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 September to 5 October 2003

 

MONDAY, 29 SEPTEMBER

"Pomology Interview Seminar," Kirk Pomper (faculty candidate), Kentucky State University, 11:00 a.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Polymer Coated Gold Nanoparticles," Lee Steely, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-1213).

"Propulsion and Sensing via Catalytic Reactions," Jeff Catchmark, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Arabidopsis Capping Factor: A Regulator of Actin-Filament Dynamics and Potential Sensor of Stress Signals," Chris Staiger, Purdue University, 12:20 p.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: Richard Cyr, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Remnants of Brane Inflation," Ira Wasserman, Cornell University, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry + Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

"Subexponential Decay of Correlations," Omri Sarig, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Alternate Mechanisms for Regulating the Assembly of AAA+ ATPase Transcriptional Activators by Two-Component Signal Transduction," B. Tracy Nixon, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Schlegel, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

 

TUESDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER

"Glycoprotein CD28 Activates HIV-1 Transcription Through a Complex Mechanism Involving Both Positive and Negative Regulation," Julie Cook, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Andrew Henderson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Denying the Liar," Dale Jacquette, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 324 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Cooper Pairs and Superfluidity in Trapped Fermi Gases: What Is a Molecule?" Allan Griffin, University of Toronto (Canada), 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"The Assembly and Disassembly of Carboniferous-Age Tropical-Forest Ecosystems," Bill DiMichele, Smithsonian Institution, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"The Pollen Cytoskeleton: A Target for Signal-Mediated Destruction During Plant Reproduction," Chris Staiger, Purdue University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Richard Cyr, Department of Biology (865-6416).

"Topological Complexity and the Motion-Planning Problem," Sergei Tabachnikov, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 116 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

WEDNESDAY, 1 OCTOBER

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Self-Assembling Nanocrystal Superlattices: Building With Artificial Atoms," Christopher Murray, IBM Research Center, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Paul Weiss, Department of Chemistry (865-3693).

"Genomic Scrap Yard: How Genomes Utilize All That Junk," Wojciech Makalowski, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (863-7334).

"Valley Glaciers" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

INCLUDED IN ERROR -- S/B WEDNESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2003
"An Itinerant's View of Chemistry Today," Mark Cardillo, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 8:00 p.m., Hetzel Union Building (HUB) Auditorium, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

 

THURSDAY, 2 OCTOBER

"Cohen-Lenstra-Like Heuristics for Shafarevitch-Tate Groups," Mark Watkins, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 325 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Nanoelectronic Building Blocks: Metallic, Semiconducting, and Molecular Electronic Nanowires," Theresa Mayer, Penn State, 1:15 p.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Material Science and Engineering (865-4992).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Passivity: The Key to Our Metals-Based Civilization," Digby Macdonald, Penn State, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Tom Mallouk, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Double Bubbles," Frank Morgan, Williams College, 3:30 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Physics of the Piano," Nick Giordano, Purdue University, 3:50 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Moses Chan, Department of Physics (863-2622).

"Deep-Water Surface-Wave Patterns in One and Two Dimensions," Diane Henderson, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Failure in Entangled Polymer Melts" (Robb lecture), Morton Denn, City University of New York, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Henry C. Foley, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-2577).

"Fuel Processing for Hydrogen Production and Fuel-Cell Applications," Chunshan Song, Penn State, 4:15 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering (865-3437).

 

FRIDAY, 3 OCTOBER

"Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptive Radiation in the Pathogenic Fungi Metarhizium anisopliae," Raymond St. Leger, University of Maryland, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"On the Definition of Effective Stress and Strain for Large-Deformation Homogenization Problems and Their Relations to Molecular Dynamics," Francesco Costanzo, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Growth Hormone and Exercise," Arthur Weltman, University of Virginia, 4:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

 

SATURDAY, 4 OCTOBER and SUNDAY, 5 OCTOBER

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