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

4 to 10 FEBRUARY 2002

 

MONDAY, 4 FEBRUARY

CANCELLED after email distribution
"Intramolecular [4+3] Cycloaddition: Preparation of 5,7 and 5,8-Fused Ring Compounds," David Dastrub, Penn State, 11:15 a.m. S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6079).

"Entropy and Mean Free Path for Dilute Gases," Nicolai Chernov, Institute for Advanced Study and University of Alabama, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527)

"Using Dendrochronology to Assess Radial Growth of Trees and Its Role in Forest Pathology," Matthew Fromm, Penn State, 3:30 p.m. 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Calcium Modulation of Adipocyte Metabolism and Human Obesity Risk," Michael B. Zemel, University of Tennessee, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Nutrition and Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (863-0772 or 865-3448).

"The Mechanism of Superoxide Dismutase Activation by Its Copper Chaperone," Audrey Lamb (faculty candidate), Northwestern University, 4:00 p.m. 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Song Tan, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

 

TUESDAY, 5 FEBRUARY

"Relativizations of the P=NP Question," Carl Mummert, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Degeneracy in a Dilute Fermi Gas and the Road to Superfluidity," Ken O'Hara, Duke University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: David Weiss, Department of Physics (863-3076).

"Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) Factorized Drell-Yan Cross-Section at Large Quantum Theory (QT)," Janwei Qiu, Iowa State University, 3:30 p.m., 210 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (865-7534).

"Antibodies May Offer New Hope for Curing Mad Cow and Other Prion Diseases," Christina Hood, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-9791).

"Mineral Dissolution Studied by Vertical Scanning Interferometry," Andreas Luttge, Rice University, 4:00 p.m., 26 Hosler Building, Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (863-8761).

"Regulation of Axillary Meristem Formation During Plant Development," Paula McSteen (faculty candidate), University of California, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biology (865-4562).

 

WEDNESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY

"Studying Subcellular Diversity: Electrophoretic Characterization of Individual Organelles," Edgar Arriaga, University of Minnesota, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Andrew Ewing, Department of Chemistry (865-6553).

"The Arabidopsis Protein, KATA, is a Kinesin That Functions in Spindle Assembly," Adam Marcus, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Sinai Billiards with Small External Forces," Nicolai Chernov, Institute for Advanced Study and University of Alabama, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Role of Retinoblatoma When Stimulated with Peroxisome Proliferatorsi," Katherine Burns, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Pamela Correll, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

"Sterol Transfer Proteins: Physiology, Pathophysiology, and the Meaning of Life," Jerome Strauss III, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferencing from Hershey Medical Center), host: Richard Legro, Departments of Medicine/Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, and the Life Sciences Consortium (717-531-1045).

 

THURSDAY, 7 FEBRUARY

"Applications of Modeling and Simulation in Computational Biology," Russell Schwartz, Celera Genomics, 10:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Redox Properties of Modified Quinone Acceptor in Photosystem I," Boris Zybailov, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: John Golbeck, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Models for Association in Cross-Classifications of Counts: Form and Function," Mark Becker, University of Minnesota, 4:00 p.m., 104 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Quantum States and Quantum Torques in Nano-Magnets," Dan Ralph, Cornell University, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Peter Schiffer, Department of Physics (865-5982).

"Flippers, Flappers, and Flip-Flops in DNA Binding," Thomas D. Schneider, National Cancer Institute, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

FRIDAY, 8 FEBRUARY

"A Random Walk on the Statistical Path," Mark Becker, University of Minnesota, 9:15 a.m., Eisenhower Auditorium Conference Room, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Acarodomatia and Its Mite Inhabitants: A Putative Defense Mutualism in Grapes," Greg English-Loeb, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 11:45 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Mike Saunders, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Adenosine-Triphosphate-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling Complexes for Transcription" (Chromatin lecture #4 of 11), Carl Wu, National Cancer Institute, 2:30 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-8256).

"Cluster Approaches to Solvation and Surface Chemistry," Mark S. Gordon, Iowa University, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry (865-6442).

"De Sitter Space and String Theory," Djordje Minic, Virginia Tech, 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Murat Gunaydin, Department of Physics (863-0144).

"Skeletal Muscle Fat Infiltration: Implications for Aging, Type 2 Diabetes, and Exercise," Brett Goodpastor, University of Pittsburgh, 3:00 p.m., Conference Room 127, Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3454).

"A Multilevel Nonlinear Method," I. Yavneh, Technion University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

SATURDAY, 2 FEBRUARY

"Frogs, Toads, and Other Amphibians as Indicators of Global Change: Translating Global Change Into Local Species Loss," (Frontiers lecture #4 of 6), Joe Kiesecker, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 100 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (863-8453).

 

SUNDAY, 3 FEBRUARY

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