workman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-8256).

"The Vicinal Cu(211) Surface Studied by Low-Energy Electron Diffraction," Thomas K. Seyller, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Material Physics (863-2549).

"New Developments in Gravitationally Induced Quantum State Reduction, Theoretical and Experimental," Roger Penrose, Penn State and Oxford University (England), 1:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Phylogenetic Origins and Evolution of Major Protosome Taxa," Ken Halanych, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2:30 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Billie J. Swalla, Department of Biology (865-1112).

"How do Hox Genes Specify our Body Plan?," Mario R. Capecchi, University of Utah, 4:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building (video conferencing links to other campuses), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).

"Natural Anti-Oxidants as Functional Foods," Mitch Kanter, Quaker Oats Company, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-0108).

"Regression to the Mean in Studies Without a Randomized Control Group," Hung-Mo Lin, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

(title to be announced), Ranee Brylynski, Penn State, 5:00 p.m., 325 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

"Expression of a Lectin Form Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Potato (Solanum tuberosum)," Rejane Guimaraes, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069). (title to be announced), Lev Lerman, Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University (Russia), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Generation of Galactic and Intergalactic Magnetic Fields," George Field, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Peter Meszaros, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Geometry of Quantum Mechanics," Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State, 4:40 p.m., 119 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Moving Through Barriers: Hydrogen Tunneling in C-H Activation" (Marker #1), Judith Klinman, University of California, 8:00 p.m., 104 Keller Building, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

"Analytic Obstructions to Positive Scalar Curvature," Thomas Schick, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 218 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Multiple Hypersensitive Sites Comprise a Functional 'Unit' for the HS3 of the B-globin Locus Control Region," Joseph Molete, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ross Hardison, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

(title to be announced), Audrey Terras, University of California, 11:15 a.m., 106 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Black Holes in 3-D Numerical Relativity," Bernd Bruegmann, Max Planck Institute of Physics (Germany), 1:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"How Do We Measure in Experimental Quantum Chromodynamics?" (colloquium), Steve Heppelman, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-3157).

"Purification of Myo-inositol Oxygenase," Andrew Liken, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

"Songbird Communities as Indicators of Ecological Condition," Tim O'Connell, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: Robert Brooks, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-1596 or 863-7221).

"Linking Protein Dynamics to Catalysis of C-H Activation" (Marker #2), Judith Klinman, University of California, 4:00 p.m., Hetzel Union Building Assembly Hall, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Multivariate Hierarchical Spatial Modeling," Andy Royle, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Research Center, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Tossing Two Coins: One Fair, the Other Unknown," Abram Kagan, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

"Behavioral and Electrophysiological Investigations into the Chemosensory Basis of Pollen Feeding in Adult Diabroticite Beetles," Ben Hollister, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Chris Mullin, Department of Entomology (863-4437).

"Life as Aerobes: Simple Principles for Dioxygen Activation" (Marker #3), Judith Klinman, University of Callifornia, 12:15 p.m., Hetzel Union Building Assembly Hall, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Teaching Turf-Grass Management on the Web," Al Turgeon, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 121 Chambers Building, Department of Curriculum and Instruction (865-2197).

"Vibrational Spectroscopy as a Probe of Technologically Relevant Surface Reactions," Katherine T. Queeney, Lucent Technologies, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Locking-free Finite Elements for the Reissner-Mindlin Plate Model," Richard Falk, Rutgers University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11

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