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

21 to 27 January 2002

 

MONDAY, 21 JANUARY

"Prodrugs: Recent Developments in Drug Delivery," Kristen Kolberg, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-3811).

"Black-Hole Binaries in Quasi-Equilibrium," Greg Cook, Wake Forest University, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Amidation of Bioactive Peptides: The Mechanism and Structure of Peptidylglycine Alpha-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase (PHM)," Sean Prigge (faculty candidate), National Cancer Institute, 4:00 p.m, 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Song Tan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Nutrigenomics: Regulation of Gene Expression by Dietary Fatty Acids," John P. Vanden Heuvel, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

 

TUESDAY, 22 JANUARY

"Genetic and Biochemical Dissection of the Syntaxin Gene Families of Arabidopsis," Tony Sanderfoot (faculty candidate), Michigan State University, 2:45 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Quantum Critical States in Spin and Hopping Models Dominated by Quenched Disorder," David Huse, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jinwu Ye, Department of Physics (863-5345).

"Systemic Acquired Resistance in Arabidopsis," Xinnian Dong, Duke University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Hong Ma, Department of Biology (863-0278).

 

WEDNESDAY, 23 JANUARY

(title to be announced), Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, host: Masatoshi Nei, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (863-7334).

"Genetics of and Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Tomato," Majid Foolad, 12:20 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

 

THURSDAY, 24 JANUARY

"The Mechanism of Tyrosyl Radical Formation in the R2 Subunit of Robonucleotide Reductase from Mouse," Danny Yun, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Marty Bollinger, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Functional Properties of a New Class of Ligand-Gated Ion Channel," Tim Hales, George Washington University Medical Center, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Bernhard Luscher, Department of Biology (865-5549).

"BEC: A Coherent Playground for Physicists," Steve Rholston, National Institute for Standards and Technology, 4:00 p.m. 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: David Weiss, Department of Physics (863-3076).

"Genetic Algorithms," Donald Richards, University of Virginia, 4:00 p.m., 104 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

 

FRIDAY, 25 JANUARY

"Statistical Analysis of Single Molecule Measurements," Jinshu Cao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry (865-6442).

"Joining Two Adjacent Soil Survey Areas," Timothy Craul, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

 

SATURDAY, 26 JANUARY

"Will Global Warming Let Us Feed Ten Billion People Without Trashing the Planet?" (Frontiers lecture #2 of 6), William Easterling, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 100 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (863-8453).

 

SUNDAY, 27 JANUARY

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