SCIENCE SEMINARS:  17 to 23 APRIL 2000

MONDAY, 17 APRIL

"Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Agents," Keith Meyers, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-4654).

"Gravitational Wave Astronomy: New Challenges for Theorists," Patrick Brady, University of Wisconsin, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"One-Dimensional Chemistry and Physics of Surfaces," John Yates, University of Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Systematics of Verticilium fungicola, the Casual Agent of Dry Bubble Disease of the Cultivated Button Mushroom," Patric Collopy, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"The C_0 Coarse Index," Nick Wright, Penn State, 3:35 p.m. 219 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Mouse-Human Genomic Sequence Comparison," Webb Miller, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Applications of Weisfeiler's Filtration: From Pseudogroups to Supersymmetry and Elementary Particles" (Weisfeiler Lecture), Victor Kac, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4:30 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Mathematics and Eberly College of Science (865-7527).
 
 

TUESDAY, 18 APRIL

"Lesniewski's Protothetic," Ryan Kohl, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 219 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Probing Hadron Structure in Semi-Exclusive Processes," Markus Diehl, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).

"Battle of the Bulge: Structure and Function of an Unusual Helix in the Heat-Shock Transcription Factor," Hillary Nelson, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: John Desjarlais, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"On the Design of 'Industrial Strength' Sparse Solvers," Padma Raghavan, University of Tennessee, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Self Assembly of Anisotropic Metallic Particles for Nanoscale and Molecular Electronics," Theresa S. Mayer, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building (refreshments at 3:45 p.m. in the Steidle Building museum), Materials Research Institute (863-8407).

"Two Heads Are Better Than One: Interdomain Coordination in the Molecular Motor Kinesin," William Hancock, Penn State, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Mitchell, Department of Biology (865-4562).
 
 

WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL

"Parkinson's Disease: Possible Roles of Age, Genetic Predisposition, Environmental Factors, and the Chemistry of Endogenous Neurochemicals in the Pathogenic Mechanism," Glenn Dryhurst, Oklahoma University, 11:15 a.m. (refreshments at 11:00 a.m.), S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Anne Andrews, Department of Chemistry (865-2970).

"Epistatic Analysis of hrl1: Insights into Multiple Defense Pathways in Arabidopsis," Sendil Devadas, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartick Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Computing Metric Entropy for Hyperbolic Maps," Mark Pollicott, University of Manchester (England), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"New Insights Into the Properties and Environments of Active Galactic Nuclei," Ruth Daly, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Margaret Chester, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"The Sustainability Challenge: Living Mindfully on the Land," 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., 129 Hetzel Union Building, Green Destiny Council / Hammer Center for Community Design Assistance /Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (863-3893).
 
 

THURSDAY, 20 APRIL

"The Many Facets of the Kostka Polynomials," Anne Schilling, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11:15 a.m., 108 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Transcriptional Control of the Heat-Shock Genes in Drosophila," Armeria Vicol, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: David Gilmour, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"The American Lawn: Landscape Triumph or Environmental Disaster?" Herb Bormann, Yale University, 3:35 p.m., 102 Chambers Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-3893).

"A Statistical Framework for Family-Based Studies in Human Genetics," Shaw-Hwa-Lo, Columbia University, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"B-Physics at e+e- Collides," David Cassel, Cornell University, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).
 
 

FRIDAY, 21 APRIL

"The Mechanics of General Isolated Horizons," Chris Beetle, Penn State, 10:45 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Is Sympatric Speciation via Ecological Shift 'Provable?' General Approaches and the Complex Reality of Sequence Evolution in the Rhagoletis Pomonella Group," Stewart H. Berlocher, University of Illinois, 11:15 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Bruce McPheron, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Using Electric Fields to Probe Media Effects on Molecular Electronic Properties," Linda A. Peteanu, Carnegie Mellon University, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Mark Maroncelli, Department of Chemistry (865-0898).

"Effect of Two Grazing Regimes on Botanical Composition and Forage Production in a Mixed Pasture," Maria Carlassare, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Agronomy (863-1601).

 "Fixed-Point Formulae for Foliations in Cyclic Homology," Moulay Benameur, Institut Girard Desargues (France), 3:35 p.m., 219 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

SATURDAY, 22 APRIL and SUNDAY, 23 APRIL

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