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

1 to 7 DECEMBER 2003

 

MONDAY, 1 DECEMBER

"Emerging Work from the National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Program (MRSEC) Biomolecular-Motors Thrust," Zach Donhauser + Maruti Uppalapati + Ying-Ming Huang, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Auxin Metabolism: A Story of Redundancy and Complexity," Jerry Cohen, University of Minnesota, 12:20 p.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: Paula McSteen, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"High-Energy-Heavy-Ion Collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)," Jamal Jalilian-Marian, University of Washington, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).

"Polynomial Averages Converge to the Product of Integrals," Nikos Frantzikinakis, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Algebraic-Index Theorem (After Nest and Tysgan): Part IV," Nigel Higson, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 104 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Genetic Variation, Mapping, and Quantitative-Trait-Loci (QTL) Analysis for Adventitious Root Formation in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)," Ivan Ochoa, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Artificial-Heart Technology: Ethics and the Body," Sheldon Zink, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., 12 Walker Building, Science Technology and Society Program (865-9951).

"p63 and p73 Are Tumor-Suppressor Genes and Have p53-Dependent and -Independent Activities," Elsa Flores (faculty candidate), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, hosts: Robert Schlegel and Douglas Cavener, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology + Department of Biology (863-1851).

 

TUESDAY, 2 DECEMBER

"The Cortical Control of Movement" (neuroscience seminar), Michael Graziano, Princeton University, 1:00 p.m., 352 Moore Building, host: Sheri Berenbaum, Department of Psychology + Eberly College of Science + Department of Biology + Department of Biobehavioral Health + Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences + College of Health and Human Development + Department of Chemistry (865-6140).

"Dynamics and Geometry of the Primary Visual Cortex," Michael Shelley, New York University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jayanth Banavar, Department of Physics (865-7533).

"Climate-Independent Paleoaltimetery: A New Approach Using Fossil Plants," Jennifer McElwain, Field Museum, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Mathematical Definitions and the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics," Deborah Ball and Hyman Bass, University of Michigan, 4:00 p.m., (location to be announced), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER

ADDED AFTER EMIAL DISTRIBUTION:
"Ionization Method and Drift-Gas Effect on Resolution for Miniaturized-Ion-Mobility Spectroscopy," James Sioss, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: A.W. Castleman, Department of Chemistry (865-7242).

"Methane Greenhouses and Anti-Greenhouses in the Precambrian" (Worldwide Universities Network seminar), Jim Kasting, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 541 Deike Building, host: Lee Kump, Department of Geosciences (863-1274)

"Weird Weather" (Research Unplugged seminar), Richard Alley, Penn State, 12:00 noon, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, Office of the Vice President for Research (865-3477 or www.rps.psu.edu/unplugged).

"Petroleum Production and Transportation: Preserving the Legacy" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Heterogeneities in Parasite Transmission: 'Own Up... Which One of You Has Got the Pathogen then?" Peter Hudson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

(title to be announced), Jason Cantarella, University of Georgia, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Modeling Breast-Cancer Regression, Dormancy, and Recurrence Using Transgenic Mice," Edward Gunther, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., host: Henry Donahue, 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferenced from College of Medicine), Graduate Program in Cell qand Molecular Biology + Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (717-531-8982).

 

THURSDAY, 4 DECEMBER

"Divergent Behavior of Human and Mouse Aryl-Hydrocarbon Receptors," Preeti Ramadoss, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Gary Perdew, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Genetic Analysis of the Erythroid Response to Acute Anemnia," Robert Paulson, Penn State, 11:45 a.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Genetics (865-6903, lee11@psu.edu, or www.genetics.psu.edu/Seminars/Colloquium.htm).

"Contact Damage in Dental Multilayers: From Experiments and Models to Bio-Inspired Design," Winston Soboyejo, Princeton University, 1:15 p.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"Fermionic Integration," Arkady Vaintrob, University of Oregon, 2:30 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Matter Waves on Microchips," Jakob Reichel, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Electronics (Germany), 3:50 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: David Weiss, Department of Physics (863-3076).

"Alexander-Conway Polynomial, Milnor Numbers, and Spanning Trees," Arkady Vaintrob, Univsity of Oregon, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Signaling Pathways Regulating Growth, Differentiation, and Tumorigenesis of the Pancreas," L. Charles Murtaugh, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Douglas Cavener, Department of Biology (865-4562).

"Vertical Motions of Drops of Different Sizes and the Growth of Drizzle in Marine Stratus," Swarn Gill, California University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Applications of Computerized X-Ray Tomography," Philip Halleck and Avarmi Grader, Penn State, 4:15 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering (865-3437).

 

FRIDAY, 5 DECEMBER

"Impact of Transgenic Crops on Pest Ecology in the Mid-South," John Adamczyk, US Department of Agriculture, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Howard Fescemyer, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Population Genetics of Pythium irregulare and P. aphanidermatum," Carla Garzon, Penn State, 1:00 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

ADDED AFTER EMIAL DISTRIBUTION:
"Optical Properties and Potential Applications of Gold Nanoshells" by Daniel Blumling and "Percolation Theory and Its Applications to Solar Cells" by Nelly Moore,, Penn State, 2:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: A.W. Castleman, Department of Chemistry (865-7242).

"Dyadic Models for the Equations of Fluid Motion," Natasa Pavlovic, Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Globalization Reconsidered: The Historical Geography of Modern-Western-Men's Clothing," Wilbur Zelinsky, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

"A Survey of Automatic Complete Boundedness for Maps on von Neumann," Florin Pop, Wagner College, 3:35 p.m., 104 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

SATURDAY, 6 DECEMBER and SUNDAY, 7 DECEMBER

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