SCIENCE SEMINARS: OCTOBER 25 TO 31, 1999

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25

"Double Annaulation Route to Highly Substituted and Functionalized Trans-Fused Bicyclic Compounds," Robert B. Grossman, University of Kentucky, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-0119).

(title to be announced), Roger Penrose, Penn State and University of Oxford (United Kingdom), 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605 or 865-7527).

"Phase Transitions in Metallic Fluids Near the Liquid-Gas Critical Point," Vladimir Kozhevnikov, University of Utah, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Moses Chan, Department of Physics (863-2622).

"Molecular Tagging and Isolating Late-Blight-Resistance Genes in Potato," Zhaowei Liu, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"The Hepatitis-B Virus Reverse Transcriptase: Growing Up and Moving Out," John Tavis, Saint Louis University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Richard Frisque, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Traveling-Wave Solutions of Boussinesq Systems and Homoclinic Orbits," Min Chen, Penn State, 4:30 p.m., 311 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527)
 
 
 
 

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26

"Subgrid Closure Near Rough Walls in Large-Eddy Simulation of High-Reynolds-Number Turbulent Flows," James G. Brasseur, Penn State, 9:45 a.m., 117 Borland Laboratory, host: John M. Tarbell, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-4801).

"A Symmetric and Fully Distributed Solution to the Dining Philosophers Problem," Mihaela Herescu, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 122 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Replicating Tiles," Viorel Nitica, University of Notre Dame, 3:00 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Supersymmetric-Domain-Wall World," Mirjam Cvetic, University of Pennslyvania, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Department of Physics (865-4376).

"Is the 'Central Dogma' Dogma?,"  David Lynn, University of Chicago, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Zhi-Chun Lai, Department of Biology (863-0479).

"Nonresponse in Nested Longitudinal Surveys: A Weighted-Estimating-Equation Approach," Christian Kastner, Ludwig-Maximilians University (Germany), 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Mineral Metabolism in Hypertension," Larry Resnick, Wayne State University Medical Center, 4:00 p.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, host: Penny Kris-Etherton, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Self-Replicating System," David Proctor, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).
 
 

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27

"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) at the Solid/Liquid Interface," Andrzej Wieckowski, University of Illinois, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).

"Xenognostic Strategies: Signals in Host Recognition," David Lynn, University of Chicago, 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).

"The Bulls-Eye Effect and the Mass Density of the Universe," Adrian Melott, University of Kansas, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Pablo Laguna, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
 
 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28

"Two Examples of Industrial Number Theory," Carl Pomerance, Bell Labs - Lucent Technologies, 11:15 a.m., 220 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Physiological and Mechanistic Studies on Cysteine Desulfurase from Synechocystis Sp. pcc. 6803," Elham Behshad, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Marty Bollinger, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"The Shape of Gravity in Extra Dimensions," Lisa Randall, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, host: Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Department of Physics (865-4376).

"The Challenge of Integrated Resource Management in British Columbia: Balancing Ecological, Economic, and Social Demands," John Innes, University of British Columbia (Canada), 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Ecology (863-3201).

"Science, Computation, and the Mind" (Khatri memorial lecture), Roger Penrose, Penn State and University of Oxford (United Kingdom), 4:00 p.m., 105 Forum Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Two Contradictory Conjectures Concerning Carmichael Numbers," Carl Pomerance, Bell Labs - Lucent Technologies, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29

"Evolution of Tenui Viruses," Joachim DeMiranda, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 504 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"State of the Department Address," Charlie Pitts, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Problems in Gravitational Wave Data Analysis," Soumya Mohanty, Penn State, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605 or 865-7527).

"Real-Time Observation of Chemical Reaction Dynamics: From Clusters to Clouds," Ludger Woeste, Free University of Berlin (Germany), 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Transport and Degration of Propanil in the Environment," Mingxin Guo, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Agronomy (865-6541).
 
 

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 and SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31

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