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5 to 11 FEBRUARY 2001
MONDAY, 5 FEBRUARY "Molecular Antennas: Advancements in Light-Harvesting Molecules," Ellen Feuster, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553). "Zeolites," David Vaughan, Penn State, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory,
Department of Physics "Alaska: Crude Awakening," video presentation, 12:05 p.m., 114 Deike Building, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (865-9517). "Biomimetic-Copper and Porphyrin-Iron-Copper-Coordination Complex Dioxygen Reactivity," Ken Karlin, John Hopkins University, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6235). "Mycelial Compatibility Groups in Texas Peanut Field Populations of Sclerotium rolfsii," Ameena Nalim, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761). "Some Problems About Geometry of Conjugate Classes Related to Sequential Dynamics," Dima Burago, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527). "Dirac Operators on Homogeneous Loop Spaces," Greg Landweber, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, 3:35 p.m., 103 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics (865-7527). "Ceramic-Matrix Composites: Applications, Advantages, and Necessary Future Developments," Dieter Sporn, Fraunhofer Institute (Germany), 4:00 p.m., 262 Willard Building, host: Evangelos Manias, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (863-2980). "Crust and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the Arabian Shield," Chuck Ammon, Saint Louis University, 4:00 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geosciences (865-6393). "Nutrition, Aging, and Immunity," Simin Meydani, U.S.Department of Agriculture,
4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with videoconferencing to other locations),
Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition and "Strategies Used by Molluscum Contagiosum Virus to Inhibit Apoptosis," Joanna Shisler (faculty candidate), National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Richard Frisque, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY "Engineering the Processing and Stabilities of Polycistronic Transcripts to Achieve Coordinated, Differential Expression of Genes," Christina Smolke, University of California at Berkeley, 10:00 a.m., 140 Fenske Laboratory, host: Kristen Fichthorn, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-4807). "Imaging Earth Structure and Earthquake Ruptures," Chuck Ammon, Saint
Louis University, 12:00 noon, "Diffusion-Limited Aggregation: Patterns and Fractals in Diffusion-Limited
Growth Far From Equilibrium," Leonard Sander, University of Michigan,
3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Milton Cole, Department "A Comparison of Demographic Variables, Food/Nutrient Intakes, Level
of Food Security, and Food/Nutrient Changes Among Food-Stamp and Non-Food-Stamp
Recipients," Katherine Carson, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., "Exercise and Sensory Integration: Role of the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius," Jeffrey Potts, Wayne State University, 4:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453). "Geochemical and Geophysical Imaging of Subduction-Zone Processes," Julie Morris, Washington University, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Geosciences (865-6393). "A Stable Spectral Element Family for the Stokes Problem: Numerical Study
and Application to Goda Scheme," Mejdi Azaiez, University Paul Sabatier
(France), 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department
WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY "The Many Faces of the Hole Argument: From Space-Time to Qunatum Statistics (With Some Advice on How to Avoid Falling Into It)," John Stachel, Boston University, 10:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605). "Dorsolateral Pons and Respiratory-Locomotor Coupling," Jeffrey Potts,
Wayne State University, "Optical Biosensors and Intracellular Analysis," Penelope Lewis, Penn State, and "Use of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for Space Exploration," Bart O'Brien, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6553). "T.Rex Exposed," video presentation, 12:05 p.m., 114 Deike Building, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (865-9517). "MADS-Box Gene Function in Plants: Flower Development and More," Hong
Ma, Penn State, "The Floral Genome Project," Claude dePamphilis, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892). "A Characterization of Classical Groups," Yuri Zarhin, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527). "Cytokine Biology: Lessons from IL-4," William Paul, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (videoconferenced from the College of Medicine), host: Michael Chorney, Life Sciences Consortium (717-531-1045). "Roles of the Nonstructural and Attachment Proteins in the Pathogenesis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection," Michael Teng (faculty candidate), National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Richard Frisque, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
THURSDAY, 8 FEBRUARY "Black Box Groups," Alexandre Borovik, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (England), 10:10 a.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527). "Atypical PKC and Memory Formation of Drosophila," Jerry Yin, Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory, "Transcriptional Regulation of yan During Drosophila Eye Development," Margaret Rohrbaugh, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Zhi-Chun Lai, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072). "New Light on the Einstein-Hilbert Priority Question," John Stachel,
New York University, 4:00 p.m., "The West Antarctic Ice Sheet From Below: Seismic Imaging of Subglacial
Conditions," Sridhar Anandakrishnan, University of Alabama, 4:00 p.m.,
301 Steidle Building, Department of Geosciences
FRIDAY, 9 FEBRUARY "Virtual Reality in Entomology," Alexi Sharov, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, "Amplitude vs. Offset: Inversion for Subglacial Porosity and Layer-Thickness
Determinations," Sridhar Anandakrishnan, University of Alabama, 12:00
noon, 244 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences "Toward Merging Economics and Ecology," David Finoff (faculty candidate),
University of Wyoming, "Bounded Cohomology and Hyperbolic Groups (After Mineyev)," Dan Farley,
Penn State, 3:35 p.m., "Synthesis, Characterization, and Cation Selectivity of Expandable Micas,"
Stephen Stout, Penn State, "Killing Tradition: Children and Guns at the Hegins Pigeon Shoot," Simor Bronner, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Geography (865-3433).
SATURDAY, 10 FEBRUARY "Challenge Amid Success in Human Genetics: Reflections on a Golden Age" (Frontiers Lecture #5 of 6), Ken Weiss, Penn State, 11:00 a.m., 100 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (863-8453 or http://www.science.psu.edu/alert/frontiers/FrontiersIndex.html).
SUNDAY, 11 FEBRUARY (none)
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