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 September 2006

MONDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER through WEDNESDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER

(none)

THURSDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER

"All Models are Wrong: How Do We Know Which are Useful?" (Darcy lecture), Eileen Poeter, Colorado School of Mines, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

"Semiconductor Spintronics and Nanomagnetism," Michael Flatté, University of Iowa, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, hosts: Nitin Samarth and Peter Schiffer, Department of Physics (863-0136 or 865-5982).

FRIDAY, 8 SEPTEMBER

"Moving Electrons Around to the Most Unusual Places: Microbial Extracellular Electron Transport," Ken Nealson, University of California, 11:15 a.m., Kappe Environmental Engineering Laboratories + Penn State Institutes of the Environment + College of Engineering Environmental Institute (865-1781).

"In-Vitro and In-Vivo Analysis of Aryl-Hydrocarbon-Receptor Regulation by the Hepatitis-B Virus X-Associated Protein-2," Brett Hollingshead, Penn State, 1:30 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Gary Perdew, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-0400).

"The Continuum Mechanics of Turbulence: A Generalized Navier-Stokes Alpha Equation with Complete Boundary Conditions," Eliot Fried, Washington University, 3:30 p.m, 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

SATURDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER and SUNDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER

(none)

 

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Additions or cancellations will be noted on weekly Science Seminar listings on the Web.

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