SCIENCE SEMINARS: OCTOBER 18 TO 24, 1999

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18

"Antibacterial Agents that Employ Multivalent Recognition Strategies" by Scott Martin and "Applications of Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNA) as Molecular Tools and Potential Therapeutics" by Smita Muddana, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).

"Opportunities in Working In and With a Rapidly Growing Technology-Based Corporation" (Science Alliance with Industry lecture), Mike Albin, Perkin Elmer Biosystems, 12:00 noon, 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to other locations), host: Nina Fedoroff, Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).

"Vegetative Propogation of Cacao," Erika Barreto, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).

"Consistent Theories of Canonical Quantum Gravity," Jorge Pullin, Penn State, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605 or 865-7527).

"Etching Without Acid: Hole Formation," Lyle D. Roelofs, Haverford College, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Renee Diehl, Department of Physics (865-9251).

"Plant Virology at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture," Ruth Welliver, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Ecological and Management Models of an Invasive Species," Katriona Shea (faculty candidate), University of California, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 8 Mueller Laboratory, Department of Biology (865-4562).

"Regulation of Tryptophan Biosynthesis: Trp-ing the TRAP or How Bacillus subtilis Reinvented the Wheel," Paul Babitzke, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Geometrical Model for a Particle on a Rough Inclined Surface," Peter Veerman, Penn State, 4:30 p.m., 311 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 
 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19

"Island Nucleation in Thin-Film Epitaxy," Kristen Fichthorn, Penn State, 9:45 a.m., 117 Borland Laboratory, host: John M. Tarbell, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-4801).

"Opportunities in Drug Discovery," Charles Garlisi, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, hosts: Maria Steitz and Mike Earley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Concurrent Constraint Programming and Linear Logic," Francois Fages, Ecole Normale Superieur (France), 2:30 p.m., 122 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Extrasolar Planets," Geoffrey Marcy, San Francisco State University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Pablo Laguna, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Molecular Actions of the Drosophila Morphogenetic Protein Bicoid," Jun Ma, University of Cincinnati, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biology (863-0479).

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

"Saponins: Cholesterol Lowering Glycosides," Yu-Yan Yeh, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Using DNA Microarrays in Genetics," Michael Trakselis, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).
 
 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20

"Chemical and Materials Control in Ultrasmall Volumes: Exploiting Electrokinetic Effects," Mark Hayes, Arizona State University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).
 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21

"Signaling Through the RON (Recepteur d'Oringine Nantais) Receptor Tyrosine Kinase: Negative Regulation of Inflammatory Responses," Amy Morrison, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Pamela Correll, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

(theses titles to be announced), R. Weaver/M. Murata/J. Lovejoy, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 220 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Thinking about Teaching and Learning," Angelica M. Stacy, University of California, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).

"Structure of High-Temperature Levitated Melts" (Lannin Memorial lecture), David Price, Argonne National Laboratory, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, host: Moses Chan, Department of Physics (863-2622).

"Myo-Inositol Oxygenase (MOX): Purification and Characterization of a Non-Heme Iron Enzyme," Andrew Liken, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

"Comparison of Asymptotic Solutions of Phase-Field Models to a Sharp-Interface Model," S. I. Hariharan, University of Akron, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 
 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22

"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: Charlie Pitts, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Legendre Transformations and Twistors," Ted Newman, University of Pittsburgh, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605 or 865-7527).

"Catastrophic Collapse of Ultrashort Laser Pulses," Alexander Gaeta, Cornell University, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Cdc25 and Cell Cycle Checkpoint Control in Fission Yeast," Yan Zeng, Washington University, 3:00 p.m., 456 North Frear Building, host: Frank Pugh, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-8252).
 
 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24

"How Superman Sees the Stars" (Friedman lecture), David J. Helfand, Columbia University, 2:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
 

"Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop," 9:30 a.m., Regency Ballroom -Atherton Hotel, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 

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