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

8 to 14 APRIL 2002

 

MONDAY, 8 APRIL

"Approaches to Providing Quality of Service for Scalable Voice-Over-Internet-Provider Networks," Feng Cao, Cisco Systems, 10:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"The Pittston Tomato Project," John Esslinger, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

"Biological Control of Soil-Borne Plant Diseases Caused by Pythium spp.," Paola Ramon, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Coping with External Stress" (Stone lecture), Thomas J. Silhavy, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Paul Babitzke, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

 

TUESDAY, 9 APRIL

"Structural Studies on Sinorhizobium meliloti DctD Related to Adenosinetriphosphate (ATP)- Binding and Activation," Sung-dae Park, Penn State, 8:30 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Tracy Nixon, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

(title to be announced), Jon Pearce, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Paul Sokol, Department of Physics (863-5811).

"New Insights Into Retroviral Genome Recognition and Packaging," Michael Summers, University of Maryland, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, host: Chris Falzone, Department of Chemistry (863-8605).

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(title to be announced), Richard H. Jahns, South Dakota School of Mines, 4:00 p.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Geosciences (865-7394).

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"Teaching General Chemistry via a Materials-Centered Curriculum: Reinvigorating Engineering Education," Don Sadoway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Materials Science Colloquium and Materials Research Institute's Frontiers in Materials Seminar Series (865-4992).

"Using Drosophila to Explore Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration," Leo Pallanck, University of Washington, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Richard Ordway, Department of Biology (863-0278).

 

WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL

"Surface Analysis Using Sum Frequency Generation" by Ed Smiley and "Development of Accelerometer Mass Spectrometry for Bioanalytical Research" by Qian Chen, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-0493 or 863-8221).

"Role of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase in Arabidopsis," Hernan Mauricio Romero, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 105 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Tachyon Dynamics," Ashoke Sen, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Murat Gunaydin, Department of Physics (863-0144).

"Parasite Adaptations to Dynamic Hosts: Bordetella and Their Phage," Jeff Miller, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Eric Harvill, Department of Veterinary Science (863-8522).

"Structure and Function of Diverse Proteins Implicated in Postsnyaptic Targeting and Anchoring of g-aminobutyric acid-A(GABA-A) Receptors," Bernhard Luscher, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (video conferencing from Hershey Medical Center), Cell and Molecular Biology Program and Life Sciences Consortium (717-531-1045).

"Quantum Teleportation and the Nature of Physical Reality" (Chemerda lecture #1 of 3), Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna (Austria), 8:00 p.m., 101 Thomas Building, host: Wolfgang Ernst, Department of Physics (865-6123).

 

THURSDAY, 11 APRIL

"Characterization of Distributed Simulation Interface Framework (DSIF) and Nasal Embryonic LHRH Factor (NELF) in Promoter Proximal Pausing on the Heat Shock Protein (HSP)-70 Promoter," Chwen-Huey Wu, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: David Gilmour, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Mirror Moonshine Phenomenon," Noriko Yui, Queens University, 11:15 a.m., 201 Electrical Engineering West Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Island Endemism: Relict Lineages, Adaptive Radiation, and Ongoing Extinction in Madagascar," Scott Armbruster (faculty candidate), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biology (865-4562).

"Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Communication with Entangled Photons" (Chemerda lecture #2 of 3), Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna (Austria), 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Wolfgang Ernst, Department of Physics (865-6123).

 

FRIDAY, 12 APRIL

"The Active-Streams Approach to Adaptive Distributed Systems," Fabian Bustamante, Georgia Institute of Technology, 10:00 a.m., 302 Pond Laboratory, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (865-9505).

"Observational Evidence for Free Precession in a Radio Pulsar," Ingrid Stairs, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 11:00 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).

"Quantum Interference with Fullerenes and Other Macromolecules" (Chemerda lecture #3 of 3), Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna (Austria), 11:00 a.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Wolfgang Ernst, Department of Physics (865-6123).

"On Leps and Eggs," Sonny Ramaswamy, Kansas State University, 11:15 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Glenn Holbrook, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

(title to be announced), Joseph Hundley, Columbia University, 1:25 p.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Chromatin Insulators and Nuclear Organization" (Chromatin lecture #12 of 12), Victor Corces, Johns Hopkins University, 2:30 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (863-8256).

"Exercise, Quality of Life, and Recovery of CD4+ Lymphocytes Following Chemotherapy," Andrea Mastro, Penn State, 3:00 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3454).

"Flexible Bodies in Moving Fluids," Mike Shelley, Courant Institute, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527)."Summer Stress Tolerance and Forage Productivity of Chicory and Plantain in the Northeastern U.S.," Maria Labreveux, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

 

SATURDAY, 13 APRIL and SUNDAY, 14 APRIL

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