SCIENCE SEMINARS: APRIL 5 TO 11, 1999
SCIENCE SEMINARS: APRIL 5 TO 11, 1999
MONDAY, APRIL 5
"Glassy Vortex Phases: What is Glassy About Them?" (condensed, atomic, and molecular physics), Shobo Bhattacharya, NEC Research Institute, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-7534).
"PCR Techniques as a Means for Detection of Phytophthora infestans: A Review of Recent Work," Cory Sica, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).
"Mechanism of Receptor Signaling in Bacterial Chemotaxis," Jeffry B. Stock, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Tracy Nixon, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Why Surfaces are the Favorite Media of Evolution and Modern Technologies:
The Secret is Out," Gabor Somorjai, University of California, 8:00 p.m.,
102 Thomas Building, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).
TUESDAY, APRIL 6
"Special Values of the Characteristic p Gamma Function," Matthew Papanikolas, Penn State, 9:15 a.m., 110 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Surface Science at High Pressures," Gabor Somorjai, University of California, 1:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).
"Coarse Baum-Connes for Spaces Which Are Uniformly Embeddable in Euclidean Space," Nigel Higson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 117 Borland Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Path Integral Evaluation of Dbrane Exchange Amplitudes," Shyamoli Chaudhuri, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
"Mechanism of RNA-Catalyzed Phosphoryl Transfer Revealed by Modified Nucleic Acids," Joseph Piccirilli, University of Chicago, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0889).
"Regulations and Functions of the Touch-Induced Genes Encoding Calmodulin-Related and XET Proteins of Arabidopsis," Janet Braam, Rice University, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Sarah Assmann, Department of Biology (863-9579).
"The Metabolic and Somatogenic Effects of Growth Hormone: How Do They
Occur?," Terry Etherton, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 209 South Henderson Building,
Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7
"Polymer Surface Science," Gabor Somorjai, University of California, 9:30 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).
"Electrochemical Synthesis and Optical Properties of Complex Metal Nanostructures," Colby Foss, Georgetown University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).
"Altered Gene Expression During Ozone-Induced Accelerated Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis," Jennifer Miller, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-0323).
"Families of Homoclinic Solutions in Unstable Resonant Systems," Gregor Kovacic, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Probing Supermassive Black Holes with X-ray Spectroscopy," Chris Reynolds, University of Colorado, 4:00 p.m., 525 Davey Laboratory, host: Niel Brandt, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
"A Structural Basis for Two-Component Signal-Transduction Systems," Tracy Nixon, Penn State, 4:30 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Jean Brenchley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Commutative Homogeneous Spaces" (Weisfeiler lecture), Ernest Vinberg,
Moscow University (Russia), 4:30 p.m., 104 McAllister Building, Department
of Mathematics (865-7527).
THURSDAY, APRIL 8
"Sensing and Control in Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detectors: The Key to Interferometer Locking," Nergis Mavalvala, California Institute of Technology, 10:00 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
(title to be announced), Robert Milner, Penn State, 10:30 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).
"A Novel Iron-Sulfur Flavo-Protein Family from Diverse Procaryotes," Tong Zhao, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Greg Ferry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Derivatives of Eisenstein Series and Arithmetic," Steve Kudla, University of Maryland, 11:15 a.m., 311 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Polymerization in Supercritical Fluid-Swollen Polymers," Michael Hofmann, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).
"Quasicrystals" (colloquium), Pat Thiel, Iowa State University, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-7534).
"Natural Flow Variation and Habitat Use by Fish in a Large River," Brian Mangan, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-7221).
"Geometry of Uniform Minimal-Variance Unbiased Estimators (UMVUE's) from Categorical Data," Abram Kagan, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
"Collapsing and the Differential Form Laplacian," John Lott, University
of Michigan, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics
(865-7527).
FRIDAY, APRIL 9
"Ecology and Behavior of Microdon (Diptera: Syrphiae): An Aggressive Mimic of Ants," Gregory Paulson, Shippensburg University, 11:15 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).
"Lessons from the Land," Reed Noss, Society of Conservation Biology, 1:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology/School of Forest Resources/Department of Geography/Department of Landscape Architecture/ Department of Biology/Science Technology and Society Program (863-7221).
"Transient Species and Three-Body Collisions," Robert E. Continetti, University of California, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-0119).
"Mathematical Models of Dynamic Surface Tension in Coating Curtains,"
David Ross, Kodak Corporation, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department
of Mathematics (865-7527).
SATURDAY, APRIL 10
(none)
SUNDAY, APRIL 11
(none)
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