SCIENCE SEMINARS:  10 to 16 APRIL 2000

MONDAY, 10 APRIL

"Industry-Supported University Research: Overcoming Barriers to Collaborative Research," Ed Pagani, Pfizer Inc, 12:00 noon, 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to other locations), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3792).

"Advanced Seismic Isolation for LIGO-II," Joseph A. Gaime, Louisiana State University, 2:20 p.m. 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry and Department of Mathematics (863-9605 or 865-7527).

"Light-Induced Structural Rearrangements in Chalcogenide Glasses," David Drabold, Ohio University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Vincent Crespi, Department of Physics (863-0163).

"Systematics of Podostroma alutaceum (Pers.) Atk," Holly Chamberlain, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Volume Versus Length on a Three Sphere," Christopher Croke, University of Pennsylvania, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Spatial Patterning by Signal-Induced Gene Expression in Bacteria" (Stone Lecture), Dale Kaiser, Stanford University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Jean Brenchley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
 
 

TUESDAY, 11 APRIL

"Conformal String Operations and Evolution of Skewed Patron Distributions," Lech Mankiewicz, Soltan Institute for Nuclear Physics (Poland), 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).

"Hormone-Induced Genes, Forebrain Neurons, and Behavior," Donald Pfaff, Rockefeller University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building (with video conferencing to other locations), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).
 
 

WEDNESDAY, 12 APRIL

"Looking Inside Biomolecular Bonds With Dynamic Force Spectroscopy," Evan Evans, Boston University and University of British Columbia (Canada), 11:15 a.m (refreshments at 11:00 a.m.), S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Paul S. Weiss, Department of Chemistry (865-3693).

"Cytoskeletal Dynamics," Richard Cyr, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"X-ray Emission From Adiabatic-Phase Supernova Remnants," Stephen Reynolds, North Carolina State University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Ann Hornschemeier, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
 
 

THURSDAY, 13 APRIL

"The 2-Adic Behavior of the Number of Partitions Into Distinct Parts," David Penniston, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 108 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Distribution of Structural Features Contributing to Thermostability in a/b Barrel Glycosyl Hydrolases," Nicholas Panasik, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, hosts: Greg Farber and Jean Brenchley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Molecular Probes of Estrogen Receptor Structure and Function: Medical Applications," John A. Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Blake Peterson, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

"Single Electron Contours of the Quantum Hall Liquid," Raymond Ashoori, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Nitin Sarmarth, Department of Physics (863-0136).

"The Transformation of Human Culture and Its Relationship to Global Environmental Change," Tom Wessels, Antioch New England Graduate School, 3:35 p.m., 102 Chambers Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-4562).
 
 

FRIDAY, 14 APRIL

"Detecting Transients in Noisy Data," Soumya Mohanty, Penn State, 10:45 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry and Department of Mathematics (863-9605 or 865-7527).

"Teaching: A Trivial Pursuit?" Christ Oseto, Purdue University, 11:15 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Computational Fluid Dynamics on Parallel Computers," Lyle N. Long, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: James Anderson, Department of Chemistry (865-3933).

"The First Positive Eigenvalue of the Dirac Laplacian," Bernard Ammann, City University of New York, 3:35 p.m., 219 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Individualizing Courseware to Meet Student Needs," Heather Shoener, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Agronomy (863-1601).
 
 

SATURDAY, 15 APRIL and SUNDAY, 16 APRIL

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