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

3 to 9 NOVEMBER 2003

 

MONDAY, 3 NOVEMBER

"Biological Consequences of Dosage-Dependent Gene Regulation in Multicellular Eukaryotes with Special Reference to Hybrid Vigor," James Birchler, University of Missouri, 12:20 p.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, host: David Braun, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Microscopic-Lorentz-Invariance Violation Implies Macroscopic-Lorentz-Invariance Violation," John Collins, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry + Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

"Comparative Genomics of Genes for Secondary Metabolism in Filamentous Fungi," Gillian Turgeon, Cornell University, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"The Algebraic-Index Theorem (After Nest and Tsygan): Part I," Nigel Higson, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 104 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Managing Rhabdocline Needlecast on Douglas Fir in Pennsylvania," Rick Bates, Penn State, 3:50 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Biomedicine in the Atomic Age: The U.S. Army Environmental Center's Radioisotope Distribution Program," Angela N.H. Creager, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 102 Weaver Building, College of the Liberal Arts Science-Medicine-Technology in Culture Initiative + Institute for Arts and Humanities + Department of History + Department of English + Rock Ethics Institute (865-1367).

"Using Electron Microscopy and Image Analysis to Define Structure-Function in Eukaryotic Transcription," Eva Nogales, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: B. Tracy Nixon, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

 

TUESDAY, 4 NOVEMBER

"Personal Experience in the Application of Chemical Engineering to Nontraditional Fields, and Recent Research Topics in General Electric Plastics," William Banholzer, General Electric Plastics, 11:30 a.m. 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Antonios Armaou, Department of Chemical Engineering (865-5316).

"The Mean-Ergodic Theorem in Weak Subsystems of Second-Order Arithmetic," Ksenija Simic, Carnegie Mellon University, 2:30 p.m., 324 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Mutual Composite Fermion in Bi-Layer-Quantum-Hall Systems: Is There a Finite-Temperature-Kosterlize-Thouless Phase Transition?" Jinwu Ye, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-7533).

"Dirt, Guts, and Muscles: Integrative Biology of Variation in the Competitive Ability of Male Dragonflies," James Marden, Penn State, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Doug Cavener, Department of Biology (863-0278).

"RNA Conformational Changes: A Tale of Thermodynamics and Riboregulation," Andrew L. Feig, Indiana University, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Philip Bevilacqua, Department of Chemistry (863-3812).

 

WEDNESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER

"In-Vitro Evolution of Functional DNA Using Capillary Electrophoresis," Michael Bowser, University of Minnesota, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Andrew Ewing, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"Volcano Show: Birth of an Island" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"The Influence of Acid Soils on the Mychorrizal Symbiosis of Sugar Maple," Sam St. Clair, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"Insulin-Like-Growth-Factor-1 (IGF-1) and Bone: The Mouse Connection," Clifford J. Rosen, St. Joseph Hospital, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferenced from College of Medicine), host: Terri Wood, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology + Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (717-531-8982).

"Manipulating the Arachidonate Cascade in Mice: What Have We Learned?" Colin D. Funk, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Sandeep Prabhu, Department of Veterinary Science (863-8976).

 

THURSDAY, 6 NOVEMBER

"Algebraic Properties of a Family of Generalized Laguerre Polynomials," Farshid Hajir, University of Massachusetts, 11:15 a.m., 325 Sackett Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Purification and Characterization of Yeast SAS (Something-About-Silencing) Protein Complex," Wei-Jong Shia, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Jerry Workman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"The Paramyxovirus Simian-Virus 5 (SV5): V- and P-Protein-Encoding-Gene Products and Interacting Host Proteins," Jason Aligo, Penn State, 11:45 a.m. (refreshments at 11:30 a.m.), 317 Mueller Laboratory, Intercollege Program in Genetics (865-6903, lee11@psu.edu, or http://www.genetics.psu.edu/Seminars/Colloquium.htm).

"Non-Natural Cellular Receptors and Related Synthetic Cellular Probes," Blake Peterson, Penn State, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-2969).

"Adventures in Polymer Blends: Connections Between Theory and Experiments," Jane Lipson, Dartmouth College, 1:15 p.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"Irrationality Measures Using Integration by Parts," Krishnaswami Alladi, University of Florida, 2:30 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Optical Frequency Standards, Measurements, and Their Applications" (Mueller lecture), John Hall, JILA (formerly Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics), 3:50 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Kurt Gibble, Department of Physics (863-5343).

"New Weighted Rogers-Ramanujan Identities (Mod 6 and 7) and Their Analytic Representations," Krishnaswami Alladi, University of Florida, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Haplotype-Map Project: Refiguring the Genome with Respect to Population (and Politics)," Malia Fullerton, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 102 Weaver Building, College of the Liberal Arts Science-Medicine-Technology in Culture Initiative + Institute for Arts and Humanities + Department of History + Department of English + Rock Ethics Institute (865-1367).

(title to be announced), Geary Schwemmer and David Miller, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

 

FRIDAY, 7 NOVEMBER

"Elementary Steps in Catalysis: Looking at and Learning from Bare-Transition-Metal-Ion Chemistry," Helmut Schwarz, Technical University of Berlin (Germany), 10:30 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: A. W. Castleman, Department of Chemistry (865-7242).

"Polydnavirus Genes and Genomes: From Molecular Biology to Pest Management," Bruce Webb, University of Kentucky, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, hosts: Kelli Hoover and Liwang Cui, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"The Relationship Among Honey Bees, Viruses, and Varroa Mites," Miaoqing Shen, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 504 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, hosts: Diana Cox-Foster and Liwang Cui, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Eastern Tent Caterpillars Induce Equine Abortions: Building the Case for an Unprecedented Association," Bruce Webb, University of Kentucky, 2:30 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, hosts: Kelli Hoover and Liwang Cui, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Asymptotic Dimension and Property A for Groups Acting on Metric Spaces," Greg Bell, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 104 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Aging and Neurotransmitter Control of Skin Blood Flow," Caitlin Thompson, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

"The Detection and Analysis of Presynaptic Mechanisms Modulating Exocytotic Neurotransmitter-Release Events from Single PC12 Cells Utilizing Amperometry and Electron Microscopy," Leslie Sombers, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8063).

 

SATURDAY, 8 NOVEMBER and SUNDAY, 9 NOVEMBER

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