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 September 2004

 

MONDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER

"Arabidopsis Homologs of the RAD51 Recombinational Protein are Required for Normal Meiosis but not Mitosis," Wuxing Li, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, host: Daniel Cosgrove, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Organic Synthesis as a Tool to Address Biological Problems," Kazunori Koide, University of Pittsburgh, 2:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Blake Peterson, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

"Black Hole Evaporation and Information Loss: Recent Advances," Abhay Ashtekar, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9608).

"Cocycles and Invariant Distributions for Nilflows," Livio Flaminio, University of Lille I (France), 3:30 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Integrative Management of Fusarium Wilt in Chickpeas," Rafael Jimenez Diaz, University of Cordoba (Spain), 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Genetic Transformation of Theobroma cacao L. and Overexpression of Endochitinase Gene for Fungal Resistance," Siela Maximova, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

"Global Regulatory Circuits that Control Initiation of the Developmental Program in Myxococcus xanthus," Mitchell Singer, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: B. Franklin Pugh, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

TUESDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER

"Conductances of Quantum Wires: The Effects of Interactions, Scattering Points, and Junctions," Diptiman Sen, Indian Institute of Science (India), 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jainendra Jain, Department of Physics (863-1162).

"Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): From Disease Mechanisms to Stem-Cell Replacement of Motor Neurons," Lee J. Martin, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Bernhard Luscher, Department of Biology (865-5549).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Mass-Dependent and Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotope Signals in the Geologic Record," James Farquhar, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

 

WEDNESDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER

"Estimating Gene Number from cDNA Libraries of Developing Flowers," Liying Cui, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, host: Masatoshi Nei, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (863-7334).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Destination Senegal" (video) and "The Candians: Their Land" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Nitrogen-Doped Carbon-Nanofiber Electrodes for Electroanalytical Sensing," Keith Stevenson, University of Texas, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Thomas Mallouk, Department of Chemistry (863-9637).

"Influences of Cluster Solvation on Excited-State Energy-Transfer Process," Troy Dermota, Penn State, 2:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: A. W. Castleman, Department of Chemistry (865-7242).

"Peripheral Tolerance Mechanisms of Autoreactive B-cells: Generation, Geometry, and Geography," Joseph Dal Porto, University of Colorado, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Andrew Henderson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-0340).

"The Last X-ray Eclipse of Eta Carinae," Michael F. Corcoran, Goddard Space Flight Center, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Leisa Townsley, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (863-7946).

 

THURSDAY, 23 SEPTEMBER

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Atoms and Electrons at Interface," Gerd Duscher, North Carolina State University, 11:15 a.m., 135 Reber Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"Hyperbolic Second-Order Formulations of the Einstein Equations," Carsten Gundlach, Southampton University (England), 12:30 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Volume and Area Formulas," Robert Connelly, Cornell University, 2:30 p.m., 122 Pond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Understanding Hadronic World with Supersymmetry," Mikhail Shifman, University of Minnesota, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
(title to be announced), Elana Chapman, Penn State, 4:15 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering (865-3437).

FRIDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER

"Phenomenological Issues in Loop Quantum Cosmology: Part Two," Parampreet Singh, Penn State, 9:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Challenges and Opportunities in Aerobiology," Scott Isard, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 504 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Dennis Calvin, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Baseflow Water Quality in Relation to Stream Order and Land Use 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).

"Progress Towards Understanding the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle at Regional to Continental Scales," Ken Davis, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Sulfidic Oceans in Earth History," Lee Kump, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 341 Deike Building, Astrobiology Research Center (865-4074).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Cutting Edge Meets the Real World: Applying Commercial Remote Sensing," Karen Schuckman, EarthData International, 4:00 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

"Single-Molecule Analysis," Brent Mantooth, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Paul Weiss, Department of Chemistry (865-3693).

SATURDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER and SUNDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER

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