MONDAY, DECEMBER 15

(none)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16

"Developing Structure-Property Relationships in Liquid Crystalline Materials," Daniel Dyer, California Institute of Technology, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17

(none)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18

(title to be announced), Raymond Puzio, Penn State, 11:30 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Measuring Ecological Sustainability: An Environmental Audit of The Pennsylvania State University," Dominik Kulakowski, Penn State, 1:25 p.m., 205 Ferguson Building, host: Christopher Uhl, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19

"Microtubule-Associated Protein Tau: Structure, Phosphorylation, and Assembly into Alzheimer-Paired-Helical Filaments," Eva-Maria Mandelkow, Max-Planck-Arbeitsgruppe fuer Strukturelle Molekularbiologie, 1:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ken Johnson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Structure of Monomeric and Dimeric Kinesin and Interactions with Microtubules," Eckhard Mandelkow, Max-Planck-Arbeitsgruppe fuer Strukturelle Molekularbiologie, 2:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ken Johnson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20

(none)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21

(none)

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