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 October 2007

MONDAY, 22 OCTOBER

"A MYB-Transcription-Factor Protein Encoded by Yellow Seed1 is Required for Synthesis of Antifungal Compounds in Sorghum," Farag Ibraheem, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Surinder Chopra, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology (865-1159).

"Implementing the Specialty-Crop Research Initiative," Tom Bewick, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

"DNA-Templated Organic Synthesis: Mimicking Natural Synthetic Strategy," Paul J. Munson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Blake R. Peterson, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

"Characterization of Signaling Processes Related to Sporulation in Uncinula necator," Laura Wakefield, Cornell University, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-6761).

"Eating Behavior," Kees de Graaf, Wageningen University (the Netherlands), 4:00 p.m., 209 South Henderson Building, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Economic Discounting and the Stern Review," Klaus Keller + Jim Kasting + Art Small, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (863-7091).

"Making and Breaking Protein Disulfide Bonds: Serendipity, Preconceptions, Ignorance, and Suppressors" (Stone lecture), Jonathan R. Beckwith, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Sarah Ades, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-1088).

TUESDAY, 23 OCTOBER

"Anti-de-Sitter Black Hole as Example of Noncommutative Geometry?" Laurent Claessens, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 315 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Emergent Properties of Digital Superlattices of the LaMnO3/SrMnO3 Compound," Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Ying Liu, Department of Physics (863-9759).

"Introduction to KAM Theory: Part Two," Andrey Gogolev, 3:30 p.m., 216 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Interpreting Spinning-Merger Wavefoms," Birjoo Vaishnav, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (863-9605 or www.gravity.psu.edu).

"The Weak-Fault Problem and the Strength of the Crust," John Suppe, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER

"Bringing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Data to Your Desktop: Penn State's Internet Map Services," Bernd Haupt, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 529 Walker Building, Earth System Science Center (865-0478).

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

"Biomolecular Sensing Using Near-Infrared Photoluminescence from Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNT)," Hye Won Youm, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Mary Beth Williams, Department of Chemistry (865-8859).

"Charge-Parity (CP) Violation from 2 + 1 Flavor Domain Wall Fermion Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)," Robert Mawhinney, Columbia University, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: John Collins, Department of Physics (863-9759).

"Geodesics Connecting a Pair of Points," Alexander Nabutovsky, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"BRMS1-Protein Interactions with SIN3A-Chromatin-Remodeling-Complex Components Selectively Regulate Metastasis-Suppressor and Transcriptional-Repressor Activities," Danny Welch, University of Alabama, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Andrea Mastro, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (863-0152).

"Stellar Evolution, Very-Late-Thermal-Pulse (Born-Again) White Dwarfs, and the Enigmatic V838 Monocerotis," Timothy Lawlor, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 538 Davey Laboratory, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"The Structure and Dynamics of Complex Brain Networks," Olaf Sporns, Indiana University, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Michael Wenger, Penn State Neuroscience Institute (863-6023).

THURSDAY, 25 OCTOBER

"Authentication for Pervasive Communications," Susan Hohenberger, Johns Hopkins University, 10:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Methods for Synthesizing Grafted Chains on Surfaces," William Brittain, Bausch & Lomb, 10:10 a.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992)

"C^0 Symplectic Topology: Part Four," Peter Spaeth, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Enzymology of the Ribosomal-Peptidyl-Transferase Reaction," Scott Strobel, Yale University, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Phillip C. Bevilacqua, Department of Chemistry (863-3812).

"Correlating and Predicting Electronic and Catalytic Properties of Bimetallic Alloys," Jingguang G. Chen, University of Delaware, 2:30 p.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory (863-1375).

"From the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra to Astrophysics: A 'Harmonious' Journey," Dmitry Khavinson, University of South Florida, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"On Relative Coarse Cohomology," Steve Hair, 2:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Comparison of Two Possibly Crossing Hazard-Rate Functions," Peihua Qiu, University of Minnesota, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Friction properties of San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) Materials," Brett Carpenter, Penn State, 202 Research West Building, 4:00 p.m., Department of Geosciences (865-7965).

"Inferring Evolution from DNA," Joshua Plotkin, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

CANCELLED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Molecular Evolution and Spatial Dynamics of Emerging Infectious Diseases: From Rabies to Ebola," Les A. Real, Emory University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, hosts: Sandra Lass and J. Lloyd-Smith, Department of Biology (865-8259).

"Ordering in Red Abalone Nacre," Susan Coppersmith, University of Wisconsin, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Moses Chan, Department of Physics (863-9759).

(title to be announced), Olivia Martius, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

(title to be announced), Paul Baum, Penn State, 5:00 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, 26 OCTOBER

"When Bees Get Sick, Farmers Frown: Disease Transmission and Control in a Solitary Bee," Rosalind James, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 11:10 a.m., 107 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Mary Barbercheck, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Resistance-Exercise-Induced Expression of a Cell-Growth Regulatory Protein," Leonard (Jim) Jefferson, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Physiology (865-3453).

"Highly Charged Swelling Mica Reduces Soluble and Bioavailable Copper (Cu) Content in Copper-Contaminated Soils," Jason Stuckey, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (865-6541). 

"Algebro-Geometric Algorithms for Integrable Systems," Matt Patterson, Penn State, 12:15 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Ionic Liquids: Physical Chemistry and Applications in Gas Separations," K. Don Gunaratne, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: A. Welford Castleman, Department of Chemistry (865-7242).

"The Rise of Oxygen and Its Effect on Carbon Chemistry," Lee Kump, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 341 Deike Building, Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (865-4074).

"Ultrafast Electron Crystallography: Time-Resolved Studies of Surfaces," Eric C. Tyo, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: A. Welford Castleman, Department of Chemistry (865-7242).

"Fractals: The Colors of Infinity" (video), 3:35 p.m., 211 Davey Laboratory, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library (865-7617 or www.libraries.psu.edu/pams/filmseries.html).

"Towards the Ultimate Time-Domain Solver for the Wave Equation," Tom Hagstrom, University of New Mexico, 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"How Bog Turtles Form a Nexus Among Urban Development, Agriculture, Law, and Conservation," Robert P. Brooks and Gianluca Rocco, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Geography (865-3433).

SATURDAY, 27 OCTOBER and SUNDAY, 21 OCTOBER

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