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

24 to 30 April 2006

MONDAY, 24 APRIL

(Partial Differential Equations and Numerical Methods seminar title to be announced), James Brannick, University of Colorado, 11:15 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Patterning for Nanoelectronics," Gary Taylor, Penn State, 12:00 noon, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Science (MRSEC) and Department of Physics (863-8999).

"Characterization of BON1/CPN1: A Gene Encoding a Calcium-Dependent Phospholipid-Binding Protein in Arabidopsis," Tzuu-fen Lee, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, host: Tim McNellis, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Fragmentation in Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests: Reproductive Biology and Gene Flow in Tree Populations," Oscar Rocha, Kent State University, 1:25 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium), Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"The Stardust Discovery Mission: Returning Unique Samples of Early-Solar-System Organics" (Polycom presentation), Scott Sandford and Don Brownlee, University of Washington, 2:00 p.m., 436 Deike Building, Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (865-4074).

"The Development of New Reactions and Reagents for Chemical Synthesis," Jeff Johnston, Indiana University, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Steven Weinreb, Department of Chemistry (863-0189).

"A Self-Organizing Real-Time Controller," David Russell, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 158 Willard Building, Institute for Computational Science (865-1172 or www.ics.psu.edu/springsem.html).

"Exchangeable, Markov, and Gibbs Measures for Subshifts," Jon Aaronson, Tel-Aviv University (Israel), 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Cultural Strategies and Biorational Fungicides for Managing Gray Mold on Raspberries" by Graham Sanders and "Decision Making By Consumers When Purchasing Landscaping Services" by Mike McCoy, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

"Serotonin-Type-3-Receptor Mediation of Cholecystokinin/Serotonin Interactions," Matt Hayes, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Ever-Fluctuating Enzymes: Lessons from Single-Molecule Studies" (Marker lecture #1 of 3), Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University, 8:00 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium), host: John Asbury, Eberly College of Science (863-6309 or 865-6553).

TUESDAY, 25 APRIL

"Probing Gene Expression in Live Cells: One Molecule at a Time" (Marker lecture #2 of 3), Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: John Asbury, Eberly College of Science (863-6309 or 865-6553).

"Introduction to K-Trivial Reals: Part Four," Esteban Gomez-Riviere, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Superconducting Flux Qubits: Scalability and Controllable Coupling," Britton Plourde, Syracuse University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Ari Mizel, Department of Physics (863-3342).

"Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer," Se-Hwa Kim, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Michael Pishko, Department of Chemistry (863-4810).

"Shallow-Fault Rocks: States, Dates, and Rates," Ben van der Pluijm, University of Michigan, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

TITLE ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Delving Deep in Land-Plant Phylogeny: Pitfalls and Progress," Sean Graham, University of British Columbia (Canada), 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, hosts: Claude dePamphilis and Jim Leebens-Mack, Department of Biology (865-3083).

"An Expanding Genetic Code" (Chemerda lecture #1 of 2), Peter G. Schultz, Scripps Research Institute, 6:00 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium), host: Sarah Ades, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

WEDNESDAY, 26 APRIL

"Open Forum on Issues of Climate Change," Earth System Science Center Scientists, Penn State, 11:30 a.m., 117 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, Earth System Science Center (865-0478).

"Synthesis at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology: From Antibodies to Stem Cells" (Chemerda Lecture #2 of 2), Peter G. Schultz, Scripps Research Institute, 12:00 noon, 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium), host: Sarah Ades, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Fire at Dotiki","Contributions of the American Miner", and "It all Starts Here" (videos), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"First Accelerator-Neutrino Results from the MINOS (Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) Experiment," Jeff Nelson, College of William and Mary, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Stephane Coutu, Department of Physics (865-2015).

"Non-Self-Adjoint Operators, Infinite Determinants, and Some Applications," Maxim Zinchenko, University of Missouri, 2:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Visualizing the Invisibles: CARS (Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering) Microscopy for Biomedicine" (Marker Lecture #3 of 3), Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: John Asbury, Department of Chemistry (865-6553 or 863-6309).

 

THURSDAY, 27 APRIL

"Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Beta-Lactones Via Ketene-Aldehyde Cycloadditions," Amy Yap, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Steven Weinreb, Department of Chemistry (863-0189).

"Automated Design of Microfludics-Based Biochips: Connecting Biochemistry to Electronics-Computer-Aided Design," Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Duke University, 4:00 p.m., 113 Information Sciences and Technology Building (Cybertorium), Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Diffraction by DNA, Carbon Nanotubes, and other Helical Nanostructures," Amand A. Lucas, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (Belgium), 4:00 p.m., 119 Osmond Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Least-Squares Finite-Element Methods," Max Gunzburger, Florida State University, 4:00 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"The Dynamics of the North-Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and Annular Modes," Edwin Gerber, Columbia University, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Thyroid-Hormone Receptors in Neurodevelopment: More Than Meets the Eye or Ear," Douglas Forrest, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Nandini Vasudevan, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences + Penn State Neuroscience Institute (863-3017).

"Equivariant Normal Forms for Poisson Structures," Eva Miranda, University of Toulouse III (France), 5:05 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, 28 APRIL

"Influence of Ingested Cotton Foliage on Baculoviral Infection in Heliothis virescens," Ruth Plymale, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Adenosine Monophospate (AMP) Activated Protein Kinase and Cardiac Metabolism," Rong Tian, Harvard University, 11:15 a.m., 127 Noll Lab, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

"Crop-Intensification Effects on Yields and the Water Balance in Southeastern Pennsylvania," Ymene Fouli, Penn State, 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, 12:20 p.m., Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

"From Galileo and Purposefulness to Globalization and the Ambition Gap," Rupert Amann, Colorado State University, 12:20 p.m., 324 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Chad Dechow, Department of Dairy and Animal Science (863-3659 or cdechow@psu.edu).

(Mathematical Physics seminar title to be announced), Eva Miranda, University of Toulouse III (France), 2:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Membrane Peptides and Mid-Infrared Pulse Shaping: Two New Applications for Ultrafast Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy," Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: John Asbury, Department of Chemistry (863-6309).

(Applied and Computational Mathematics seminar title to be announced), Jerry Bona, University of Illinois, 3:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

TIME CHANGED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Genomics: From Medicine to the Environment" (Eberly Family lecture), J. Craig Venter, Venter Institute and the Institute of Genomics Research, 4:00 p.m., 100 Thomas Building, host: Greg Ferry, Eberly College of Science (863-4683 or 863-5721).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"The Passionate Statistician: Florence Nightingale" and "Everything Under the Sun: Astronomy, Mathematics and Islam" (videos), 3:30 p.m., 211 Davey Laboratory, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library (865-7617 or www.libraries.psu.edu/pams/filmseries.html).

SATURDAY, 29 APRIL and SUNDAY, 30 MARCH

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