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

12 to 18 April 2004

 

MONDAY, 12 APRIL

"Studies of the Growth and Reactivity of Oxide-Supported Metal Nanoparticles as Models for Heterogeneous Catalysts," Donna Chen, University of South Carolina, 10:00 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Andrew Ewing, Department of Chemistry (863-5494).

"Resource Allocation for Self-Managing Servers," Abhishek Chandra, University of Massachusetts, 11:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Dialogs with Single Cells," Daniel T. Chiu, University of Washington, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Andrew Ewing, Department of Chemistry (863-4653).

"Does Evolution Matter for Understanding Food-Web Dynamics?" Peter Abrams, University of Toronto (Canada), 12:20 p.m., 104 Rackley Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"Regulatory Specificity of Plant MYB Transcription Factors," Erich Grotewold, Ohio State University, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, host: Surinder Chopra, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Exotic Superfluidities" (Marker Lecture #1 of 3), Frank Wilczek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).

"Goals and Achievements of Twistor Theory," Sir Roger Penrose, Oxford University and Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Bacterial Blotch Disease Affecting Edible Fungi," Alma Edith Rodriguez Estrada, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"New Examples in Ergodic Theory," Maria Saprykina, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

(title to be announced), Andrew Vogel, Syracuse University, 3:30 p.m., 104 Mcallister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Geometric and Analytic Signtures VIII," John Roe, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 103 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Changes in Common-Bean Root Anatomy Under Low Phosphorus," Laurie de la Riva, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 108 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Grabbing the Cat by the Tail: Studies of DNA Packaging by Single f29 Bacteriophage Particles Using Optical Tweezers" (Pollard Lecture), Carlos Bustamante, University of California and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Tracy Nixon, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"High-Energy Neutrinos from Gamma-Ray Bursts," Dafne Guetta, Weizmann Institute (Israel) and University of Colorado, 4:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Doug Cowen, Department of Physics (863-5943).

"Improving Nutrition and Health: A Development-Agency Perspective," Frances R. Davidson, United States Agency for International Development, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

TUESDAY, 13 APRIL

"Orbits and Invariance in the Lattice of Pi⁰_1 Classes," Rebecca Weber, University of Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m., 307 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Luminescence of C60 Molecules at Metal Surfaces," Elias Burstein, University of Pennsylvania, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jainendra Jain, Department of Physics (863-1162).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"PARP and its Involvement in Cardiac Damage and Possible Implication in Other Diseases," Shawn Osolin, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553)

"Statistical Learning from Distributions of DNA Words," Probal Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute (India), 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Science for Sustainability: A Focus on Oceans," Jane Lubchenco, Oregon State University, 4:15 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to Lecture Room D at College of Medicine), Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (863-3650).

"The World’s Numerical Recipe" (Marker Lecture #2 of 3), Frank Wilczek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 8:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).

WEDNESDAY, 14 APRIL

"Biomimetic Chemistry," Ronald Breslow, Columbia University, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Roy Olofson, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).
"Five Great Weather Disasters" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Evaluation of Materials Science and Engineering 081," Eric Spielvogel and Paul Howell, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 423 Earth and Engineering Science Building, John Dutton e-Education Institute (863-1590).

(title to be announced), Mark Pollicott, University of Manchester (United Kingdom), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Growth Control Through the mTOR Pathway," David Sabatini, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 4:00 p.m., Lecture Room D at College of Medicine (with video conferencing to 108 Wartik Laboratory), host: Scot Kimball, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (717-531-8982).

TITLE CHANGED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"ACS Observations of the Evolution of Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies from z ~ 6 to Present," Holland Ford, Johns Hopkins University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Caryl Gronwall, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0419).

"Chemistry: Challenges and Opportunities for the Future" (Whitmore Lecture), Ronald Breslow, Columbia University, 8:00 p.m., 112 Kern Building, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

THURSDAY, 15 APRIL

"Unified Cellular and Ad-Hoc Network: Architecture and Protocols," Haiyun Luo, University of California, 11:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Codes, Lattices, and Their Shadows," Judy Walker, University of Nebraska, 11:15 a.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Functional and Proteomic Analysis of Nuclear-Factor-of-Activated-T-Cells (NFAT) Activation," Jason Mercer, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Avery August, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Interactions Between Tethered Polyelectrolyte Chains," Matthew Tirrell, University of California, 11:15 a.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Regulation of Mast Cell Function by Inhibitory Receptors," Vanessa Ott, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 1:30 p.m., 324 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Robert Paulson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-6306).

"The Origin of Mass and the Feebleness of Gravity" (Marker Lecture #3 of 3), Frank Wilczek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3:50 p.m. (refreshments at 3:20 p.m. in Davey/Osmond overpass), 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).

"Cocaine Reward Expectation in Rhesus Monkeys: Neurochemical Effects of Cues and Their Impact on Sensitization," Charlie Bradberry, Yale University, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Andrew Ewing, Department of Biobehavioral Health+Department of Biology+Department of Chemistry+College of Health and Human Development+Eberly College of Science+ Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (863-5494).

"Identifying a Region by How its Boundary Vibrates: Analytical and Geometrical Aspects," Michael Taylor, University of North Carolina, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Western Hemisphere Warm Pool," David Enfield, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

FRIDAY, 16 APRIL

"Protein Unfolding at Interfaces: Slow Dynamics of a-Helix to b-Sheet Transition and Possible Relevance to Van Gogh's Glair (Egg White Varnish)," George Belfort, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 10:30 a.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, host: Antonios Armaou, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-5316).

"Integrated Studies of Landscape-Soil-Water Relationships," Henry Lin, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1615).

"Molecular Dynamics and Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy of Liquid Water and Aqueous Solutions," James Skinner, University of Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Mark Maroncelli, Department of Chemistry (865-0898).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Novel Mechanisms of Rapid Chemoattraction and Chemotaxis by Antigen Experienced CD8+ T-Cells," Bradley Swanson, National Jewish Medical and Research Center and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4:00 p.m., 324 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Robert Paulson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-6306).

"Predicting Wetland Responses to Climate Change," Glenn Guntenspergen, U.S. Geological Survey, 4:00 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

"Separation and Ionization Platforms for Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Polar, Low-Molecular-Weight Analytes," David S. Bell, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).


SATURDAY, 17 APRIL and SUNDAY, 18 APRIL

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