SCIENCE SEMINARS: DECEMBER 6 TO 12, 1999

MONDAY, DECEMBER 6

"Crystal in the Liquid vs. Liquid Crystals: Stripes in Quantum Hall Systems," Herb Fertig, University of Kentucky, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jainendra Jain, Department of Physics (863-1162).

"Teichmuller Spaces of Circle Endomorphisms," Yunping Jiang, Queens College, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Plant Breeding: How Would an Engineer Approach the Challenge?" Richard Craig, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Optical and Infrared Spectroscopy of High Redshift Quasar Absorber Galaxies," Jian Ge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Transcriptional Regulation by Global Transcription Factors," David Stillman, University of Utah, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Jerry Workman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
 
 
 

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7

"Translation Control of Gene Expression: Knowing When and Where to Start and Stop," Douglas Cavener (candidate department head), Vanderbilt University, 2:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Andy Clark, Eberly College of Science (863-0212).

"A Randomized Implementation of the Pi-Calculus with Mixed Choice: Part 2," Catuscia Palamidessi, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 122 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Aging, Iron, and Immunity," Namanjeet Ahluwalia, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"On the Role of bH Spectrin During Epithelial Development in Drosophila," Daniela Zarnescu, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 456 North Frear Laboratory, host: Graham Thomas, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"What the Drug and Dance Culture Can Teach Us About Neurotoxicology" (colloquium), James P. O'Callaghan, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferenced from Hershey), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).
 
 
 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8

"Genetic Control of Disease Resistance Responses to Pathogenic Bacteria in Arabidopsis," Timothy McNellis, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).

"An Almost Exponential Estimate on the Growth of the Number of Periodic Points for Diffeomorphisms with Probability One (Part 1 of 3)," Vadim Kaloshin, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Explorations with Nanostructured Materials: Still Plenty of Room at the Bottom" (Distinguished Materials Physics lecture #1 of 2), Robert Buhrman, Cornell University, 8:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building, host: Nitin Samarth, Department of Physics (863-0136).
 
 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9

"Patterning of Connections in the Developing Cerebral Cortex," Anirvan Ghosh, Johns Hopkins University, 10:30 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Eva Anton, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (863-8461).

"Progress Toward the Welwitindolinone Alkaloids: The Evolution of a Synthetic Strategy," John L. Wood, Yale University, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).

"Spin Transport in Magnetic Nanostructures" (Distinguished Materials Physics lecture #2 of 2), Robert Buhrman, Cornell University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, host: Nitin Samarth, Department of Physics (863-0136).

"Potential Targets for Vaccines in Staphylococcus aureus," Michael Sharer, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

"Paradise Lost: The Economic, Environmental, and Educational Costs of Landscaping," Steve Saari, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 8 Mueller Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).

"Constrained Multivariate Probit Models with Heterogeneity: A Bayesian Approach," John Liechty, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"From Classical Gas to Heavy Metal: Chemical Constraints on Galaxy Evolution to z=0.8," Chip Kobulnicky, University of Wisconsin, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Social Organization of Ant Colonies: Where Ecology Meets Genetics," Joan M. Herbers (candidate department head), Colorado State University, 4:00 p.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: Andy Clark, Eberly College of Science (863-0212).
 
 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10

"Behavior and Biology of the Potato Leafhopper Empoasca fabae in Response to Glandular-Haired Alfalfa," Chris Ranger, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).
 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 and SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12

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