SCIENCE SEMINARS: 14 to 20 FEBRUARY 2000

MONDAY, 14 FEBRUARY

"Plant Genomics in the 21st Century," Prasanta K. Subudhi (faculty candidate), Texas Tech University, 11:00 a.m., 504 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Agronomy (865-6541).

"Dynamic Kinetic Resolution," John Hanley, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Blake Peterson, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

"Recent Advances in Antibody-Catalyzed Organic Reactions," Berkley Shorthill, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Blake Peterson, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

"Classical Theory of General Isolated Horizons," Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Building a Dictionary for Genomes," Eric Siggia, Cornell University and Rockefeller University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"DNA Fingerprinting for Plant Pathogen Characterization," Carla Garzon, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Dynamical Zeta Function, Nielsen Theory, and Reidemeister Torsion," Alexander Fel'shtyn, University of Greifswald (Germany), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Caenorhabditis elegans Homeobox Genes Involved in Neuronal Differentiation," Thomas Burglin (faculty candidate), University of Basel (Switzerland), 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Simpson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
 
 

TUESDAY, 15 FEBRUARY

"Philosophies of Teaching Genetics" (followed by classroom lecture on molecular markers), Prasanta K. Subudhi (faculty candidate), Texas Tech University, 11:00 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Agronomy (865-6541).

"An Object-Oriented Approach to Constructing Recursive-Descent Parsers," Matthew Davis, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 219 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Non-Leading Corrections for Monte-Carlo Event Generators," John Collins, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0783).

"Analysis of Correlated Survival Data," Tianxi Cai, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Evolutionary Ecology from Molecules to Phenotypes: A Case Study," Massimo Pigliucci, University of Tennessee, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Claude dePamphilis, Department of Biology (863-6412).

"Metasis-Suppressor Genes in Human Cancer," Danny Welch, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"The Method of Alternating Projections: V," Jinchao Xu, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Method of Subspace Corrections Versus the Method of Alternating Projections," Jinchao Xu, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY

"Acousto-Optical Deflection-Based Laser Beam Scanning for Fluorescence Detection," Nathan McElroy, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-7402).

"Analysis of Electro-Osmotic Flow in Individual Pores Using Scanning Electron Microscopes," Su Pantankar, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-7402).

"Tails of the Quantum Hall Regime," Shivaji L. Sondhi, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Jainendra Jain, Department of Physics (863-1162).

"Self-Organized Criticality and Other Nonlinear Effects in Compact Sources," Ran Sivron, Bucknell University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Margaret Chester, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
 
 

THURSDAY, 17 FEBRUARY

"Positivity Questions in Partitions and the Friedman-Joichi-Stanton Conjecture," George E. Andrews, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., (location to be announced), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Trapped Ions, Schrödinger's Cat, and Quantum Computation," David Wineland, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Roger Herman, Department of Physics (865-6092).
 
 

FRIDAY, 18 FEBRUARY

"Evolving the Orbital Decay of Particles Around Kerr Black Holes by Radiation Reaction," Ramon Lopez, Penn State, 10:45 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Asian Longhorned Beetle Research at Penn State, Kelli Hoover, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Parallel Algebraic Multigrid for Finite Elements (AMGe)," Robert Falgout, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

SATURDAY, 19 FEBRUARY

"DNA Clocks and the Evolution of Life" (Frontiers lecture #5 of 6), Blair Hedges, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 101 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (863-8453).
 
 

SUNDAY, 20 FEBRUARY

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