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

29 March to 4 April 2004

 

MONDAY, 29 MARCH

"Drosophila and Wolbachia: A Tale of Two Infections," John Jaenike, University of Rochester, 12:20 p.m., 104 Rackley Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"The Involvement of Calmodulin in Root Gravitropism," Victoria Kramer, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 106 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Neutrinos in Physics and in Astrophysics," Irina Mocioiu, University of Arizona, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Murat Gunaydin, Department of Physics (863-0144).

"Canada Thistle Biocontrol," Anissa Demers, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Dynamics of Quasi-Periodic Schroedinger Equations," Kristian Bjerklov, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Signature of a Fibre Bundle Modulo 4," Andrew Korzeniewski, University of Edinburgh (U.K.), 3:35 p.m., 103 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Nutrient Management for Woody Ornamentals," Christina Mullen, PennState, 3:50 p.m., 108 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Wnt-Gene Signaling in Tubule Induction," Thomas J. Carroll, Harvard University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Douglas Cavener, Department of Biology (865-4562).

"Zinc Nutrition and Child Health in Lower-Income Countries," Kenneth H. Brown, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"Towards a Practical Theory for Generalizing Causal Knowledge," Thomas D. Cook, Northwestern University, 7:30 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

 

TUESDAY, 30 MARCH

"Superfluid 4He Confined in a Nano-porous Glass: A Quantum Phase Transition?" Keiya Shirahama, Keio University (Japan), 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Moses Chan, Department of Physics (863-0090).

"Degradation of Cocaine by Naturally Occuring Enzymes: Human Carboxylestetrase 1 and the Bacterial Esterase, CocE," Jennifer Overberg, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in Nearby Galaxies," Daniel Wang, University of Massachusetts, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Using Geophysical Observations to Constrain Large-Scale Continental Deformation in Asia," Lucy Flesch, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

 

WEDNESDAY, 31 MARCH

"A Performance-vs.-Trust Perspective in the Design of End-Point Congestion Control," Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Rice University, 11:15 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Utopia vs. Reality: Genetics, Disease, and Immortality" (Research Unplugged), Ken Weiss, Penn State, 12:00 noon, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, Office of the Vice President for Research (865-3477, www.rps.psu.edu/unplugged).

"Geologic Story of the United States: Pennsylvania" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

(title to be announced), Stephanie Alexander, University of Illinois, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Evaluation of Meteorology 101 and Planned Certificate Program in Weather Forecasting," David Babb and Lee Grenci, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 423 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute (863-1590).

"Calling up the Reserves: Recruitment of Residual Tumor-Specific T-Lymphocytes in SV40 T-Antigen Transgenic Mice," Todd Schell, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Robert Paulson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-6306).

"Visualizing the Immune Response," Marc Jenkins, University of Minnesota, 4:00 p.m., Lecture Room D at College of Medicine (with video conferencing to 108 Wartik Laboratory), host: Chris Norbury, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology/Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (717-531-8982).

 

THURSDAY, 1 APRIL

"Crack-Tip Structure in Glass," Shelden Wiederhorn, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 11:15 a.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"Influence of the Hepatitis-B Virus X-Associated Protein on Aryl-Hydrocarbon-Receptor Function," Brett Hollingshead, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Gary Perdew, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Male-Driven Evolution Revisited: Who is in the Driver's Seat?" Kateryna Makova, Penn State, 11:45 a.m. (refreshments at 11:30 a.m.), 317 Mueller Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Genetics (865-6903, lee11@psu.edu).

"From the Moon to the Mines: Radio Detection of Extremely High Energy (EHE) Neutrinos," Dawn Williams, University of California, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Doug Cowen, Department of Physics (863-5943).

"Spintronics: Exploiting the Electron's Other Degree of Freedom," Andrew Zangwill, Georgia Institute of Technology, 3:50 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Roy Willis, Department of Physics (865-6101).

"Characterizing 3-D Sub-Tracer Migration Using Hydrogeophysics," Karmini Singha, Stanford University, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Nonparametric and Semiparametric Approaches to Model Longitudinal and Clustered Data," Naisyin Wang, Texas A&M University, 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Why We See (and Hear) What We Do," Dale Purves, Duke University, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Rick Gilmore, Department of Biobehavioral Health+Department of Biology+Department of Chemistry+ College of Health and Human Development+Eberly College of Science+Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (865-3150).

(title to be announced), Raymond Shaw, Michigan Technical University, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

 

FRIDAY, 2 APRIL

"Using Theory as a Tool in Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysis," Alexis Bell, University of California, 10:30 a.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, host: Antonios Armaou, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-5316).

"Toward the Path Integral Representation of Loop Quantum Cosmology," Kevin Vandersloot, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Looking for Drugs in New Jersey: Life as a Ph.D. at Merck Research Labs," Andrew Taggart, Merck and Company, Inc., 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: David Iwig, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Nematode-Pathogen Interaction," Heidi Goodrich-Blair, University of Wisconsin, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Diana Cox-Foster, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Probing Nanoparticle Assemblies and Substrate Effect on Self-Assembled Monolayer," Daniel Fuchs, Penn State,11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Weiss Research Group, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Herbage Production and Quality of Forage Mixtures Under Rotational Grazing Management,"Atila Deak, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1615).

"Hard Bainite," H.K.D.H. Bhadeshia, University of Cambridge (U.K.), 2:00 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"Creating Digital Neural Networks," Eric Conrad, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 3:30 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

"Disruption of Reproductive Function by Low Energy Availability," Ann Loucks, University of Ohio, 3:30 p.m., 127 Noll Lab, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

 

SATURDAY, 3 APRIL

Eberly College of Science Open House, 8:30 a.m. and thereafter, Hetzel Union Building (HUB) Alumni Hall and college labs, Eberly College of Science (863-0284, http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/OpenHouse3-2004.htm).

 

SUNDAY, 4 APRIL

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