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Science Seminars

 

3 to 9 DECEMBER 2001

 

MONDAY, 3 DECEMBER

"Plans and Vision for Thrust I," I. C. Khoo, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Do Foliar Anthocyanins Help Phosphorous-Starved Plants?" Scott Diloreto, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-2191).

"Fungal Diversity and Dynamics of Commercial Mushroom Compost," Kelly Ivors, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (863-4498).

"Non-Uniformly Hyperbolic Dynamics and Homoclinic Bifurcations: Part III," Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, College of France, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Protein Folding: Questioning the Paradigm," George Rose, Johns Hopkins University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Schlegel, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Update on Iron: Tales from the Crypt," John L. Beard, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

 

TUESDAY, 4 DECEMBER

"Adsorption Studies on Carbon Nanotubes," Aldo Migone, Southern Illinois University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, hosts: Moses Chan and Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-2622 or 863-0165).

"Multiple Scale Models in Complex Fluids," Chun Liu, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 104 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Roles of Human Cytochrome P450 Enzymes in Modulation of Activities of Drugs and Carcinogens," F. Peter Guengerich, Vanderbilt University, 4:15 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferenced from Hershey Medical Center), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).

 

WEDNESDAY, 5 DECEMBER

"Supply-Side Economics of Phenolic Induction in Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum): Do DAHPS and PAL Coordinate the Production Pipeline?" Toni Scheaffer, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Pseudoholmorphic Curves and Hamiltonian Dynamics," Krzysztof Wysocki, University of Melbourne (Australia), 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Cold Dark Matter, Small-Scale Power, and Halo Substructure: Clues from Globular Clusters," Patrick Cote, Rutgers University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Pat Durrell, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Genetic Approaches to Analyze Hematopoietic and Endothelial Development," William Stanford, Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto (Canada), 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Robert Paulson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-6306 or 863-5786).

"Pathogenesis and Stress Responses of Salmonella enteritidis," Sangwei Lu, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Schlegel, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Taking Silence Under Control: Regulation of Heterochromatin Spreading in Vertebrate Cells," Sergei Grigoryev, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferenced from Hershey Medical Center), host: Judith Bond, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology / Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology / Life Sciences Consortium (717-531-1045).

 

THURSDAY, 6 DECEMBER

"Analysis of the Interaction Between the N-Terminal Domain of Yeast TAF145 (TAND) and the TATA Box Binding Protein," Jordan Irvin, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Franklin Pugh, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"The Initial-Boundary-Value Problem in Numerical General Relativity," Bela Szilagyi, University of Pittsburgh, 11:30 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"The Physics of Baseball" (Colloquium), Robert Adair, Yale University, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory (social at 3:30 p.m. in the Davey/Osmond overpass ), host: Murat Gunaydin, Department of Physics (863-0144).

 

FRIDAY, 7 DECEMBER

"Protein Transport Across the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Membrane," Karin Romisch, University of Cambridge, 2:30 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Davis T. W. Ng, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Rotating Shafts, Shallow-Water Waves, and Toda Flows," Roberto Camassa, University of North Carolina, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Assessment of the Value of Pennsylvania Field-Based-Crop-Management Records," Janis Pruss, Penn State, 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, 3:35 p.m., Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

 

SATURDAY, 8 DECEMBER and SUNDAY, 9 DECEMBER

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Additions or cancellations will be noted on weekly Science Seminar listings on the Web.

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