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

16 to 22 January 2006

MONDAY, 16 JANUARY

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TUESDAY, 17 JANUARY

"Alternative Patterning Strategies: Imprint Lithography and Electric-Field-Assisted Assembly," Michael Dickey, University of Texas, 10:00 a.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: Kristen Fichthorn, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-4807).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Hurricane Isabel (2003): Into the Belly of the Beast," Mike Montgomery, Colorado State University, 11:00 a.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Ginsburg-Landau Theory of Supersolid," Jinwu Ye, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Dezhe Jin, Department of Physics (863-6673).

"Meridiani, Opportunity, and the Search for Life on Mars," Andrew Knoll, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (with videoconferencing to Lecture Room D at College of Medicine), Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (863-3650).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Specificity and Functional Divergence of the Y-Family DNA-Lesion Bypass Polymerases," Rebecca Toroney, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Erin Sheets, Department of Chemistry Department (863-0044).

WEDNESDAY, 18 JANUARY

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Cenozoic Variations of the Antarctic Ice Sheet," David Pollard, Penn State, 11:30 a.m., 17 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, Earth System Science Center (865-0478).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Lagos: Rich Man, Poor Man" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Measurement of Nitric Oxide Due to Adenosine Triphosphate Released From Physically Deformed Red Blood Cells," Tom Morrow, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Christine Keating, Department of Chemistry (863-7832).

"Viral Entry: From Human-Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) to Severe-Acute-Respiratory-Syndrome-Associated Coronavirus (SARS-CoV)," Hyeryun Choe, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Andrew Henderson, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (863-0340).

THURSDAY, 19 JANUARY

"Physico-Chemical Mechanisms of Insulin Regulation in Mammalian Organisms," Peter Vekilov, University of Houston, 10:00 a.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: Costas Maranas, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-9958).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Freshwater Role in Running Gloabl Ocean Conveyor," Dan Seidov and Bernd J. Haupt, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Phase Resetting, Noise, and Synchrony," Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Dezhe Jin, Department of Physics (863-6673).

(title to be announced), Michael Sutton, California Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Berhnard Luscher, Penn State Neuroscience Institute (865-5549).

FRIDAY, 20 JANUARY

"Transition Pathways in Complex Systems," Weiqing Ren, New York University, 3:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Octahedral Iron Complexes in the Oxidation States of +2, +3, and +4," John Berry, Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry (Germany), 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry (863-2889).

SATURDAY, 21 JANUARY

"Emerging Viruses: A Continual Threat" (Frontiers lecture #1 of 5), Edward C. Holmes, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 100 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (853-0901).

SUNDAY, 22 JANUARY

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