Science Seminars is a weekly list of science-related seminars sponsored by colleges, research institutes, and other organizations throughout Penn State. Science Seminars is published by the Penn State Eberly College of Science as a service to Penn State and its surrounding communities

Science Seminars

11 to 17 October 2004

 

MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER

"Crop Diversity, Granivory, and Weed-Population Dynamics: A Tale of Seeds, Mice, Crickets, and Models," Matt Liebman, Iowa State University, 10:00 a.m., 324 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601 or 863-3179).

"Semiconductor Nanowire Arrays," John Badding, Penn State, 12:00 noon, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Shape Shifting in Plants: Gravitropism and Plant Form," Roger Hangarter, Indiana University, 107 Wartik Laboratory, 12:20 p.m., host: Daniel Cosgrove, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"New Coupling Methods Using Hypercoordinate Silicon Derivatives: Applications to the Total Synthesis of Natural Products," Phil DeShong, University of Maryland, 2:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Steven Weinreb, Department of Chemistry (863-0189).

"Close Encounters of a Different Kind: Extreme-Mass-Ratio Capture Orbits in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Band," Shane Larson, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Partial Control of Grapevine Powdery Mildew by a Mycophageous Mite (Orthotydeus lambi)," Heather Melidossian, Cornell University, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

(title to be announced), Anatoly Vershik, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), 3:30 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Utilization of Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) in Applied Breeding: Examples in Tomato and Other Crops," Majid Foolad, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

"Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution of Hot-Spring Cyanobacteria and Green Nonsulfur-like Bacteria: Patterns Suggest that Prokaryotes Speciate Like Plants," David Ward, Montana State University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Donald Bryant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Geosciences (865-3072 or 865-2622).

"Health Communication to Promote Behavioral Adaptation," Roxanne Parrott, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 209 Henderson Building, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

TUESDAY, 12 OCTOBER

"Hot-Spring Microbial Mats as Models of Stromatolites: How Predominant Phototrophic Microbes Influence Carbon-Stable Isotope Signatures," David Ward, Montana State University, 10:30 a.m., 117 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, host: Donald Bryant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Geosciences (865-3072 or 865-2622).

"Controlling the Role of Water in Protein Adsorption to Hydrophobic Surfaces," Erwin Vogler, Penn State, 11:30 a.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Antonios Armaou, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-5316).

"Fermionization of an Interacting One-Dimensional Bose Gas," Peter Drummond, University of Queensland (Australia), 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: David Weiss, Department of Physics (863-3076).

"Issues and Approaches for Integrated Hydrocarbon-Systems Analysis in Tertiary Deltas: What Have We Learned? Examples from Deepwater Nigeria," Lori Summa, ExxonMobil, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Life-Induced Chloroplast Movements in Leaf Cells," Roger Hangarter, Indiana University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Daniel Cosgrove, Department of Biology (863-3892).

"The Story of Rapamycin: The Little Natural Product That Could" (Sponsors Days Keynote Speaker), Tim Clackson, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, 7:30 p.m., Ballroom DE in the Nittany Lion Inn, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

WEDNESDAY, 13 OCTOBER

"From Genes to Genome: Connecting Genetic Diversity and Biogeochemistry in the Marine Environment" (video conference), Tatiana Rynearson, University of Washington, 12:00 noon, 541 Deike Building, Office of the Dean of the Graduate School and Worldwide Universities Network (863-1274).

"Cell Signaling by Shp2 Tyrosine Phosphatase in Health and Disease," Gen-Sheng Feng, Burnham Institute, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Pamela Correll, Department of Veterinary Science (863-0128).

"The Incredible Double-Pulsar Binary J0737-3039: A Pulsar 'Holy Grail' at Last," Scott Ransom, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), host: Steinn Sigurdsson, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (863-6038).

THURSDAY, 14 OCTOBER

"Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop," Penn State, 9:00 a.m., 122 Heritage Hall, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Molecular Epidemiology of Human Noroviruses," Stephan S. Monroe, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10:10 a.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Craig Cameron, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Mechanisms of Stacking-Fault Growth in 4H-SiC PiN Diodes," Robert Stahlbush, Naval Research Laboratory, 11:15 a.m., 135 Reber Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"Relativistic Stars with Magnetic Fields," Kunihito Ioka, Penn State, 12:30 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"On Estimation for Dual Central Subspaces in Dimension Reduction," Xiangrong Yin, University of Georgia, 4:00 p.m., 104 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Spin and Pseudospin Quantum Computation in Semiconductor Nanostructures," Sankar das Sarma, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Ari Mizel, Department of Physics (863-3342).

"The Joys of Secs: The Genetics of Membrane Traffic in Drosophila," Thomas L. Schwarz, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Richard Ordway, Eberly College of Science + Department of Biology + Department of Biobehavioral Health + Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences + Department of Health and Human + Department of Chemistry (863-5693).

"Universal Metric Space, Random Graph, and Related Questions," Anatoly Vershik, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527)

(title to be announced), Scott Isard, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Marine Gas Hydrates on Hydrate Ridge Offshore Oregon," Jean-Philippe A. Kouassi and Xiaoli Liu, Penn State, 4:15 p.m., 109 Walker Building, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering (865-3437).

"The Hofer Metric: Part IV," Augustin Banyaga, Penn State, 5:05 p.m., 115 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, 15 OCTOBER

"Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop, Continued" Penn State, 9:00 a.m., 122 Heritage Hall, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Phenomenological Issues in Loop Quantum Cosmology: Part III," Parampreet Singh, Penn State, 9:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Assessing Virulence and Host-Specificity of Entomopathogenic Fungi," John Vandenberg, United States Department of Agriculture and Cornell University, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Mary Barbercheck, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Controlling Biomolecular Recognition with Designed Peptides," Marcey Waters (faculty candidate), University of North Carolina, 2:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

SATURDAY, 16 OCTOBER

"Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop, Continued," Penn State, 9:00 a.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

SUNDAY, 17 OCTOBER

"Dynamical Systems and Related Topics Workshop, Continued," Penn State, 9:00 a.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

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