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 NOVEMBER 2002

 

MONDAY, 4 NOVEMBER

"Gravitational-Wave Asteroseismology," Kostas Kokkotas, University of Thesaloniki (Greece), 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry and Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).

"Physiological Responses of Maples to Excess Manganese and Light," Sam St. Clair, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Development and Synthetic Applications of Electron-Transfer-Initiated Cyclization Reactions," Paul Floreancig, University of Pittsburgh, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Tim Glass, Department of Chemistry (865-1898).

"Gene Flow Between Crop and Non-Crop Species: A Case Study With Wheat and Jointed Goatgrass," Lori Kroiss, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Stanford Linear Accelerator Center E-158: A Precision Measurement of Parity Violation in Moller Scattering," Brian Humensky, Princeton University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Doug Cowen, Department of Physics (863-5943).

"Biomaterials at the Beach: Metal-Protein Interactions in Mussel and Barnacle Adhesives," Jonathan Wilker, Purdue University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Squire Booker, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Disordered Eating and Neurobiology: Using Animal Models to Understand Cause and Effect," Rebecca L. Corwin, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

 

TUESDAY, 5 NOVEMBER

"Nonstandard Standard Systems," Roman Kossak, City University of New York, 2:30 p.m., 312 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Spatial Heterogeneity of Habitat and Species Coexistence," Yoh Iwasa, Institute for Advanced Study, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Ottar Bjornstad, Department of Biology (863-0278).

 

WEDNESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER

"Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Polyamidoamine Dendrimers," by Bianca Will and "Sub-Anngstrom Electron Microscopy" by Bryan Opit Holt, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-3463 and 863-7591).

"Hoxc8 Early Enhancer: A Paradigm for Studying Variation that Reflects Patterning Diversity," Cooduvalli Shashikant, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, host: Masatoshi Nei, Institute of Evolutionary Genetics (863-7334).

"Sll0088, an Open Reading Frame Involved in Photosystem-One Assembly in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803," Tao Wang, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Differential Equations, Duality, and Modular Invariance," Yi-Zhi Huang, Rutgers University, 2:30 p.m., 316 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Antibody-Complement Interactions at the Surface of Pathogenic Fungi," Thomas R. Kozel, University of Nevada, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Eric Harvill, Department of Veterinary Science (863-8522).

"Precessing Neutron Stars, Magnetic Fields, and Superconductivity," Ira Wasserman, Cornell University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Sam Finn, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Derangements and (0,1)-Matrices with Line Sum Two," Douglas Rogers, University of Hawaii, 5:00 p.m., 116 McAllister, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

THURSDAY, 7 NOVEMBER

"Blue-Plate Specials: X-Gal Hydrolyzing Bacillus Species," Stephanie Shipkowski, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Jean Brenchley, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Estimates on the Sizes of Gaps in the Fourier Expansion of Modular Forms," Emre Alkan, University of Wisconsin, 11:15 a.m., 371 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"That'll Do Fine," Douglas Rogers, University of Hawaii, 12:20 p.m., 273 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Nash Equilibrium," Mikhail Shubin, Northeastern University, 2:30 p.m., 103 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Dilution Priors for Model Uncertainty," Ed George, University of Pennsylvania, 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2003
"Optical Frequency Standards, Measurements, and Their Applications" (Mueller lecture #1 of 2), John L. Hall, JILA, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Kurt Gibble, Department of Physics and Eberly College of Science (863-5343).

"Discreteness of Spectrum for Schrodinger Operators," Mikhail Shubin, Northeastern University, 4:30 p.m. 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER

POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2003
"High Sensitivity, Simple and Accurate Frequency Measurement, and Low Timing-Jitter: Tools for Spectroscopic Fun" (Mueller lecture #2 of 2), John L. Hall, JILA, noon, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Kurt Gibble, Department of Physics (863-5343).

"Simulating Quantum Processes Using Entangled Classical Trajectories," Craig Martens, University of California, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry (865-6442).

"Terrorism and Other Extreme Events -- From an Insurance Actuarial Perspective," Tom Weidman, XL Global Services, 3:30 p.m., 103 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Riparian Forest-Buffer Inventory and Analysis for the Commonwealth of Virginia Using a Geographic-Information-Systems Approach," Ray Crew, Penn State, 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, 3:35 p.m., Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

"Luteal Phase Defects in Active Women: Endocrine and Metabolic Characteristics," Mary Jane DeSouza, University of Toronto, 4:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3454).

 

SATURDAY, 9 NOVEMBER and SUNDAY, 10 NOVEMBER

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