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 January 2004

 

MONDAY, 12 JANUARY

"Extreme-Mass-Ratio Binaries: An Overview and Future Directions," Pablo Laguna, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry + Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

"How Bacteria Respire Arsenate," Chad Saltikov (faculty candidate), California Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Don Bryant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-1851).

 

TUESDAY, 13 JANUARY

"Investigating Protein Interaction Using Spin-Label Techniques," Rachel Behan, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).

"Opiate and Cocaine Addictions: Insight from Molecular Biology and Genetics, and Stress Responsivity Studies in Animal Models and Humans," Mary Jeanne Kreek, Rockefeller University, 4:15 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (videoconferenced from College of Medicine), Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (863-3650).

 

WEDNESDAY, 14 JANUARY

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Nitric-Oxide-Relating Sol-Gels: Towards Improved in Vivo Biosensors," Mark Schoenfisch, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Mary Beth Williams, Department of Chemistry (865-8859).

"Common Fossils of Pennsylvania" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Technology Transfer: Meeting Place of Science, Business, and Law," Cissy Young, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robyn Mercer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"How Low Can They Grow? Metabolism of a Permafrost Isolate at Subzero Temperatures," Corien Bakermans (faculty candidate), Michigan State University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Don Bryant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-1851).

 

THURSDAY, 15 JANUARY

"Interaction Studies of Chlorosome Proteins and Characterization of Mutants Lacking Chlorosome Proteins CsmI, J, and X in Chlorobium tepidum," Hui Li, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Don Bryant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Maximizing Integrated Likelihood via Full-Expansion-Laplace-Approximation Approaches," Lei Nie, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

 

FRIDAY, 16 JANUARY

"Self-Forces in Curved Spacetimes," Abraham Harte, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry + Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Multidimensional High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Mass Spectrometry Strategies for Proteomics of Muscle Proteins," Quan Chen, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Linearization of Poisson Manifolds on Neighborhoods of Symplectic Leaves," Ben Davis, Saint Mary's College of California, 2:30 p.m., 104 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

SATURDAY, 17 JANUARY and SUNDAY, 18 JANUARY

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