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

17 to 23 March 2003

 

MONDAY, 17 MARCH

"RT: A Role-Based Trust-Management Framework," Ninghui Li, Stanford University, 10:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Synthetic Molecular Motors," Paul Weiss, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Hot Topics in Cold Storage," Nate Reed, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Loops and Webs: Singular Coefficients of Partonic Splitting Functions," Carola Berger, State University of New York, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: John Collins, Department of Physics (863-0783).

"Reconciling Thin-Sandwich and Transverse-Traceless Binary-Black-Hole Initial Data," Pablo Laguna, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Fungal Biodiversity of Corn Silage," Michele Nagy, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Measure Rigidity and Quantum Unique Ergodicity," Elon Lindenstrauss, Stanford University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Role of the Osteoblast in Breast-Cancer Metastasis," Andrea Mastro, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

 

TUESDAY, 18 MARCH

"AC Fails in the Natural Analogues of V and L that Model the Stratified Fragment of Zermelo-Fraenkel Set Theory (ZF)," Thomas Forster, Cambridge University, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Orchestrating the Dance: Investigation of the Molecular Adsorption from Aqueous Complex Fluids," Stephanie Velegol, Bucknell University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Cell-to-Cell Signaling During Pollen Development," Sheila McCormick, U.S. Department of Agriculture and University of California, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Hong Ma, Department of Biology (863-0278).

"Computational Genefinding: Probabilistic Models and Statistical Methods," Jing Wu, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Function Without Structure: Transcriptional Co-Activator Protein Bob," Jane Knappenberger, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-2009).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Measuring Fluid Pressure Beneath the Sea: Implications for Slope Stability, Hydrate Formation, and Fault Behavior," Peter Flemings, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

 

WEDNESDAY, 19 MARCH

"Application of Fluorescent-Resonance-Energy Transfer (FRET) to the Study of Living Cells" by Juan Cheng and "Using Carbon Nanotubes as Atomic-Force-Microscope (AFM) Tips" by Jeremiah Yartym, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-0493).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Gold in Modern Technology" (video), 12:00 noon., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Age Distribution of Human Gene Families and the Hypothesis of Vertebrate Genome Duplication(s)," Xun Gu, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, host: Masatoshi Nei, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (863-7334).

"Dissecting Pollen Development with Genetics and Cell Biology," Sheila McCormick, U.S. Department of Agriculture and University of California, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, host: Hong Ma, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Genetic Engineering of Texas Crops: Stability of Transgene Expression and Mechanism of Transgene Silencing," Keerti S. Rathore, Texas A&M University, 1:30 p.m., 324 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Surinder Chopra, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (865-1159).

"Measure Rigidity and Quantum Unique Ergodicity," Elon Lindenstrauss, Stanford University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"A Brief History of the Structure of Compact Connected Monoids," Robert Hunter, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 116 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Gold in Modern Technology" (video), 7:00 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

 

THURSDAY, 20 MARCH

"Isolation and Characterization of the Lipoyl (Octanoyl) Transferase from Escherichia coli," Natasha Nesbitt, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Squire Booker, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Modeling of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow during Gas-Tungsten-Arc Spot Welding of Low-Carbon Steel" by Wei Zhang and "Room-Temperature Molten-Salt-Membrane Lithium/Seawater Batteries" by Yancheng Zhang, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (863-1779).

"Methods-Driven Natural-Products Synthesis," Gary Molander, University of Pennsylvania, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Xumu Zhang, Department of Chemistry (865-4221).

"Genetic and Molecular Analysis of the Arabidopsis copine I Gene in Plant Defense Responses," Niranjani Jambunathan, Penn State, 1:30 p.m., 208-A Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"ARM Observations of Cirrus Cloud Properties in Oklahoma and the Tropical Western Pacific," Tom Ackerman, Department of Energy, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Policy-Based Authorization," William Cook, Allegis Corporation, 4:00 p.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Tuning Up a Quasicrystal," Jay Maynard, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-7533).

"Reidemeister Torsion and the Product Formula," Wojtek Dorabiala, Penn State, 5:30 p.m., C-105 Smith Building (Altoona campus), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

FRIDAY, 21 MARCH

"Immirzi Ambiguity and Black-Hole Entropy," Guillermo Mena Marugan, (CSIC) High Counsel of Scientific Research (Spain), 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Introduction of an Exotic Bunchgrass: An African Plant Recruits Rare and Little-Known Herbivores from the Local Fauna," Al Wheeler, Clemson University, 11:15 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Al Cameron, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Light-Driven DNA Repair in Real Time," Robert Stanley, Temple University, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: A. Welford Castleman, Department of Chemistry (865-7242).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Playing at Sustainability on the Capitalist Ballfield: A Comparison of Burlington, Vermont and State College, Pennsylvania," Steven Lachman, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (865-1915).

"Influence of Intraparticle Mesoporosity on the Sorption of Organic Compounds to Alumnia and Silica," Keith Goyne, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

 

SATURDAY, 22 MARCH and SUNDAY, 23 MARCH

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