SCIENCE SEMINARS: FEBRUARY 1 TO 7, 1999
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1
"Strong-Field Atomic Physics" (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Louis di Mauro, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-7534).
"Fungal Species Concepts: Past, Present, and Future," David Geiser, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).
"Dynamics of Histone Acetylation and Turnover in Plants and Algae
Shows that Chromatin Transcription is Different...," Jakob Waterborg,
University of Missouri, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ola Sodeinde,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
"The Partition Function Modulo M: II," Ken Ono, Penn State, 9:15 a.m., 110 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"The Grammatical Structure of Protein Sequences," Christopher Bystroff (faculty candidate), University of Washington, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ross Hardison, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Boltzman vs. Einstein: The Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem and Gravitational Waves," Gabriela Gonzalez, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
"Introduction to Homology Manifolds: II," John Roe, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 220 Thomas Building (tentative), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Role of Glutathion S-Transferase in Chemopreventative Activity of Organosulfides," Shivendra Singh, Pittsburgh Mercy Hospital, 4:00 p.m., 209 South Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).
"Unravelling Cell Death and Pathogen Defense Pathways in Arabidopsis,"
Jean Greenburg, University of Chicago, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory,
host: Ramish Raina, Department of Biology (865-7127).
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3
(titles to be announced), Tom Roddy and Jiyun Xu, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).
"Regression Graphics: Identifying Outliers and Mixtures," Dennis Cook, University of Minnesota, 12:20 p.m., 118 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
"Tall-Grass Prairie and Plant-Parasitic Nematodes," Tom Walk, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-0323).
"The New Materials: Imagineering a Magic Kingdom at the Microscopic
Level" (Distinguished Materials Physics lecture), Arthur C. Gossard,
University of California, 110 Wartik Laboratory, 8:00 p.m., Center for
Materials Physics (863-2549).
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
"Congruences of Selmer Groups," Li Guo, Rutgers University, 11:15 a.m., 311 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"The Role of gp150, a Member of the Leucine-Rich Repeat Family, in Drosophila Eye Development," Michael Fetchko, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Zhi-Chun Lai, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Hecke C*-Algebras," Rachel Hall, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 220 Thomas Building (tentative), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Materials for the Terahertz Technology Gap" (Distinguished Materials Physics lecture), Arthur C. Gossard, University of California, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0136).
"Ecological Mapping of Pennsylvania's State Forests," Wayne
Myers, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: Joe Bishop,
Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).
"Computational Approaches to Structural and Functional Genomics,"
Steven E. Brenner (faculty candidate), Stanford University, 4:00 p.m.,
111 Wartik Laboratory, host: Ross Hardison, Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Moment Maps for Quasi-Poisson Actions," Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach,
Ecole Polytechnique (France), 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department
of Mathematics (865-7527).
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5
(none)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6
"How the Internet Works" (Frontiers of Science lecture #4
of 6), Gerald M. Santoro, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., Kern Graduate Center
Auditorium, Eberly College of Science (863-8453).
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7
(none)
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