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

28 April to 4 May 2003

 

MONDAY, 28 APRIL

"Building Robust Network Services Through Efficient Resource Management," Limin Wang, Princeton University, 9:30 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Theory of Synthetic Molecular Motors," Vincent Crespi, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Phosphorus Effects on Pepper-Root Architecture in Field Conditions" by Mayuki Tanaka and "Carbofuran Pollution in the Surface and Ground Water of Carchi, Ecuador" by Raul Jaramillo, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Modeling a Gas of Rigid Bodies with Rotation," David Cowan, Tufts University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Molecular Phylogenetics of Selected Fasarium Species," Ameena Nalim, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Nutritional Risk in Rural Older Adults: Health-Care Utilization and Quality of Life," Jenny Ledikwe, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

 

TUESDAY, 29 APRIL

"Surface-Light-Scattering Study of PEO-PPO Copolymers and the Adsorption of Gelatin on Latex Particles," Ravi Sharma, Kodak, 11:30 a.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering (865-4475).

"Patterns of Dependence Among Powers of Polynomials, Bruce Reznick, University of Illinois, 1:25 p.m., 115 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Low-Temperature Melting of Ionic Clusters: How Small Can a Crystal Be?" Jorge Sofo, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physcis (865-7534).

"Chalking It Up: Advice to a New Teaching Assistant," Bruce Reznick, University of Illinois, 4:00 p.m., 116 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Computational Modeling of Protein-Active-Site Chemistry," Richard Friesner, Columbia University, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry (865-6442).

"Extensional Evolution of West Antarctica: Lithospheric Conditions and Processes," Audrey Huerta, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Unraveling the Dopamine-Receptor Signalplex: Regulation of Dopaminergic Signaling in Good Times and Bad," Robert Levenson, Penn State, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Bernard Luscher, Department of Biology (863-0278).

 

WEDNESDAY, 30 APRIL

"Dissecting the Mechanism of Epigenetic Activation of the Maize Spm Transposon by the Element-Encoded TnpA Protein," Hongchang Cui, Penn State, 9:00 a.m., 514 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Miniaturization of High-Speed Gas Chromatography" by Chris Szakal and "Gating in Microfluidic Devices" by Sam Brancato, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-0493 or 863-8063).

"Deadly Skies" (video), 12:00 noon, 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Chromatin Organization and Dynamics in Living Arabidopsis Plants," Eric Lam, University of Hong Kong and Rutgers University, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, host: Sally Assmann, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Nilpotent Groups and Ergodic Averages," Bryna Kra, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Spectroscopy of 100,000 Galaxies: Implications for Cosmic Gastro-Physics," Tim Heckman, Johns Hopkins University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Niel Brandt, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Deadly Skies" (video), 7:00 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

 

THURSDAY, 1 MAY

"Preliminary Characterization of an Essential NifS-Like Protein from Synechocystis PCC6803," Bhramara Tirupati, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Marty Bollinger, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Recent Developments in Peptidomimetic Research at the University of Pennsylvania," Ralph Hirschmann, University of Pennsylvania, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Blake Peterson, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

"Artificially Induced Two- and Three-Dimensional Potentials Acting Upon Three-Dimensional Soft-Vortex Matter" (Mueller lecture), Francisco de la Cruz, Argentine National Laboratory (Argentina), 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Gerald Mahan, Department of Physics (865-6092).

"Counting Congruence Subgroups," Dorian Goldfeld, Columbia University, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

FRIDAY, 2 MAY

"Health Information on the Net: Evaluating Quality and Relevance Across User Levels," Dan Lorence, Penn State, 12:15 p.m., 101 Health and Human Development Building East, Department of Health Policy and Administration (863-2900).

"Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry (SNMS): New Developments and Applications," Hans Oechsner, University of Kaiserslautern (Germany), 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Barbara Garrison, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"The Politics of Persistent Poverty in Rural America," Cynthia Mildred Duncan," Ford Foundation, 301 Steidle Building, 3:30 p.m., Department of Geography (865-1915).

"Analysis of Mammalian Cells with Electrophoresis in Nanometer-Inner-Diameter Capillaries," Lori Woods, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8063).

 

SATURDAY, 3 MAY and SUNDAY, 4 MAY

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