MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23

"A Molecular Treatment for Obesity: A Combinatorial and Synthetic Approach to Weight Loss," Tony Shuker, Lilly Pharmaceuticals, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, 11:15 a.m., Department of Chemistry (865-4041).

"Crystal to Amorphous State Transformation Under Irradiation," Arthur T. Motta, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, (condensed, atomic , and molecular physics), Center for Materials Physics, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Rigidity Phenomena," Klaus Schmidt, University of Vienna (Austria), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Pennsylvania Apple Industry: Importance, Production, and Fire Blight Disease," John Pecchia, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"SAM-Dependent Radical Formation in Lysine 2,3-aminomutase: "Fe"-ing Out the Wrinkles," Squire Booker (faculty candidate), University of Wisconsin at Madison, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Operads, Spectra, and E_{\infty} Spaces," Jeffrey Raven, Penn State, 5:40 p.m., 104 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Quantitative and Qualitative Laws of Large Numbers" (Marker Lecture #1 of 4), Hillel Furstenberg, Hebrew University (Israel), 8:00 p.m., 104 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

"Biomolecular Engineering," Stephen W. Drew, Merck & Company, 10:00 a.m., 140 Fenske Laboratory, host: Ali Borhan, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-7847).

"Kulinkovich Reaction: A Novel Method for Cyclopropanol Formation," Ron Aungst, Penn State, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, 11:15 a.m., Department of Chemistry (865-4041). "Elasticity of Doped Lamellar Phases," Paul Lammert, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Materials Physics (863-2549).

"An Example of the Modularity of an Elliptic Curve," Ling Long, Penn State, 1:00 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Post-Newtonian Models of Binary Neutron Stars," Jamie Lombardo, Cornell University, 2:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Foundations of Mathematics: An Overview," Stephen G. Simpson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Fossils, Genes, and the Evolution of Limbs," Neil Shubin, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., 8 Mueller Laboratory, host: Alan Walker, Department of Biology (865-3122).

"Identification of Intracellular Signaling Pathways Controlling Myogenesis," Sally Johnson, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"The Tendency to Proximality: Boundary Theory of Harmonic Functions" (Marker Lecture #2 of 4), Hillel Furstenburg, Hebrew University (Israel), 4:30 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Future of String Theory," Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Penn State, 6:00 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25

"Proof of Malgrange Preparation Theorem" (continued), Alistair Windsor, Penn State, 10:30 a.m., 328E Health and Human Development East Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Relationship Between Root Lifespan and Root Respiration: What Have We Learned?" Dave Bryla, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-0323).

"How Do Stars Form? Some New Insights," Pedro Safier, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Scott Horner, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Integrating Gene Flow Across the Genomes and Spatial Scales," Robert Latta, McGill University (Canada), 4:00 p.m., 8 Mueller Laboratory, host: Kimberlyn Nelson, Department of Biology (863-4708).

"Stiff Group Actions" (Marker Lecture #3 of 4), Hillel Furstenberg, Hebrew University (Israel), 4:30 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

"Algebraic Geometry Codes" (continued), Hiren Maharaj, Penn State, 10:10 a.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Cyclic Cohomology and Index Theory: A Survey," Victor Nistor, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 3 White Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Drosophila Wingless Signaling: A Role for Zeste-White 3 Kinase," Maria Steitz, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Generalized Fermat Equations," Leonid Vaserstein, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 105 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Lambda=0 from Canonical Quantum Gravity," Jorge Pullin, Penn State, 1:00 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"High Noon for the Interlayer Mechanism for High Tc Superconductors--c-axis Electrodynamics" (colloquium), Philip W. Anderson, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-2622).

"Ecology of Endangered Northeastern Bulrush, Scirpus ancistrochaetus," Kendra Lentz, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: Bill Dunson, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).

"Pore-Forming Proteins," Shelia Nicewarner, Penn State, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, 4:00 p.m., Department of Chemistry (863-0889). "General Structure Theorems for Group Actions" (Marker Lecture #4 of 4), Hillel Furstenberg, Hebrew University (Israel), 4:30p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27

"Design Strategies for Small Bandgap Conjugated Polymers," Miklos Kertesz, Georgetown University, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, 2:30 p.m., Department of Chemistry (863-0119).

"Preconditioning for Regular Elliptic Systems of Differential Equations," John C. Strikwerda, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

"Medicines for the Mind" (Frontiers of Science Lecture), Joan M. Lakoski, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., Kern Graduate Center Auditorium, Eberly College of Science (863-4682).

SUNDAY, MARCH 1

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