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

18 to 24 March 2002

 

MONDAY, 18 MARCH

"Camera Self-Calibration and Image-Based Rendering," Russell Manning, University of Wisconsin, 10:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Asymmetric Catalysis of Modified Cinchona Alkaloids," Li Deng, Brandeis University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Xumu Zhang, Department of Chemistry (865-4221).

"Interactions Between Saprotrophic Microbes and Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in the Nitrogen Nutrition of Red Pine," Tiehang Wu, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

"Asymmetric Catalysis Using Small Organic Molecules," Kim Cossey, Penn State, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-3463).

"Transgenic Crops for Enhanced Disease Resistance and Food Safety," Jon Duvick, DuPont, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Information Hidden in Noncoding Sequences," Kateryna Makova, University of Chicago, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ross Hardison, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

 

TUESDAY, 19 MARCH

"Virtual Reality Day Demonstration and Open House," faculty + staff + students,Penn State, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., 306 Engineering Building - Unit C, Center for Academic Computing Visualization Group and School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (<http://cac.psu.edu/viz/vr> and 865-5753).

"Research Challenges in Mobile Networking and Computing," Thomas La Porta, Lucent Technologies, 10:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Towards a Version of Morley's Theorem for Abstract Elementary Classes," Monica Van Dieren, Carnegie Mellon University, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Nuclear Receptors in Obesity, Diabetes, and Atherosclerosis," Ronald M. Evans, Salk Institute + Howard Hughes Medical Institute + University of California, 4:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building (video conferencing to Hershey Medical Center), Life Sciences Consortium (865-3650).

"Theory of Protein Sequence Ensembles: Functional Interpretation of Databases and Statistical Protein Design," Jeff Saven, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Kenneth Merz, Department of Chemistry (865-3632).

 

WEDNESDAY, 20 MARCH

"Starch Branching Enzyme," Yuan Yao, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Phase Transition, Non-Gibbsianity, and Subexponential Instability," Yuri Michiko, Sapporo University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Biasing Adaptive Immune Responses by Manipulating Innate Immune Responses," David M. Mosser, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Robert Paulson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-6306).

"Fungi vs. the Immune System: War Between the Worlds," Gerald Fink, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferencing from Hershey Medical Center), College of Medicine + Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program + Life Sciences Consortium (717-531-1045).

 

THURSDAY, 21 MARCH

"Characterization of the Wild-Type and Mutant Forms of a Cold-Active Beta-Galactosidase," James Coker, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Jean Brenchley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"The Transmission of Modern Science in Late Imperial China," Benjamin Elman, Unversity of California, 4:00 p.m., 102 Weaver Building, College of the Liberal Arts (Science-Medicine-Technology-in-Culture Initiative, Department of History, Research and Graduate Studies Office, Department of Anthropology) + Department of Biology + Department of Geosciences (865-1367).

 

FRIDAY, 22 MARCH

"A State-Variable Approach for Feedback-Software Process Control," Joao Cangussu, Purdue University, 10:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

(title to be announced), Patrick Tobin, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Mike Saunders, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

A Novel Enzymatic Activity: Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD)-Dependent Histone/Protein Deacetylation by the Silent-Information-Regulator-2 (SIR2) Family of Proteins," (Chromatin lecture #9 of 12), Rolf Sternglanz, State University of New York, 2:30 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-8256).

"Deja vu All Over Again: What Vibrational Echoes Tell Us About the Ultrafast Dynamics of Liquids," Richard M. Stratt, Brown University, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"The Complex Genetic Architecture of Bone Quality," Neil Sharkey, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3454).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Humic Substances, The Practical and Intellectual Challenges," Patrick MacCarthy, Colorado School of Mines, 4:00 p.m., 26 Hosler Building, Environmental Chemistry Symposium / Center for Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry (863-7112 or http://www.essc.psu.edu/CECG_symposium/schedule02.htm).

 

SATURDAY, 23 MARCH

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Heterogeneity in Humic Substances: An Ecological Necessity?" Patrick MacCarthy, Colorado School of Mines, 2:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Environmental Chemistry Symposium / Center for Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry (863-7112 or http://www.essc.psu.edu/CECG_symposium/schedule02.htm).

 

SUNDAY, 24 MARCH

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