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Science Seminars

18 to 24 November 2002

 

MONDAY, 18 NOVEMBER

(title to be announced), MingLiang Tian and James Kurtz, Penn State, noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Relative Effectiveness of Control Mechanisms on English Ivy (Hedera helix)," Taryn Bauerle, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Highly Conjugated Porphyrin-Based Chromophore Systems with Unusual Electrooptic Properties," Michael Therien, University of Pennsylvania, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Richard Koerner, Department of Chemistry (865-6234).

"Inertial and Slow Manifolds for Delay Equations with Small Delays," Carmen Chicone, University of Missouri, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Rusiform Rust: An Analysis of Host, Pathogen, and Environmental Interactions," Sarah Covert, University of Georgia, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

(title to be announced), Irina Mitrea, Cornell University, 3:30 p.m., 116 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Molecular Biology of the Caliciviruses," Kim Green, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Craig Cameron, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Signals That Control Food Intake and Body Weight," Steve Woods, University of Cincinnati, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

 

TUESDAY, 19 NOVEMBER

"Are Irrational Lengths Artifactual?" Dale Jacquette, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 312 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Casimir Forces: Role of Temperature and Dissipation," Bo Sernelius, Linkoping University (Sweden), 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Gerald Mahan, Department of Physics (865-6092).

"Biodiversity, the Dilution Effect, and Lyme Disease Risk," Richard Ostfeld, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biology Graduate Students Association (865-8779).

"Dendrimers as Models for Functional Proteins," Scott Long, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-3811).

"Mathematics Teaching ... Student Centered, Teacher Centered, or Subject Centered?" Lawrence S. Braden, St. Paul's School, 4:00 p.m., 207 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

WEDNESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER

"Remote Electronic Control of Biomolecular Machines," Joseph Jacobson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, , 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Paul Weiss, Department of Chemistry (865-3693).

"Hsp70 Gene Sequences as Molecular and Phylogenetic Markers," Nikolas Nikolaidis, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (863-7334).

"Are Induced Defenses Constrained by Supply or Controlled by Demand? A Comparison of Model Herbaceous and Woody Plants," Toni Schaeffer, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Cyclopentannelations in Synthesis," Marcus Tius, University of Hawaii, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Ken Feldman, Department of Chemistry (863-4654).

"Recent Results on Elliptic Algebras," Jean Avan, University of Paris VI (France) and Brown University, 2:30 p.m., 316 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Pairs of Quadratic Forms," Roger Heath-Brown, American Institute of Mathematics and University of Oxford (England), 3:35 p.m., 111 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Rational Function Fields," Edward Formanek, Penn State, 5:00 p.m., 116 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527)..

 

THURSDAY, 21 NOVEMBER

text "Managing and Fusing Information in Multi-Agent Systems," Robin Murphy, University of South Florida, 10:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Interaction of Metal Ions with the C-Terminus of Ribonucleotide Reductase Protein R2: Implications for Conformational Gating of Electron Transfer to its Tyrsoyl Radical/Diiron(III) Cofactor," Lana Saleh, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Marty Bollinger, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Supercongruences Between Truncated $_2F_1$ Hypergeometric Functions and Their Gaussian Analogs," Eric Mortenson, University of Wisconsin, 11:15 a.m., 371 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Electrochemical Measurements at Membrane Nanotubes: Real and Artificial Cell Models of Exocytosis," Andrew Ewing, Penn State, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553). "Enumerative Geometry," Mira Bernstein, Wellesley College, 3:00 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"A Statistical Method for Adjusting Covariates in Linkage Analysis with Sib Pairs," Colin Wu, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Electronic Tunneling in Molecular Materials" (Whitfield lecture), Roberto Car, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Functional Dissection of Synaptic Plasticity and Synaptogenesis at Single Synapses," Gong Chen, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Eberly College of Science + Department of Biology + Department of Biobehavioral Health + Life Sciences Consortium + College of Health and Human Development + Department of Chemistry (863-3650).

"The Design of M," Vijay Saraswat, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 209-S Henderson Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Some Mathematical Models in Business and Economics," Kalyan Chatterjee, Penn State, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Highlights from Hubble" (Friedman lecture), Michael Weinstein, Penn State, 7:30 p.m., 100 Thomas Building, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

 

FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER

"Isolation and Functional Characterization of Proteins from the Saliva of Blood-Feeding Insects" and "Repertoire of Biologically Active Molecules in the Salivary Gland of Blood-Sucking Insects,"Ivo Francischetti, National Institutes of Health, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Diana Cox-Foster, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Molecular Profiling and Tumor Tissue Heterogeneity," Aydin Tozeren, Drexel University, 12:05 p.m., 210 Hallowell Building, Department of Bioengineering (865-1407).

"Hydrophobic Effects Relating to Protein Folding" by Yolanda Small and "Dressing Potential Energy Surfaces with Light" by Rajarshi Guha, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, hosts: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer and Peter Jurs, Department of Chemistry (865-6442 and 865-3739).

"Comparative Molecular Genetic Analysis of Phlobaphene Biosnythetic Pathway in Sorghum and Maize," Vineet Sangar, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

"Obesity, Fatty Acids, and Vascular Biology: One Face of a Slippery Slope," Brent Egan, University of South Carolina, 4:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3454).

 

SATURDAY, 23 NOVEMBER and SUNDAY, 24 NOVEMBER

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