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 March 2004

 

MONDAY, 1 MARCH

"Hormonal Regulation of Inflorescence Development," Paula McSteen, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"The Oak Dispersal Syndrome: Ecological and Evolutionary Interactions Between Quercus and Food-Hoarding Mammals," Mike Steele, Wilkes University, 12:20 p.m., 104 Rackley Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"Advection-Diffusion in a Bounded Domain," Alexei Novikov, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Forecasting Plant Disease," Julio Molineros, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Hyperbolic Groups and Von Neumann Algebras II," Narutaka Ozawa, Tokyo University and University of California, 3:35 p.m., 103 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Screening for Drought Tolerance in Lycopersicon Species," Greg Hargrave, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 108 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Global Weathering Laws: the Message From Rivers," Jerome Gaillardet, Paris Geophysical Institute (France), 4:00 p.m., 541 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (863-1619).

"Micronutrients and Perinatal Health in the Context of HIV Infection," Wafaie Fawzi, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

TUESDAY, 2 MARCH

"Connectivity-Based Garbage Collection," Martin Hirzel, University of Colorado, 11:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Current Deformation Processes in Two Settings: San Andreas Fault, California, and Taiwan Collision Zone," Kaj Johnson, Stanford University, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"The Evolution of Sexual Polymorphisms in Narcissus," Spencer C.H. Barrett, University of Toronto (Canada), 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Andy Stephenson, Department of Biology (863-1553).


WEDNESDAY, 3 MARCH

"Portable Gas Chromatography for Environmental Analysis of Hydrocarbon Soil Contaminants," Dean A. Santamaria-Capetanelis, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Putting Ecosystem Chemistry into Models of Past Global Change," David Beerling, University of Sheffield (United Kingdom), 12:00 noon, 541 Deike Building, Office of the Dean of the Graduate School and Worldwide Universities Network (863-1274).

"America by Air: Wonders of the East (video)," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"An Overview of Borel Equivalence Relations," John Clemens, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Research Design for Evaluation of Materials Science and Engineering 443," Ian Harrison + Vagelis Manias + Mark Wherley, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 423 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, John Dutton e-Education Institute (863-1590).

"Fatty-Acid Regulation of Gene Transcription," Donald Jump, Michigan State University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Jeffrey Peters, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

"Jak/Stat Signaling in Development and Physiology: Lessons from Mice and Zebrafish," Lothar Hennighausen, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., Lecture Room D at College of Medicine (with video conferencing to 108 Wartik Laboratory), host: Terri Wood, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology + Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (717-531-8982).

"The Puzzling Spectra of Neutron Stars," Marten van Kerkwijk, University of Toronto (Canada), 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: George Pavlov, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

THURSDAY, 4 MARCH

"Origin Authentication in Interdomain Routing," Patrick McDaniel, AT&T Labs-Research, 11:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Identification of the SAGA Protein-Complex Subunit Targeted by the TATA-Binding Protein," Decha Sermwittayawong, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Song Tan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Genetic, Molecular, and Functional Analysis of Synaptic Transmission in Three Temperature-Sensitive Alleles of a Newly Identified Genetic Locus of Drosophila," Beiyan Zou, Penn State, 11:45 a.m. (refreshments at 11:30 a.m.), 317 Mueller Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Genetics (865-6903, lee11@psu.edu).

"Constructing a Computer from Molecular Components and Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes and their Polymer Blends," Jim Tour, Rice University, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Paul Weiss, Department of Chemistry (865-3693).

"Mechanisms of Nucleosome Positioning and Transcription Regulation of DNA-Damage-Inducible Genes in Yeast," Zhengjian Zhang, Penn State, 1:00 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: Joseph Reese, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Nanoscale Structures: Lability, Length Scales, and Fluctuations," Ellen Williams, University of Maryland, 3:50 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Renee Diehl, Department of Physics (865-9251).

"Derived Brackets in Differential Geometry," Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Ecole Polytechnique (France), 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

(title to be announced), Michael Mann, University of Virginia, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).


FRIDAY, 5 MARCH

(title to be announced), Joan Redwing, Penn State, 10:30 a.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, host: Antonios Armaou, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-5316).

"Dirichlat Boundary-Value Problem in Euclidean Quantum Gravity," Mohammad Akbar, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry and Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

(title and speaker to be announced), 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Jack Schultz, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Selective Post-Emergence Control of Annual Bluegrass and the Discoloration of Creeping Bentgrass" Jeffrey A. Borger, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1615).

"Visibility of Shafarevich-Tate Groups at Higher Level," William Stein, Harvard University, 2:30 p.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Informing Decisions Affected by Changes in Climate or Land Use," Ann Fisher, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

"Free Convolution," Michael Anshelevich, University of California, 3:35 p.m., 105 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).


SATURDAY, 6 MARCH

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SUNDAY, 7 MARCH

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