SCIENCE SEMINARS: OCTOBER 4 TO 10, 1999
SCIENCE SEMINARS: OCTOBER 4 TO 10, 1999
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4
"Templated Syntheses of Porous Metal Oxides, Metals, and Hybrid Materials," Andreas Stein, University of Minnesota, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).
"Critical Gravitational Collapse," David Garfinkle, Oakland University, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
"2e or Not 2e in the New Conducting Phase in 2D," Philip Phillips, University of Illinois, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Ying Liu, Department of Physics (863-0090).
"On the Perron-Frobenius Operator of Exact Non-Singular Transformations," Michael Lin, Ben-Gurion University (Israel), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"LIAS and Databases of Note for Plant and Dace Freivalds Pathology," Sylvia MacKinnon, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).
"Genetic Analysis of Transcription Initiation in Yeast," Michael Hampsey,
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse
Laboratory, host: Joseph Reese, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology (865-3072).
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5
"Tissue-Engineering Microvascular Networks for Gene Therapy," Keith J. Gooch, University of Pennsylvania, 11:15 a.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to other locations), host: John M. Tarbell, Department of Chemical Engineering/Bioengineering Program/Life Science Consortium (863-4801).
"A Meta-Logic for Sequent Calculus (continued)," Dale Miller, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 122 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Abstract Convergence Bounds for Smoothed-Aggregation Multigrid Methods: I," Petr Vanek, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Computer Simulation of Biomolecular Systems: Where Do We Go?," Wilfred
van Gunsteren, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) (Switzerland),
4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
(title to be announced), Joe Kopanski, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).
"Brown Algal Phlorotannins as Inducible Chemical Defenses: How Do Marine Seaweeds Perceive and Respond to Herbivory?," Tom Arnold, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).
"Putting Some Pieces of the Quasar Puzzle Together," Ari Laor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Niel Brandt, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
"Urinary Tract Infection in Children: Clinical Findings and Pathogenesis,"
Theresa Schlager, University of Virginia, 4:30 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences
and Industries Building, host: Thomas Whittam, Department of Biology (863-1970).
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
"Targeted Nucleosome Disruption by the Yeast SWI/SNF Complex," Ahmed Hassan, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Jerry Workman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-8554).
"Take the Mystery Out of Creativity and Stimulate Innovation," Winston Brill, Winston Brill & Associates and University of Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to other locations), Life Sciences Consortium/Center for Biomolecular Structure and Function/Microbial Structural Biology Center (863-3650).
"Measuring the Roughness of Real-World Surfaces: From Supersmooth Optics and Telescope Mirrors to Organic Films and Sheet Steel," Jean Bennett, Naval Weapons Center, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: K. Vedam, Department of Physics (865-1146).
"Feedbacks on the Global Carbon Cycle," Fakhri A. Bazzaz, Harvard University, 3:35 p.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: David Eissenstat, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology and Life Sciences Consortium Plant-Related Seminar Series (865-3155).
"The Role of Selenium in Redox Regulation of Transcription," Faith Zamamiri, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).
"Abstract Convergence Bounds for Smoothed-Aggregation Multigrid Methods: II," Marian Brezina, University of Colorado, 4:00 p.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"The Central Limit Theorem for Markov Chains with Normal Transition
Operators Started at a Point," Michael Lin, Ben-Gurion University (Israel),
4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8
"The Role of B-lymphocyte Induced Maturation Protein (BLIMP-1) in Terminal Differentiation of B-Cells and Other Cell Lineages" (Bortree lecture), Kathryn Calame, Columbia University, 1:30 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Pam Correll, Department of Veterinary Science (863-0128).
"A Light Walk on the Characteristic Road," Luis Lehner, University of Texas, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
"Electronic Excitation Transfer Mediated by Spiro-Bridges Hemicarcerand
Walls," Piotr Piotrowiak, Rutgers University, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory,
Department of Chemistry (863-0119).
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 and SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10
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