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

15 to 21 January 2007

MONDAY, 15 JANUARY

"Synthetic Approaches to the Synthesis of Garsubellin A," David Roach, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Raymond Funk, Department of Chemistry (865-2057).

TUESDAY, 16 JANUARY

"The Genetic Basis for Pigment Variation Among Green-Sulfur Bacteria," Julie Maresca, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Don Bryant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-1992).

"Searching for Supersolids and Topological Insulators in Cold-Atom Optical Lattices," Vito Scarola, University of Maryland, 1:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jainendra Jain, Department of Physics (863-1162).

(title to be announced), Melissa Mullen, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Philip Bevilacqua, Department of Chemistry (863-3812).

WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY

"Looking for Trans-Planckian Physics in the Cosmic-Microwave Background (CMB)," Richard Holman, Carnegie Mellon University, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Stephane Coutu, Department of Physics (865-2015).

THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY

TITLE ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Polyethylene Crystallization and Rotator Phases," Scott Milner, Exxon Mobil, 10:00 a.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-1375).

"Regulation of Multiple Genetic Circuits by tmRNA," Dennis Lee, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Kenneth Keiler, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-0787).

"Fluorescence of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Applications in Physics, Chemistry, and Bio-medicine," Bruce Weisman, Rice University, 3:50 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Peter Eklund, Department of Physics (865-5233).

"Sure Independence Screening for Ultra-High-Dimensional-Feature Space," Jinchi Lv, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

FRIDAY, 19 JANUARY

"Indirect Dark-Matter Search with Antideuterons: Progress and Future Prospects for General-Antiparticle Spectrometer (GAPS)," Haitao Yu, Columbia University, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Tyce DeYoung, Department of Physics (863-9594).

SATURDAY, 20 JANUARY

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SUNDAY, 21 JANUARY

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'" (video), 2:00 p.m., Schlow Centre Regional Library Community Room, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (862-0797).

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