SCIENCE SEMINARS: MARCH 1 TO 7, 1999
SCIENCE SEMINARS: MARCH 1 TO 7, 1999
MONDAY, MARCH 1
"Catenanes: Functional, Interlocking Macromolecules," Kimberly Burns, Penn State, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).
"Arnold Diffusion and Variational Methods in Hamiltonian Dynamic," Jeff Xia, Northwestern University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Pairing Symmetry, Non-Equilibrium Superconductivity, and Magnetic Pair Breaking in High-Temperature Superconductors" (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Nai-Chang Yeh, California Institute of Technology, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0090).
"Nectria Cankers of Hardwood Plantations in Costa Rica," Priscila Chaverri, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).
"Initiation of DNA Replication in Eukaryotic Chromosomes," Melvin L.
DePamphilis, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory,
host: Jerry Workman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
TUESDAY, MARCH 2
"Hook and Content Number Identities for Young Diagrams," Amitai Regev, Penn State, 9:15 a.m., 110 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Modeling Microdefect Formation in Crystalline Silicon Grown from the Melt," Talid Sinno, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 10:00 a.m., 140 Fenske Laboratory, host: R. Nagarajan, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-2577).
"Alexandroff's Problem and the Novikov Conjecture," Alexander Dranishnikov, 11:15 a.m., 318 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Black Hole-Black Hole Mergers: Some Scenarios for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Detection," Steinn Sigurdsson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
"Cohomology and Von Neumann Algebras: I," Wolfgang Lueck, Muenster Institute of Mathematics (Germany), 2:30 p.m., 117 Borland Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Multi-Gram Synthesis and Physical Properties of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes" (colloquium), Peter Eklund, University of Kentucky, 2:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0136).
"Diffraction at HERA" (elementary particle and fields), Jochen Bartels, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron Laboratory (Germany), 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0783).
"Rapid Evolutionary Changes in the Mechanisms for Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in Placental Mammals," Michael Roberts, University of Missouri and U.S. Department of Agriculture, 4:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building (with video conferencing to other locations), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).
"The Finite Mass Method: II," Harry Yserentant, University of Tubingen (Germany), 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Transport Specificity of Bacterial Membrane-Channel Proteins," Christina Kraemer, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).
(title to be announced), Ken Ono, Penn State, 5:00 p.m., 116 McAllister
Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3
"Mimicking the Sense of Olfaction: A Conducting Polymer-Based Electronic Nose," Nate Lewis, California Institute of Technology, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).
"Vegetative Propagation of Cacao (Theobroma cacao)," Erika Barreto, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-0323).
"Non-Stretching Motions of Curves," Joel Langer, Case Western Reserve University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"The Propinquity of Very Massive Black Holes," Douglas Richstone, University
of Michigan, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Donald Schneider, Department
of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
THURSDAY, MARCH 4
"Involvement of Na+/Ca2+ Exchange Antiporter in Bone Mineralization by Osteoblasts," Joseph Stains, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Carol Gay, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Rational Points and Curves on Certain K3 Surfaces," Arthur Baragar, University of Nevada, 11:15 a.m., 311 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Cohomology and Von Neumann Algebras: II," Wolfgang Lueck, Muenster Institute of Mathematics (Germany), 2:30 p.m., 117 Borland Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Synthetic Methods for Diversity Generation: From Structural to Conformational Libraries," Richard E. Taylor, University of Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).
"A New Cosmological Paradigm: Life, the Universe, and Nothing" (colloquium), Lawrence Krauss, Case Western Reserve University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-2015).
"Seasonal Distribution of Forest Birds: The Effects of Habitat Fragmentation," Greg Keller, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, host: Richard Yahner, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).
"Motion of a Riemann Surface in 3-Dimentional Space and Konopelchenko-Taimanov
Surfaces," Joel Langer, Case Western Reserve University, 4:30 p.m., 102
McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
FRIDAY, MARCH 5
"Black Flies: Unlocking Ecology Through Chromosomes," Peter Adler, Clemson University, host: K.C. Kim, 11:15 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).
"Nanomaterials and Nanostructured Membranes," Charles Martin, Colorado State University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).
"An Investigation into the Role of Nautilus in Drosophila Myogenesis," Cheryl Keller, Penn State, 2:00 p.m., 456 North Frear Laboratory, host: Susan Abmayr, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Getting Better Physics from Data: Direct Potential Function Fitting for Spectroscopic Data Analysis" (chemical physics/physical chemistry), Robert J. LeRoy, University of Waterloo (Canada), 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-6092).
"Recent Development on Discrete Shock Profile," Shih-Hsien Yu, University
of California, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics
(865-7527).
SATURDAY, MARCH 6
(none)
SUNDAY, MARCH 7
(none)
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