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

26 November to 2 December 2007

MONDAY, 26 NOVEMBER

"Tissue-Specific Patterning Specified by a Multicopy Pericarp-Color-1 Allele in Maize," Michael Robbins, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Surinder Chopra, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology (865-1159).

"Diversity of Fine-Root Traits Among Coexisting Temperate Woody Species and Implications for Interactions with Mycorrhizal Fungi," Louise Comas, Penn State, 1:00 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-3371).

"The Art and Science of Teaching at Undergraduate Institutions," Cosima Wiese, Misericordia College, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-6761).

"On the Tip of the Tongue," Michal Misiurewicz, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"From Disease Resistance to Hormonal Response: How Can a Single G-Protein Control It All?" Jimmy Botella, University of Queensland (Australia), 4:00 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, host: Sally Assmann, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology (863-9579).

"The Multiple Functions of the Respiratory-Syncytial-Virus Nonstructural Proteins in Viral Pathogenesis," Michael Teng, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Richard Frisque, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-1851).

"Why Does a Psychologist Need an Ultrasound? Effects of Nutrients on Vascular Reactivity to Stress," Sheila G. West, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-209 Henderson Building, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

TUESDAY, 27 NOVEMBER

"Schwarzschild Interior with Loop Quantum Effects," Kevin Vandersloot, University of Portsmouth (United Kingdom), 10:00 a.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (863-9605 or www.gravity.psu.edu).

"Gravitational-Wave Recoil: Theory and Application," Jeremy Schnittman, Johns Hopkins University, 1:30 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (863-9605 or www.gravity.psu.edu).

"Back to Unitary Group Representations: Part Two," Misha Guysinsky, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 216 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Stable and Unstable Highly Oscillating Solutions of Quasilinear Hyperbolic Systems," Benjamin Texier, Université Paris 7 (France), 3:35 p.m., 216 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Motion by Mean Curvature in Heterogeneous Medium," Aaron Yip, Purdue University, 4:00 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Site-Directed Spin-Labeling Studies of Nucleic Acids," Peter Z. Qin, University of Southern California, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Philip Bevilacqua, Department of Chemistry (863-3812).

"Wnt-Signaling in Axon Guidance and Brain Wiring," Yimin Zou, University of California, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Gong Chen, Department of Biology (865-2488).

WEDNESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER

"IceTop: Cosmic-Ray Physics with Icecube," Tilo Waldenmaier, University of Delaware, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Tyce DeYoung, Department of Physics (863-9759).

"Chemical Tools for Glycobiology," Peng Wu (faculty candidate), University of California, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Steven Weinreb, Department of Chemistry (863-0189).

"Innate Selflessness: Major-Histocompatibility-Complex (MHC) Independent Recognition of Tumor and Infected Target Cells by Rodent Natural-Killer (NK) Cells," James Carlyle, University of Toronto (Canada), 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Na Xiong, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (863-2933).

"Rethinking Radial Transport in Protoplanetary Disks," Fred Ciesla, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 4:00 p.m., 538 Davey Laboratory, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Translational Studies of Central-Nervous-System (CNS) Disorders: Impact of Novel Dopamine-Receptor Mechanisms on Schizophrenia and Parkinson's Disease," Richard Mailman, University of North Carolina, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with videoconferencing to Room CG623 at College of Medicine), host: Byron Jones, Penn State Neuroscience Institute (863-0167).

THURSDAY, 29 NOVEMBER

"In-Vivo Insight into the Mechanism and Dynamics of TonB Energy Transduction in Escherichia coli," Kyle Kastead, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Kathleen Postle, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-7568).

(title to be announced), Stefan Mueller, University of Wisconsin, 12:00 noon, 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

(title to be announced), Erin D. Sheets, Penn State, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry (865-6442).

"Inverse Problems in Arithmetic Combinatorics," Alexander Razborov, Institute for Advanced Study, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Estimating Subject-Specific Variance Components with Multivariate Repeated Measurements," Wei-Ting Hwang, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Graphite, Graphene, and Relativistic Electrons," Eva Andrei, Rutgers University, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Moses Chan, Department of Physics (863-9759).

"Explorations of a 'Simple' Olfactory System," John Hildebrand, University of Arizona, 4:15 p.m., 112 Forest Resources Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"A Product Theorem in Free Groups," Alexander Razborov, Institute for Advanced Study, 4:00 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER

"Automorphisms in Loop Quantum Gravity," Benjamin Bahr, Albert Einstein Institute, 11:00 a.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos (863-9605 or www.gravity.psu.edu).

"Decaf, Please? Counting the Cups and Watching Your Health: The Biobehavioral Effects of Caffeine," Laura Klein, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Physiology (865-3453).

"Variational Methods in Materials and Imaging," Irene Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University, 12:15 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Agronomic, Ecological, and Economic Considerations of the Organic Transition Period," Robert Gallagher, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural?Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (865-6541).

"New Sulfur-Donor Ligands: Novel Complexes and Unexpected Applications," Daniel Rabinovich, University of North Carolina, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Raymond Schaak, Department of Chemistry (865-8600).

"C_0 Coarse Structure of Metric Spaces with Metrizable Higson Corona," Jesus-Pascual Moreno Damas, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), 2:00 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Femtosecond-Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy: Application to Proteins," Ryan Pensack, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: John Asbury, Department of Chemistry (863-6309).

"A Non-Holonomic Version of the Moser Theorem and Diffeomorphism Groups," Boris Khesin, University of Toronto (Canada), 3:35 p.m., 315 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Surfactants in Foam Stability: A Phase-Field Model," Irene Fonseca, Carnegie Mellon University, 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

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

"Protein Conformational Dynamics from Experiment and Simulation with Applications to the MdM2:p53 Interaction," Scott Showalter (faculty candidate), Florida State University, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Philip Bevilacqua, Department of Chemistry (863-3812).

SATURDAY, 1 DECEMBER and SUNDAY, 2 DECEMBER

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