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

22 to 28 March 2004

 

MONDAY, 22 MARCH

"Bringing Functional Genomics to Chemical Ecology: Arabidopsis Responses to Sucking and Chewing Insects," Jack C. Schultz, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Metapopulation Dynamics of Amphibians with Complex Life Cycles," Henry Wilbur, University of Virginia, 12:20 p.m., 104 Rackley Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"A Quantum Group Deformation of Quantum Geometry II," Andrzej Okolow, University of Warsaw (Poland), 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Cylindrocarpon Destructans: Its Grapevine Host and Their Interaction with Composted Soil Amendments," Beth Gugino, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Marine Sediments Go to Prism," Julie Morgan, Rice University, 3:30 p.m., 541 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Nonamenability of B(l^p) for p=1,2," Narutaka Ozawa, Tokyo University and
University of California, 3:35 p.m., 103 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Genotypic Variation in Root Hairs and Phosphorus Efficiency in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)," Magalhaes A. Miguel, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 108 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Proteomic and Gene Microarray Analysis of the Effects of Grape Anthocyanins in Mice: A Test of a Hypothesis-Generating Paradigm," Michael Lefevre, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Vitamin E Synthesis and Function in Plants (with News from the Interface of Plant Metabolism and Human Health)," Dean DellaPenna, Michigan State University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: David Iwig, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

 

TUESDAY, 23 MARCH

"Bounded Functional Interpretation (After Godel '58)," Fernando Ferreira, University of Lisbon (Portugal), 2:30 p.m., 307 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

TIME CHANGED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Endothelial Signaling During Embryonic Cell Differentiation," Ondine Cleaver, Harvard University, 3:00 p.m. (refreshments at 2:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Douglas Cavener, Department of Biology (865-4562).

"Where Have all the Bubbles Gone? Flow and Degassing in Volcanic Conduits," Alison Rust, University of British Columbia, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Insights into Synaptic Plasticity from Studies of Novel Immediate Early Genes," Paul Worley, Johns Hopkins University, 4:15 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to Lecture Room D at College of Medicine), Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (863-3650).

 

WEDNESDAY, 24 MARCH

"Explicit Control in a Batch-Aware Distributed Filesystem," Douglas Thain, University of Wisconsin, 11:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Ceramic-Based Microelectrode Arrays for Measures of Glutamate and Other Neurotransmitters in the Central Nervous System (CNS)," Greg Gerhardt, University of Kentucky, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Ann Andrews, Department of Chemistry (865-2970).

"Eco-delic: Psychedelics, Technical Innovation, and Ecological Consciousness" (Research Unplugged), Richard Doyle, Penn State, 12:00 noon, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, Office of the Vice President for Research (865-3477, www.rps.psu.edu/unplugged).

"Pennsylvania Journey" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans and Bone Metastasis of Prostate Cancer," Cindy Farach-Carson, University of Delaware, 4:00 p.m., Lecture Room D at College of Medicine (with video conferencing to 108 Wartik Laboratory), host: Henry Donahue, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology/Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (717-531-8982).

"Regulation of Hematopoietic Gene Expression by the Genes GATA-1 and FOG," Gerd Blobel, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Robert Paulson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-6306).

"The SIMS Mission and Planet Detection," Michael Shao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jian Ge, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

 

THURSDAY, 25 MARCH

"20,000 Microbes Under the Sea," Jennifer Biddle, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Jean Brenchley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Fluids and the San Andreas 'Stress-Heat-Flow Paradox' Revisited: The Role of Topographically-Driven Groundwater Flow," Demian Saffer, University of Wyoming, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Model Selections," Chih-Ling Tsai, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"New and Threatening Fungal Diseases: Getting at the Real Problem," Mary Palm, United States Department of Agriculture, 4:00 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

(title to be announced), David Keith, Carnegie Mellon University, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Foliated Vector Fields and the Godbillon-Vey Invariant," Augustin Banyaga, Penn State, 5:05 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

FRIDAY, 26 MARCH

"On the Mass of Black Holes," Hubert Bray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Statistical Representations of Visual Patterns," Joshua Gluckman, Polytechnic University, 11:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Effects of a Protease-Expressing Recombinant Baculovirus on Nontarget Insect Predators of Heliothis Virescens," Anthony Boughton, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Kelli Hoover, Department of
Entomology (865-1895).

"Understanding Pennsylvania's Dairy Industry and the Role of the Agronomist," N. Alan Bair, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1615).

"Some Inequalities for the Number of Points of Varieties Over Finite Fields," Sudhir Ghorpade, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (India) and Purdue University, 2:30 p.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Transcriptional Regulation by the Wilms' Tumor-Suppressor Protein WT1," Stefan Roberts, University of Manchester (England), 3:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Joseph Reese, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Atrophy Responses to Muscle Inactivity: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms," Kenneth Baldwin, University of California, 3:30 p.m., 127 Noll Lab, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

"Role of Jet Aircraft Contrails in U.S. Climate," David Travis, University of Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

"Geometric and Analytic Signatures VII," John Roe, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 105 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

SATURDAY, 27 MARCH and SUNDAY, 28 MARCH

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