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 October 2004

 

MONDAY, 4 OCTOBER

"Education Outreach Report," Andrew Greenberg and Ron Redwing, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0007).

"Regulation of Floral-Organ Identity in Arabidopsis by the SCF^UFO Ubiquitin Protein Ligase," Weimin Ni, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, host: Hong Ma, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-2626).

"Transition-Metal Catalysts on Polymeric Supports," Denise Conner, Penn State, 2:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry (865-3527).

"Building Bridges to Data: A New Challenge in Numerical Relativity," Deirdre Shoemaker, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"A Dual-Selection-Based, Targeted Gene-Knock-Out Method for Fungi," Chang-Hyun Khang, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Zero Exponents for SL(2,R) Cocycles," Bassam Fayad, University of Paris 13 (France), 3:30 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The United States in the World Floriculture Market," Debbie Hamrick, FloraCulture International, 3:50 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

"Mechanism and Regulation of the Protein Phosphatase Cdc25," Johannes Rudolph, Duke University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Squire Booker, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"The Role of Glutamate in the Control of Food Intake," Gilbert Burns, Washington State University, 4:00 p.m., 209 Henderson Building, Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

TUESDAY, 5 OCTOBER

"Life as a Lipid: Rafts, Dynamics, and Interactions," Erin Sheets, Penn State, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Bernhard Luscher, Department of Biology (863-0278).

"The Algebraic Interpretation of Classical and Intuitionistic Quantifiers," Dana Scott, Carnegie Mellon University, 2:30 p.m., 307 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Innovative Uses of Palm Pilots in Introductory-Level Geoscience Courses," Laura Fuertin, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

WEDNESDAY, 6 OCTOBER

"Water is for Fighting Over" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Carbon Nanotubes: A New Class of Chemical Sensor," Andrew Latham, Penn State, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Mary Beth Williams, Department of Chemistry (865-8859).

"Specific Metal-Ion Detection Using Thin Films," Elizabeth Bishop, Penn State, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Thomas Mallouk, Department of Chemistry (863-9637).

"The Anatomy of Chaos in Experimental Populations," Shandelle Henson, Andrews University, 3:30 p.m., 320 Whitmore Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"A High-Precision Astrometric Planet Search," Benjamin Lane, Massachusetts Institue of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Larry Ramsey, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0410).

"Combinatorial Regulation of the B-Cell Fate," Kay Medina, University of Chicago, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Andrew Henderson, Department of Veterinary Science (863-0340).

THURSDAY, 7 OCTOBER

TIME AND LOCATION CHANGED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Pattern Formation in Binary Fluids Confined Between Rough, Chemically-Heterogenerous Surfaces," Anna Balazs, University of Pittsburgh, 11:15 a.m., 135 Reber Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

TITLE CHANGED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Synchrotron-Based Studies of Sorption and Precipitation and Applications to Kinetics Analysis," Glenn Waychunas, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 12:00 noon, 301 Steidle Building, Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (865-1781).

"Computational Design of Nanostructures," Vincent Crespi, Penn State, 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Paul Weiss, Department of Chemistry (865-3693).

"Rapid Evaluation of Radiation Boundary Conditions," Stephen Lau, University of Texas, 12:30 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in a 1-D Process with Variable Length," Andre Toom, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil), 2:30 p.m., 122 Pond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

TITLE CHANGED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"New Insights on the Environmental Chemistry of Uranium from Spectroscopy and Microscopy Studies of Field Materials," John Zachara, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 3:15 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (865-1781).

"Imaging Extra-Solar Planets," Steinn Sigurdsson, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department of Physics (863-0165).

"Profile Sufficiency," Abram Kagan, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 104 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

"Topology, Categories, and Lambda-Calculus," Dana S. Scott, Carnegie Mellon University, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

TIME AND LOCATION CHANGED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Tropical Troposphere-Stratosphere Mass Exchange," Andy Dessler, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"The Green Refinery," Dale Simbeck, SFA Pacific, Inc., 4:15 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering (865-3437).

"Thermodynamic Formalism for Almost-Additive Sequences," Anna Mummert, Penn State, 6:15 p.m., 214 Hammond Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

FRIDAY, 8 OCTOBER

"Modeling and Experimental Approaches to Understanding Rates of Biogeochemical Processes at the Earth's Surface," Carl Steefel, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 10:00 a.m., 117 Earth-Engineering Science Building, Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (865-1781).

"Speciation via Hybridization Following the Host Shift of a Specialist Insect," Dietmar Schwarz, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Tillage and Landscape Position Effects on Carbon Sequestration," Michael Poteet, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

"From the Pore Scale to the Continuum Scale: Lattice Boltzmann to Field-Scale Models," Peter Lichtner, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1:10 p.m., 117 Earth-Engineering Science Building, Center for Environmental Kinetics Analysis (865-1781).

"Human Dominance of Earth's Ecosystems: The Case of Wetland-Plant-Community Shifts and their Ecological Consequences," Denice Wardrop, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"Prokaryotic Diversity in Extreme Environments," Jean Brenchley, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 341 Deike Building, Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (865-4074).

"Understanding the Geography of West Nile Virus," Stephen Guptill, United States Geological Survey (USGS), 4:00 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (863-1806).

SATURDAY, 9 OCTOBER and SUNDAY, 10 OCTOBER

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