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 May 2006

MONDAY, 1 MAY

"Formation of Carbon-Oxygen and Carbon-Carbon Bonds Via Transition-Metal-Mediated Catalysis," Chulbom Lee, Princeton University, 2:30 p.m., 301A Chemistry Building, host: Xumu Zhang, Department of Chemistry (865-4221).

TUESDAY, 2 MAY

"Designing Ambidextrous Proteins and Peptides for Functional Applications," Indraneel Ghosh, University of Arizona, 4:00 p.m., 301A Chemistry Building, host: Blake Peterson, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

"Growth of the Endocrine Pancreas," Doris Stoffers, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Doug Cavener, Department of Biology (865-4562).

WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY

"Functional Characterization of the Something-About-Silencing (SAS) Complex in Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae," Wei-Jong Shia, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Joseph Reese, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"It's All in the Timing: Unexpected Transcriptional Dynamics During HIV Proviral Reactivation," Jonathan Karn, Case Western Reserve University, 4:00 p.m., 324 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Andrew Henderson, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (863-0340 or email: ajh6@psu.edu)

THURSDAY, 4 MAY

"Mechanisms of the SAGA-Coactivator Complex in Regulating Gene Transcription," Decha Sermwittayawong, Penn State, 10:30 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Song Tan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

FRIDAY, 5 MAY

"The Effects of Landscape-Context Patterns on Ground-Arthropod Communities," Loren Byrne, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Landscape Features and Water Quality in the East Mahantango Creek Watershed," Shujiang Kang, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

"Luminescent Quantum-Dot FRET (Fluorescence-Resonance Energy Transfer) Based Probes for Cellular Analysis," Zeev Rosenzweig, National Science Foundation, 2:30 p.m., 301A Chemistry Building, host: Andrew Ewing, Department of Chemistry (863-4653).

"Thin Liquid Films on an Inclined Plane: Experiments, Theory, and Simulation," Michael Shearer, North Carolina State University, 3:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

SATURDAY, 6 MAY and SUNDAY, 7 MAY

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Additions or cancellations will be noted on weekly Science Seminar listings on the Web.

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