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5 to 11 NOVEMBER 2001
MONDAY, 5 NOVEMBER "Data and Infrastructure Issues in Mobile Information Access,"
Wang-Chien Lee, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 9:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505). "Iterative Approach to Polycyclic Ethers Based on Stereoselective
Oxonium Ylide [2,3]-Shift," Daniela Vidoulova, Penn State, 11:15
a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-2374). "Superconductive Microwave Devices," Daniel Oates, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, 12:00 noon, 339 Davey Laboratory, Department
of Physics (863-0007). "The Pittston Tomato Project," Chrystie Beattie, Penn State,
12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-2191). "Commercial Applications and Importance of Phytases from Fungi,"
Patrick Collopy, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department
of Plant Pathology (863-4498). "Ratio-Dependent Predator-Prey and Immunological Models," F.
Berezovsky, Howard University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department
of Mathematics (865-7527). "Dissection of Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms: Extracting Biological
Insight from Chemical Minutiae," J. Martin Bollinger Jr., Penn State,
4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology (865-3072). (title to be announced), Claudia Probart, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108
Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448). "Redshift~6 Quasars From the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS): Probing
the Reionization Epoch," Xiaohui Fan, Princeton University, 4:00
p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418). "Future Directions in Environmental Health Research," Kenneth
Olden, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 4:30 p.m.,
101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Gary Perdew,
Environmental Consortium (865-0400). "Forming and Bifurcations of Traveling Waves in General Population
Models with Auto-Chemotaxis," G. Karev, National Institutes of Health,
4:40 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
TUESDAY, 6 NOVEMBER "Transcription Factor dAP-2 in Drosophila Leg and Nervous System
Development," Jizhong Zou, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory,
host: Pam Mitchell, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072). "Ramsey's Theorem and Computability Theory," Tamara Lakins,
Allegheny College, 2:30 p.m., 306 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics
(865-7527). "Fundamental Physics Using Diatomic Molecules: From CP Violation
to Quantum Computation," David DeMille, Yale University, 3:30 p.m.,
339 Davey Laboratory, host: Kurt Gibble, Department of Physics (863-5343). "High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions: From Early Stages to Equilibrium,"
A. H. Mueller, Columbia University, 3:30 p.m., 112 Osmond Laboratory,
Department of Physics (865-7534). "How Plants Protect Themselves Against Pathogens: Molecular Analysis
of Plant-Pathogen Interactions," Ramesh Raina, Penn State, 4:00 p.m.
(refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Douglas Cavener,
Department of Biology (863-0278). "Structural and Kinetic Bases of tRNA Selection on the Ribosome,"
Ellen Moody, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department
of Chemistry (863-1962). "Gravitational Waves: Probing Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and the Earliest Moments of the Universe," Kip S. Thorne, California Institute of Technology, 8:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building, Center for Gravitational Wave Physics (863-9605).
WEDNESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER "Attention and Awareness in Aging and Dementia," Anna Barrett,
Penn State, 12:00 noon, 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferenced from
Hershey Medical Center), Geriatric Education Center of Pennsylvania and
Gerontology Center (865-1710). "Speciation via Hybridization in a Diploid Bisexual Animal? Hybridization
is Associated with a Host Shift in Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae),"
Dietmar Schwarz, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 317 Mueller Laboratory, Institute
of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (865-7030). "Proteomics of Arabidopsis thaliana Chloroplasts," Klaas van
Wijk, Cornell University, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, host: Melissa
Ho, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892). "Cross-Talk Between the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor and Signal Transduction
Pathways," Alvara Puga, University of Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m., 101
Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Gary Perdew, Life
Sciences Consortium (865-0400). "Ecological Experiments: Where Should We Do Them and Why?"
Dave Skelly, Yale University, 3:35 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Intercollege
Graduate Program in Ecology (863-5895). "Astrophysics Face the Millenium," Virginia Trimble, University
of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Peter Mészáros,
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418). "Quality Control of ER Protein Folding," Davis Ng, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferenced from Hershey Medical Center), Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Life Sciences Consortium (717-531-1045 or http://www.bmb.psu.edu/deptpage/ng.htm)
THURSDAY, 8 NOVEMBER "Monitoring Extracellular Dopamine and Glutamate in the Brain"
(neuroscience seminar), Adrian Michael, University of Pittsburgh, 10:30
a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Andrew G. Ewing, Department of Chemistry
(865-6553 or 863-5494). "Global-Expression Analysis of TBP Repression Mechanisms,"
Kathryn Huisinga, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host:
Frank Pugh, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072). "The Prime Number Race," Kevin Ford, University of Illinois,
11:15 a.m., 208 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527). "Socratic Dialogue on Evolutionary Science," Phil Skell, Penn
State, 12:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-5652). "Morse Homology and Currents: Part III," David Hurtubise, Penn
State, 3:35 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527). "Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations as a Tool for Information Analysis,"
Qiang Du, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering (865-9505). "Color Transparency: Pushing Hard on all the Quarks at Once"
(colloquium), Steve Heppelmann, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory,
host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382). "The Complex Elliptical Distributions with Applications to Shape Analysis," Dipak Dey, University of Connecticut, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
FRIDAY, 9 NOVEMBER "Compiler Optimizations for Low Power and Low Energy," Ulrich
Kremer, Rutgers University, 9:00 a.m., 62 Willard Building, Department
of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505). "Gravitational Waves from Black Hole Mergers," Bernd Bruegmann,
Albert Einstein Institute (Germany), 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory,
Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605). "The State of Algebraic Multigrid Research: Why are we Where we
are, and Where are we Going?" Van Emden Henson, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, 2:00 p.m., 115 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Mathematics
(865-7527). "Predicting Rare Events in Molecular Dynamics," James B. Anderson,
Penn State, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry
(865-3933). "Is It the Fat or Where It's 'At'? Obesity, Fat Distribution, Weight
Loss, and Breathing," Tony Babb, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas,
3:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3454). "Geometry and Physics of Proteins," Jayanth Banavar, Penn State,
3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527). "Biostimulants: What are they and Where do they Fit in Turfgrass
Management?" Gordan Kauffman, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural
Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
(863-1601). "International Trends in Air-Quality Indices," William Hunt, North Carolina State University, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
SATURDAY, 10 NOVEMBER (none)
SUNDAY, 11 NOVEMBER "When Black Holes Collide" (Friedman lecture), Pablo Laguna, Penn State, 2:00 p.m., 100 Thomas Building, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
********** Additions or cancellations will be noted on weekly Science Seminar listings on the Web. ********** Reporters for Science Seminars and the areas they cover are as follows: [agriculture: Kay Moore] [agronomy: Madeline Laubach and Charles Mancino] [anthropology: Alan Walker] [astrobiology: Linda Decker] [astronomy and astrophysics: Sue Tighe and Laura Sproat] [biochemistry and molecular biology: Tamara Housel] [biology: Paula Farwell] [center for gravitational physics and geometry: Karen Brewster] [center for materials physics: Barbara Itinger] [ceramic science and engineering: April Benson] [chemical engineering: Ruth Smith] [chemistry: Teresa Beck] [computer science and engineering: Nancy Clark and Karen Alise Corl] [earth and mineral sciences: Linda Spangler] [intercollege graduate program in ecology: Debra Putt] [education: Tom Dana] [energy institute: Kelly Jo Rhoades] [entomology: Thelma Brodzina] [intercollege graduate program in genetics: Paula Farwell] [life sciences consortium: Janice Kennedy] [mathematics: Flossie Dunlop] [intercollege graduate program in nutrition: Judy Jones] [physics: Amy Long] [intercollege graduate program in physiology: LuAnn Weatherholtz] [intercollege graduate program in plant physiology: Janice Kennedy] [poultry science: Ruth Nyman] [science, technology, and society program: Karen Snare] [statistics: Bonnie Cain] [veterinary science: Loretta Muchinsky]. NOTICE: PRESS RELEASES AVAILABLE This publication is available in alternative media on request. Penn State is an affirmative action, equal opportunity university. Penn State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact the office in charge of the seminar in advance of your attendance. U.Ed. SCI 02-52 This issue of SCIENCE SEMINARS was produced by Andrew E. Elder and Leta A. Krumrine.
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