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 January 2005

MONDAY, 24 JANUARY

"Nanoscale Dynamic Imaging of In-vivo Biomolecules for Diagnosis," Ahmed Heikal, Penn State, Department of Bioengineering, 12:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Characterization of an Arabidopsis Meiotic Cyclin in Yeast," Guanfang Wang, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, host: Daniel Cosgrove, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Enantioselective Ketene Aldehyde Cycloadditions in the Synthesis of B-Lactones," Amy Yap, Penn State, 2:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Steven Weinreb, Department of Chemistry (863-0189).

(title to be announced), Katherine Rawlins, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Doug Cowen, Department of Physics (863-5943).

"How Big a Bump Can You Make on a Neutron Star?" Ben Owen, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Equidistribution of Orbit of Lattices," Alex Gorodnik, University of Michigan, 3:30 p.m., 122 Pond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Genetic and Comparative Genomic Investigation of Geobacter sulfurreducens Respiration," Maddalena Coppi (faculty candidate), University of Massachusetts, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Donald Bryant (863-1851).

"A Multi-Scale Model for the Dynamics of Solids at Finite Temperature," Xiantao Li, University of Minnesota, 4:30 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

TUESDAY, 25 JANUARY

"One-Dimensional Transport in Nanowire Heterostructures," Wei Lu, Harvard University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Moses Chan, Department of Physics (863-1162).

"Wnt-Protein Signaling Controls Mammalian Forebrain Development," Chengji Zhou (faculty candidate), University of California, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Doug Cavener, Department of Biology (865-4562).

"Overview of Sponsored e-Learning Research Opportunities," David DiBiase, Penn State, 4:30 p.m., 432 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute (863-1590).

WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY

"Many Ways to See the World" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Holomorphic Curves and Algebraic Invariants in Symplectic Geometry: Part Four," Helmut Hofer, New York University, 3:30 p.m., 122 Pond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Control of Transcription Elongation by RNA-Protein Interactions," Innokenti Toulokhonov (faculty candidate), University of Wisconsin, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Donald Bryant (863-1851).

TITLE ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"The Validation and Interpretation of Multiple Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) Models," Rajarshi Gua, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Peter Jurs, Department of Chemistry (865-3739).

"Windows into Normal and Leukemogenic Hematopoiesis: Signalling Mediated by Erythropoietin and the TEL-JAK2 Gene," Dwayne Barber, University of Toronto (Canada), 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Pamela Correll, Department of Veterinary Science (863-0128).

THURSDAY, 27 JANUARY

"Drosophila Mob as Tumour Suppressor (MATS) Regulates Proliferation and Apoptosis," Takeshi Shimizu, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Zhi-Chun Lai, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"On Hyperelliptic Jacobians with Real Multiplication," Arsen Elkin, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Grind: Glaciers and Their Geochemical Impact," Suzanne Prestrud Anderson, University of Colorado, 3:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Geosciences + Geodynamics Research Group + Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (865-2622).

"Charge Inversion of DNA via Fractionalization of Charge and Gene Therapy," Boris Shklovskii, University of Minnesota, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Nitin Samarth, Department of Physics (863-0136).

"Human and Climatic Influences on Fire Regimes and Forests in the Northern Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe USA," Alan Taylor, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Integration Over Non-Archimedian Fields," David Kazhdan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel), 4:00 p.m., 215 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, 28 JANUARY

"Statistical Geometry in Semiclassical Loop Quantum Gravity," Alex Corichi, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico), 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis: Learning How to Better Perceive and Represent the Performance of Food Systems and Agro-Ecosystems," Mario Giampietro, National Institute of Research on Food (Italy), 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-3179).

"Computation of Generalized Equivariant Cohomologies of Kac-Moody Flag Varieties," Megumi Harada, University of Toronto (Canada), 2:30 p.m., 113 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Controlling Molecular Dynamics Phenomena with Photonic Reagents," Herschel Rabitz, Princeton University, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: James Anderson, Department of Chemistry (865-3933).

"Smart Growth: Multimedia and PENNSCAPES (Pennsylvania Strategies, Codes, and People Environments)," Kelleann Foster, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

SATURDAY, 29 JANUARY

"Gravitational Wave Astronomy: What Ripples in Spacetime Can Tell Us About the Universe" (Frontiers lecture #2 of 5), Lee Samuel Finn, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 100 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (863-0901 or science@psu.edu).

SUNDAY, 30 JANUARY

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