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

23 to 29 February 2004

 

MONDAY, 23 FEBRUARY

"Dispersal and Habitat Structure in Communities of Butterflies, Their Host Plants, and Parasitoids," Saskya VanNuohuys, Cornell University, 12:20 p.m., 104 Rackley Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"From the Soil to the Seed: Metal Transport in Arabidopsis," Mary Lou Guerinot, Dartmouth College, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Daniel Cosgrove, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"On Equations of Motion in General Relativity," Juergen Ehlers, Albert Einstein Institute (Germany), 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry and Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

"Endophytes as Biological Control Agents," Rachel Melnick, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Symbolic Dynamics for Geometrically Finite Groups," David Fried, Boston University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Evaluation of Buffered Phosphorous Fertilizers in Pennsylvania Vegetable Production," Mayuki Tanaka, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 108 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"On the Mathematics of General Relativity" (Marker Lecture #1 of 4), Sergiu Klainerman, Princeton University, 8:00 p.m., 109 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

TUESDAY, 24 FEBRUARY

"Probing Quantum Mechanics with Rotating Bose-Einstein Condensates," Peter Engels, University of Colorado, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: David Weiss, Department of Physics (863-3076).

"Forward and Reverse Genetic Approaches to Understanding the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock," C. Robertson McClung, Dartmouth College, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Daniel Cosgrove, Department of Biology (863-3892).

(title to be announced), Jennifer Macalady, Carleton College, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Stability of Minkowski Space" (Marker Lecture #2 of 4), Sergiu Klainerman, Princteon University, 4:30 p.m., 109 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).


WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY

"Microfabrication and X-Ray Scattering: New Tools for Studying RNA Folding," Lois Pollack, Cornell University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Erin Sheets, Department of Chemistry (863-0044).

"The Future of Human Space Flight " (Research Unplugged), Jim Pawelczyk, Penn State, 12:00 noon, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, Office of the Vice President for Research (865-3477, www.rps.psu.edu/unplugged).

"Super Para-Hydrogen," Peter Toennies, Max Planck Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 12:00 noon, 210 Davey Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Castles of the Underworld (video)," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth Mineral Sciences Library (863-8566).

"Molecular Characterization of the Self-Incompatibility (S-) Locus of Petunia inflata," Yan Wang, Penn State, 2:00 p.m., 514 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

(title to be announced), Konstantin Rybnikov, University of Massachusetts, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

CANCELLED:
"Cellular-Factor Involvement in Retroviral Uncoating," John A.T. Young, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Robert Paulson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-6306).

"Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycan Knockout Mice: Novel Animal Models of Musculoskeletal Disease," Marian Young, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., Lecture Room D at College of Medicine (with video conferencing to 108 Wartik Laboratory), host: Henry Donahue, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology/Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (717-531-8982).

"Optimal 'Well-Posedness' for Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations" (Marker Lecture #3 of 4), Sergiu Klainerman, Princeton University, 4:30 p.m., 109 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).


THURSDAY, 26 FEBRUARY

"Efficient Security Mechanisms for Distributed Sensor Networks," Sencun Zhu, George Mason University, 11:00 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Global Prediction and Testing of the Erythroid Cis-Regulatory Modules," Hao Wang, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ross Hardison, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Genetic Regulation of Inflorescence Development in Maize and Arabidopsis," Paula McSteen, Penn State, 11:45 a.m. (refreshments at 11:30 a.m.), 317 Mueller Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Genetics, (865-6903, lee11@psu.edu).

"Synthesis and Applications of Oligopyrrole Macrocycles: New Approaches to Anion Recognition and Drug Development," Jonathan Sessler, University of Texas, 12:15 p.m. in S-5 Osmond Laboratory, hosts: Blake Peterson and Xumu Zhang, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Mechanisms of Adsorption and Wetting at Internal Interfaces," Rowland Cannon, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 3:00 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-2746).

"Diffraction of Magic Helium Clusters," Peter Toennies, Max Planck Institute for Fluid Dynamics, 3:50 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Mistletoes: Unusual Forest Pathogens," Lee Kline, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Clouds and Climate Models: Can We Solve the Cloud Parameterization Problem?" Thomas Ackerman, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

(title to be announced), Katherine Kelley, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"On the Bounded Lebesque Squared (L^2) Curvature Conjecture" (Marker Lecture #4 of 4), Sergiu Klainerman, Princeton University, 4:30 p.m., 109 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).


FRIDAY, 27 FEBRUARY

"On the Entropy of Non-Equilibrium Systems Testing the Master Constraint," Joel Lebowitz, Rutgers University, 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry and Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

"Smelling the Danger: Airborne Signaling in Plant Defense," Jurgen Engelerth, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Tim Tumlinson, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Magnetic-Resonance-Imaging (MRI) Guided Adaptive Real-Time Temperature-Control System for Ultrasound Thermal Therapy," Lei Sun, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 210 Hallowell Building, Department of Bioengineering (865-1407).

"Genetics and Breeding of Early Blight Resistance in Tomato," Majid Foolad, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1615).

"Energy-Transfer Dynamics in Catalysis and Conformational Transitions in Biomolecules," Anne McCoy, Ohio State University, 2:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry (865-6442).

"Climate Change and the Developing World: Adaptation and Technologies," Paul Desanker, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

"The Application of Model-Based Compartmental Analysis to the Study of the Kinetic Behavior of Vitamin A in Vitamin A-Sufficient Rats," Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 127 Noll Lab, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

"Prediciting Molecular Toxicity Using Structure-Based Computational Technique," Jon Serra, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratoy, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).


SATURDAY, 28 FEBRUARY

"The Arrow of Time: Why Can We Remember the Past but Not the Future?" (Frontiers lecture #5 of 5), Joel Lebowitz, Rutgers University, 11:00 a.m., 100 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (863-8453, <http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers>).

SUNDAY, 29 FEBRUARY

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