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

30 September to 6 October 2002

 

MONDAY, 30 SEPTEMBER

"Titanium-Induced Reductive Coupling of Oxo-Esters and Oxo-Amides: Applications in Natural-Product Synthesis," Jeannie Jeong, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-3811).

"Hydrogen Sensing Using Titania Nanotubes," Craig Grimes, Penn State, noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Composite-Interval Mapping for Lateral Rooting Induced by Low-Phosphorous Availability in Maize (Zea mays L.)," Jinming Zhu, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture Graduate Colloquium Series (863-3371).

"Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing," Allan Fisher, Carnegie Mellon University, 2:30 p.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Relativistic Foundation of Mechanics," Carlo Rovelli, Luminy Center for Theoretical Physics (France), 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Applications of Various Protein-Expression Systems in Plant Pathology," Patrick Collopy, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Rotational Brownian Motion of Optically-Trapped Microdisks," Thomas G. Mason, ExxonMobil Research, 3:30 p.m., 103 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Contending with Obstacles to RNA-Polymerase-II Transcription," Jesper Q. Svejstrup, Cancer Research UK (England), 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Jerry Workman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Update on Current Treatment of Obesity," Susan Yanovski, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases," 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

 

TUESDAY, 1 OCTOBER

"Molecular Engineering of Colloidal Forces: Measurements and Modeling," Darrell Velegol, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-7534).

"Computer Simulations of Protein Folding," Carlos Simmerling, State University of New York, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Ken Merz, Department of Chemistry (865-3623).

"Differentiation, Proliferation, and Growth in the Developing Drosophila Eye," Nicholas E. Baker, Yeshiva University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Zhi-Chun Lai, Department of Biology (863-0278).

"Seeing, Believing, Proving in Mathematics," Doris Schattschneider, Moravian College, 4:00 p.m., 207 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

WEDNESDAY, 2 OCTOBER

"Vibrationally-Resonant Sum-Frequency Generation Studies of Buried Interfaces," Lee Richter, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Tom Mallouk, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Uncovering the Coevolutionary History of the Yucca-Yucca Moth Pollination Mutualism," James Leebens-Mack, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (863-7334).

"Sphingosine-1-Phosphate-Mediated Signaling in Arabidopsis Guard Cells," Sylvie Coursol, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Emotion and Memory Systems of the Human Brain," John Gabrieli, Stanford University, 4:00 p.m., 123 Chambers Building, Department of Psychology Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Series (863-0987).

 

THURSDAY, 3 OCTOBER

"25 Years with Ramanujan's Lost Notebook, Some New Perspectives," George Andrews, Penn State, 11:15 a.m. 371 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Writing and Critical Thinking," Orville Chapman, University of California, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Peter Jurs, Department of Chemistry (865-3739).

"Asymptotic Lines and the Griffiths-Harris Rigidity of Compact Hermitian Symmetric Spaces," Joseph Landsberg, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2:30 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Exploring the Limits of Pipelining Requests Within the Memory Subsystem," K. Ekanadham, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 4:00 p.m., 209 South Henderson Building, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Generalized Continuous Threshold Autoregression and Hinging Hyperplanes," Samuel Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Novel Behavior of Dilute, Strongly Interacting Two-Dimensional Systems," Myriam Sarachik, City College of New York, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Gerald Mahan, Department of Physics (865-6092).

(title to be announced), Maggie Benoit, 4 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 202 Research West Building, Department of Geosciences (865-4203).

 

FRIDAY, 4 OCTOBER

"New Observational Bounds on Quantum-Gravity Signals," Daniel Sudarsky, National Independent University (Mexico) and Penn State, 11 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"10th Great Insect Fair: Beauty of Bugs, Insects, and Art," Faith Kuehn, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Surface Modification of Shape-Memory Alloys by Ion Implantation," Wendy Crone, University of Wisconsin, 12:15 p.m., 210 Hallowell Building (video conferencing to College of Medicine), Department of Bioengineering (865-1407).

(title to be announced), Juan Lopez, Arizona State University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Glyphosate-Resistant Horseweed on Del-Mar-Va: What Do We Know About it and Whose Problem Will It Be Next?" Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

"Transcriptional Regulation of Metabolic Genes in Response to Exercise," Daryl Neufer, Yale University, 4:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3454).

 

SATURDAY, 5 OCTOBER and SUNDAY, 6 OCTOBER

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