SCIENCE SEMINARS: FEBRUARY 8 TO 14, 1999
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8
ÒGeometry of Black Holes: VII,Ó Nick Wright, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
ÒBose-Einstein Condensation of Excitons in Two DimensionsÓ (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), David W. Snoke, University of Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-1162).
ÒAcidic Fog and Septoria betulae Pass. Impacts on Birch Species Along the Bay of Fundy, Canada,Ó Kyle Kouterick, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).
ÒAnother Unique Species? Human Evolution in a Comparative Perspective,ÓAlan Walker (respondent: Pat Shipman), Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Kern Building, Humanities Consortium and College of Liberal Arts (865-1367).
ÒTranscriptional Activation by GCN4: Evidence that TB9-Associated Factors
have Coactivator Functions in the Histone Acetylase Complex SAGA,Ó Alan
Hinnesbusch, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory,
host: Jerry Workman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9
ÒModular Functions and Transcendence,Ó Dale Brownawell, Penn State, 9:15 a.m., 110 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
ÒMolecular Thermodynamics of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Hydration: Applications to Self-Assembly Phenomena in Water,Ó Shekar Garde, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 10:00 a.m., 140 Fenske Laboratory, host: R. Nagarajan, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-1973).
ÒExpanding the Frontiers: The Sloan Digital Sky SurveyÕs View of the Distant Universe,Ó Donald Schneider, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
ÒSurgery 102: Orbifolds,Ó Shmuel Weinberger, University of Chicago, 2:30 p.m., (room to be announced), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
ÒAllele-Sharing Models for Gene Mapping: A Likelihood Approach,Ó Dan Nicolae, University of Chicago, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
ÒEpigenetic Regulation in Mammalian Development,Ó Rudolf Jaenisch, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research,
4:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building (colloquium with video conferencing links
to other campuses), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
(titles to be announced), Amy Cadle and Greg Bekken, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).
ÒDisruption of Maize Kernal Growth and Development in Miniature,Ó Yibling Zhou, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-0323).
ÒLagrangian Dynamics and Calculus of Variations,Ó Ilie Ugarcovici, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
ÒSurface Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy of Dimethyl Sulfoxide
at Air/Liquid Interfaces: Atmospheric Implications,Ó Heather Allen, University
of Oregon, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11
ÒLaboratory Gravitation Experiments with Torsion Balances,Ó Mark Beilby, Penn State, 10:00 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
ÒAn Elementary Non-Vanishing Problem and Some Consequences,Ó Emmanuel Kowalski, Princeton University, 11:15 a.m., 311 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
ÒDifferential Recruitment of RIP140 to Ah and Estrogen Receptors: Role of LXXLL Motifs,Ó Mohan Kumar, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Gary Perdew, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
ÒExcited State Lifetimes, Solvation Dynamics, and Ultrafast Spectroscopy in Solution,Ó Peter Rossky, University of Texas, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).
ÒSurgery 201: Homology Manifold,Ó Shmuel Weinberger, University of Chicago, 2:30 p.m., (room to be announced), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
ÒNeutrino Oscillations at SuperKamiokandeÓ (colloquium), Ed Kearns, Boston University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-2015).
ÒBlending Science and Activism: Lessons from the Sea,Ó Carl Safina, National Audubon Society, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: Christopher Uhl, Department of Biology/ Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology/Science, Technology and Society/Department of Landscape Architecture (863-7221).
ÒOptimization Transfer Algorithms in Statistics,Ó David Hunter, University
of Michigan, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
ÒSpectral Penalty Methods,Ó Jan Hesthaven, Brown University, 3:30 p.m.,
102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13
"How Climate Change Works" (Frontiers of Science lecture #5
of 6), Eric Barron, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., Kern Graduate Center Auditorium,
Eberly College of Science (863-8453).
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14
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