SCIENCE SEMINARS: 24 to 30 JANUARY 2000

MONDAY, 24 JANUARY

"Island Nucleation in Thin-Film Epitaxy from First Principles," Kristen Ficthorn, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Deparment of Physics (863-4807).

"Topological Invariance of Rational Pontrjagin Classes: Gromov's Proof of the Novikov Theorem: I," John Roe, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 219 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Caenorhabditis elegans Homeobox Genes Involved in Neuronal Differentiation," Thomas Burglin, University of Basel (Switzerland), 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Simpson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).  (CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS:  Will reschedule for 14 Feb. 2000)

"What Does Cholesterol Have To Do with Neutron-Star Magnetospheres?" Jeremy Heyl, California Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
 
 

TUESDAY, 25 JANUARY

"Introduction to Pi^0_1 Classes," Stephen G. Simpson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., (location to be announced), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Maganese: The Dose Makes the Poison," Elise Malecki, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Molecular Evolution of Flower Development," Michael Purugganan, North Carolina State University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Claude dePamphilis, Department of Biology (863-6412).
 
 

WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY

"Flows on Higher-Genus Surfaces: I," Giovanni Forni, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY

"Maternal bHeavy-Spectrin Is Not Required for Cell Polarity but Is Required for Zonula Adherens Integrity in the Primary Epithelium of Drosophila," Janice Williams, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Graham Thomas, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"A Bayesian Model for Microsatellite Loci When the Absolute Size of Repeats is Unknown," Federico Stefanini, University of Florence (Italy), 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics and Life Sciences Consortium (865-1348).

"Formation and Evolution of Extrasolar Planets," Brad Hansen, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Pressure Tuning in the Search for Improved Thermoelectric Materials," John Badding, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Wolfgang Ernst, Department of Physics (865-6123).
 
 

FRIDAY, 28 JANUARY

"The Reduction of Large Molecular Profiles to Informative Components Using a Genetic Algorithm," Federico Stefanini, University of Florence (Italy), 12:20 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics and Life Sciences Consortium (865-1348).

"(2+1)-Dimensional Yang-Mills Theory: Vacuum Wavefunction, String Tension, etc.," V. P. Nair, City University of New York and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics and Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (865-7527 or 863-9605).

"Flows on Higher-Genus Surfaces: II," Giovanni Forni, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., (location to be announced), Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Topological Invariance of Rational Pontrjagin Classes: Gromov's Proof of the Novikov Theorem: II," John Roe, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 219 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

SATURDAY, 29 JANUARY

"Unveiling the Origin and Early Evolution of Life: Molecular Phylogeny" (Frontiers lecture #2 of 6), Janet Siefert, Rice University, 11:00 a.m., 101 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (863-8453).
 
 

SUNDAY, 30 JANUARY

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