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16 to 22 APRIL 2001
MONDAY, 16 APRIL RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, 30 APRIL 2001
(Check for details when posted.) "Contemporary Empiricism in Cancer Drug Discovery—p53 and Epidermal-Growth-Factor-Receptor
Lead Development, Michael Morin, Pfizer, 12:00 noon, 108 Wartik Laboratory
(with videoconferencing to other locations), host: Kathleen Mulder, Life
Sciences Consortium (863-3650). (Title to be announced), Venkatraman Gopalan, Penn State, 12:00 noon,
339 Davey Laboratory, "Magnesium: The Universal Metal," "Powder Metallurgy,"
and "Advanced Technology Program: Bridging the Gap Between the Lab
and the Marketplace," video presentations, 12:05 p.m., 114 Deike
Building, "Carbometalation of the Carbon-Carbon Bond," Min Lin, Penn
State, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-5641).
"The Weather Risk Market Makes New Demands on Meteorologists—Are
We Ready?" Robert Dischel, EWI Meteorologists, 2:30 p.m., 21 Deike
Building, Department of Meteorology (865-0478). "Integrable Systems Associated with the Bruhat Poisson Structures,"
Philip Foth, University of Arizona, "Remarks on Nonlinear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations Related
to Prescribed Curvature Problems," "Factors Influencing Infection of Vitis spp. (grape) Shoots by Guignardia
bidwelli (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz Conidiospore," Phil Northover,
Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology
(865-3761). "Regulation of Cullin-Mediated Ubiquitination," Vincent Chau, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Davis Ng, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
TUESDAY, 17 APRIL "Shape Oscillations of Liquid Drops: Effects of Surfactants and
Viscoelasticity," Ali Nadim, Boston University, 10:00 a.m., 140 Fenske
Laboratory, host: Ali Borham, Department of Chemical Engineering "Paths Through Recursive Trees: Part 2," Stephen Binns, Penn
State, 2:30 p.m., 316 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Ice Fishing for Neutrinos with AMANDA," Doug Cowen, University
of Pennsylvania, 3:30 p.m., "Intramolecular and Lattice Melting in Alkane Monolayers: An Analog
of Melting in Lipid Bilayers," "Cluster Chemistry: In Search of Solids Built from Linked Metal
Clusters," Francis DiSalvo, Cornell University, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike
Building, host: Evangelos Manias, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering and Materials Research Institute (863-2980). "Constraints on the Subduction Process from Interseismic to Post-Seismic
Deformation in Central America," Timothy Dixon, University of Miami,
4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Geosciences "Effects of Dietary Fats on Bone Health," Rebecca Corwin, Penn
State, 4:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, "The Human Evolutionary Mosaic," Alan Walker, Penn State, 4:00
p.m., Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hospital Auditorium, College of
Medicine (717-531-6411). "Likelihood Ratio Confidence Bands in Nonparametric Regression with
Censored Data," Ingrid Van Keilegom, Catholic University of Louvain
(Belgium), 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
"Molecular Targets for Allyl Sulfides in Controlling the Proliferation
of Human Colon Tumors," "The Paradoxical Structure of Insulin: Use of Non-Standard Mutagenesis
to Explore Foldability and Function," Michael Weiss, Case Western
Reserve University, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION: "Scale Up vs. Numbering Up: Can Miniaturization Change the Rules in Chemical Processing?" Anil Oroskar, UOP LLC, 4:05 p.m. (refreshments before the seminar), C-213 Coal Utilization Laboratory, Department of Fuel Science (863-7326).
WEDNESDAY, 18 APRIL "Scanning Polarization Force Microscopy," Timothy Tighe, Penn
State, and "Monitoring Adipocyte Lypolsis Using Acoustically Levitated
Cell Droplets," Paula Ream, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory,
Department of Chemistry (865-6553). "Glen Canyon" and "Protecting Our Water: Who's Got the
Power," video presentations, 12:05 p.m., ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION: "Plasticity of Resource Allocation to Induced Defense Metabolism," Anne Walton, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892). ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION: "The Cosmic Infrared Background," Edward Wright, University
of California at Los Angeles, 4:00 p.m., "Health Effects of Fine Particles" (Given Lecture), Adel Sarofim,
University of Utah, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments before the seminar), C-213
Coal Utilization Laboratory, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental
Engineering (863-7326). "The Osteoblast Lineage: From Primitive Progenitor to Mature Osteoblast,"
Jan Aubin, University of Toronto, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (videoconferenced
from the College of Medicine), host: Henry Donahue, Graduate Program in
Cell and Molecular Biology / Department of Orthopedics / Life Sciences
Consortium (717-531-1045). "Viruses, Vesicles, and Multi-Electron Bubbles: J.J. Thomson Revisited"
(Mueller Lecture), David Nelson, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond
Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics
THURSDAY, 19 APRIL "Atypical Protein Kinase C and Memory Formation in Drosophila,"
Jerry Yin, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 10:30 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory,
host: Kyung-An Han, Department of Biobehavioral Health (865-8409). "Equidistribution of Heche Eigenforms on Modular Surfaces,"
Wenzhi Luo, Ohio State University, "Investigating the Role of Pollen Receptor-Like Kinase, PRK1, in
Pollen Development in Petunia inflata," Andrea Skirpan, Penn
State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Teh-hui Kao, Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072). "Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling and Its Impact on Climates of the Late
Quaternary," Andrew Bush, University of Alberta (Canada), 2:30 p.m.,
112 Walker Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Environmental Institute
(863-7091). "An Experimental High Energy Physicist Takes a Stab at Observational
Cosmology: Detecting the Polarization of the Microwave Background Radiation,"
Bruce Winstein, University of Chicago, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory,
host: James Beatty, Department of Physics (863-0195). "The Formation of Inorganic Aerosols During Pulverized Coal Combustion,"
Adel Sarofim, University "How Many Moments Can Be Estimated From a Large Sample?" Abram
Kagen, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department
of Statistics (865-1348). "On Quantization Functors for Lie Bialgebras," Benjamin Enriquez,
Ecole Normale Supérieure (France),
FRIDAY, 20 APRIL "Making Life Better (for Herself): A Gall Aphid Manipulates Her
Host," Brian Rehill, Penn State, ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION: "Noncommutative Poincare Duality from Hyperbolic Dynamics,"
Heath Emerson, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., "Lessons Learned in Mining or Why Mining Isn't Anywhere Near Dead"
(Shoemaker Lecture), Thomas O'Neil, Cleveland Cliffs, Inc., 4:00 p.m.
(reception at 3:30 p.m.), 26 Hosler Building, Department of Energy and
Geo-Environmental Engineering (863-7326). "Development of a Comprehensive Geographic-Information-System-Based
Modeling Approach to Support Watershed Assessments Within Pennsylvania,"
Barry Evans, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries
Building, Department of Agronomy (863-1601). "Worlds in Collision: Reactions to Hendrik Van Loon's 1932 Geography,"
Roger Downs, Penn State, "The Veblen Thesis Reconsidered: Why are Jews so Prominent in Science and Scholarship?" David Hollinger, University of California at Berkeley, 4:00 p.m., 113 Carnegie Building, Research and Graudate Studies Office / College of the Liberal Arts / Department of History (sxg205@psu.edu or eam191@psu.edu).
SATURDAY, 21 APRIL "Space Day 2001 at Penn State," 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., HUB Heritage Hall, Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (863-3608). SUNDAY, 22 APRIL
SUNDAY, 22 APRIL (none)
********** Cancellations will be noted on weekly Science Seminar listings
on the Web at ********** Reporters for Science Seminars and the areas they cover are as follows: [agriculture: Kay Moore] [agronomy: Madeline Laubach and Charles Mancino] [anthropology: Alan Walker] [astrobiology: Linda Decker] [astronomy and astrophysics: Jennifer Miele and Laura Sproat] [biochemistry and molecular biology: Tamara Housel] [biology: Paula Farwell] [center for gravitational physics and geometry: Karen Brewster] [center for materials physics: Barbara Itinger] [ceramic science and engineering: April Benson] [chemical engineering: Ruth Smith] [chemistry: Tanna Lord] [computer science and engineering: Nancy Clark and Karen Alise Corl] [earth and mineral sciences: Linda Spangler] [intercollege graduate program in ecology: Debra Putt] [education: Tom Dana] [energy institute: Kelly Jo Rhoades] [entomology: Thelma Brodzina] [intercollege graduate program in genetics: Paula Farwell] [life sciences consortium: Janice Kennedy] [mathematics: Suzanne Kutz and Richard Mansfield] [intercollege graduate program in nutrition: Susie Mostoller] [physics: Jennifer Wandler] [intercollege graduate program in physiology: LuAnn Weatherholtz] [intercollege graduate program in plant physiology: Janice Kennedy] [poultry science: Ruth Nyman] [science, technology, and society program: Karen Snare] [statistics: Bonnie Cain] [veterinary science: Loretta Muchinsky]. NOTICE: PRESS RELEASES AVAILABLE This publication is available in alternative media on request. Penn State is an affirmative action, equal opportunity university. Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the office in charge of the seminar in advance of your attendance. U.Ed. SCI 01-120 This issue of SCIENCE SEMINARS was produced by Barbara Kennedy and Steve Sampsell. |
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