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

20 to 26 October 2003

 

MONDAY, 20 OCTOBER

"Cascade Reactions for Alkaloid Synthesis," Albert Padwa, Emory University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Steven Weinreb, Department of Chemistry ( 865-6553).

"Modeling Bonding without Electrons: Bond-Order Simulations of Covalent Bonding," Steven Stuart, Clemson University, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Tie-Dye1 Promotes Sink-to-Source Transition in Leaves," David Braun, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"An Application of Kolmogorov-Arnol'd-Moser (KAM) Theory to Local Rigidity of Partially Hyperbolic Actions on Torus," Danijela Damjanovic, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 331 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Evidence for Biological Nature of Grape-Replant Problems in Pennsylvania and the Evaluation of Compost for Soil Remediation," Fritz Westover, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"The International Agriculture Program at Penn State," Deanna Behring, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

 

TUESDAY, 21 OCTOBER

"Negative-Elongation Factor (NELF), Drb-Sensitive Inducing Factor (DSIF), and the Mechanism of Promoter-Proximal Pausing on the Heat-Shocked Promoter 70 (hsp70) in Drosophila," Chwen-Huey Wu, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: David Gilmour, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Molecular Imaging with Near-Infrared Fluorescent Agents," Eva Sevick-Muraca, Texas A&M University, 11:30 a.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Antonios Armaou, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-5316).

"Reverse Mathematics of Maximal Filters on Countable Partial Orders," Carl Mummert, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Dancing Fluids in Simulated Microgravity," Charles Rosenblatt, Case Western Reserve University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Population-Genetic Analyses of Plants and their Phytophagous Insects: Stories of Dispersal, Phylogeography, and Cascading-Host-Race Formation," John Nason, Iowa State University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: James Leebens-Mack, Department of Biology (865-0549).

(title to be announced), Arjun Heimsath, Dartmouth College, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

 

WEDNESDAY, 22 OCTOBER

"Magnetic-Field-Driven Transport in Electrochemistry," Henry White, University of Utah, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, hosts: Mary Beth Williams and Andrew Ewing, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Gold in Modern Technology" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Process Noise and Observation Error in Population Ecology," Olav Skarpaas, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"A Novel C-Terminal Domain Regulates the Scaffolding Activity of the Tight-Junction Protein ZO-1," Alan Fanning, University of North Carolina, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (videoconferenced from College of Medicine), Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology + Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (717-531-8982).

"New Surprises in Receptor Editing," Garnett Kelsoe, Duke University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Andrew Henderson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-0340).

 

THURSDAY, 23 OCTOBER

"q-Analogs of Multiple-Zeta Functions and Multiple Polylogarithms," Jianqiang Zhao, Eckerd College, 11:15 a.m., 325 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Regulation of Notch Activity by Endosomal Scabrous and Gp150 Proteins," Zhi-Chun Lai, Penn State, 11:45 a.m. (refreshments at 11:30 a.m.), 317 Mueller Laboratory, Intercollege Program in Genetics (865-6903, lee11@psu.edu, or http://www.genetics.psu.edu/Seminars/Colloquium.htm).

"Talking Ceramics: Studies of Phase Equilibria, Crystal Chemistry, and Dielectric Properties," Terrell Vanderah, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1:15 p.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) 100-Digit Challenge: Adventures in Numerical Computing," Stanley Wagon, Macalester College, 3:30 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Next Twenty Years in Particle Physics," Hitoshi Murayame, University of California, 3:50 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Murat Gunaydin, Department of Physics (863-0144).

"Fourth-Generation (4G) Cellular—Now That's Mobile Computing!" Paul Henry, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Jet Contrails and the Climate: Lessons from 'Synoptic Climatology'," Andrew Carleton, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Recent Advances in Design of Experiment," Dennis Lin, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Managing Your Graduate School Experience: Amorphous Carbon or Single-Wall Nanotube?" Angela Lueking, Penn State, 4:15 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering (865-3437).

"Pure Chaos: a New Class of Maps in the Plane—The Movie," James Yorke, University of Maryland, 4:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Lessons Learned from the Columbia," John Marra, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, 5:45 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, host: Materials Club, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-0163).

 

FRIDAY, 24 OCTOBER

"2+1 Gravity and the Physical-Scalar Product from Spin Foams," Alex Perez, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry + Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

The Role of Aphids in the Spread of Plum-Pox Virus, A Foreign-Quarantined Pathogen Invading North America," Fred Gildow, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Seeking the Truth and Beauty of Single-Top-Quark Production," Zack Sullivan, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: John Collins, Department of Physics (863-0783).

"Strong-Field, Closed-Loop Control of Chemistry," Robert Levis, Temple University, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Nicholas Winograd, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Lessons Learned from the World Trade Center Disaster about Critical Utility Systems," Art Lembo, Cornell University, 3:30 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

"Scientific Contributions of A.V. Hill: Exercise Physiology Pioneer," David Bassett Jr., University of Tennessee, 4:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

 

SATURDAY, 25 OCTOBER and SUNDAY, 26 OCTOBER

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