SCIENCE SEMINARS: SEPTEMBER 20 TO 26, 1999

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

"Retardation of Aging by Caloric Restriction: Is Insulin a Key Player?" (alliance with industry lecture), Mark Lane, National Institute on Aging, 12:00 noon, 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to other locations), Life Sciences Consortium (863-3792).

"Synchrotron Radiation Studies of the Fermi Surfaces of Magnetic Alloys," Michael Hochstrasser, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0117).

(title to be announced), Guyan Robertson, University of Newcastle, 3:35 p.m., 115 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Large-Scale Chromatin Structure and Dynamics," Andrew Belmont, University of Illinois, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Robert Simpson, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"New Developments in Measuring the Deuterium to Hydrogen Ratio," Ed Jenkins, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, host: Jane Charlton, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).

"Acoustics of a Porous Medium with Interfaces," Alexander Panchenko, Penn State, 4:30 p.m., 311 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

"Pulmonary Mechanics at the Cellular Scale," Roger D. Kamm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11:15 a.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to other locations), host: John M. Tarbell, Department of Chemical Engineering/Bioengineering Program/Life Science Consortium Biomolecular Transport Dynamics Option (863-4801).

"Random Sequences of 0's and 1's: II," Stephen G. Simpson, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 122 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Diffraction at the Hadron Electron Ring Accelerator (HERA): Implications for Nuclear Shadowing Phenomena," Mark Strikman, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 210 Davey Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-0117).

"Function of Polycomb Proteins and Imprinting During Reproduction in Arabidopsis," Robert Fischer, University of California, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m), 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Hong Ma, Department of Biology (863-6414).

"Nutrition and Arthritis," Roland Leach, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

"The Ringed Vertex Data Structure, Adaptive Multilevel Finite-Element Methods, and Their Implementation in MC," Michael Holst, University of California, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

"A Common Thread in the ABA Signaling Network of the Barley aleurone and Vicia faba Stomatal Guard Cell," Sian Ritchie, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).
 
 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

"A Novel Endoplasmic Reticulum Quality Control Pathway for Misfolded Proteins," Eric Spear, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Davis T. W. Ng, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).

"Quantum State Design, Measurement, and Control," John Yeazell, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 101 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Physics (863-5343).

"Crosstalk Between the PPARa and PKC Signaling Pathways," Joshua Gray, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).

(title to be announced), Lisa Valburg, Penn State, 3:45 p.m., 8 Mueller Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (863-3201).

"Supersymmetric Yang Mills and the Topology of Instanton Moduli Space," Mark Stern, Duke University, 4:00 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 
 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

"Mammary Gland Development and Breast Cancer: Insights from Transgenic and Knockout Mouse Models," Jeffrey Rosen, Baylor College of Medicine, 12:30 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video conferencing to other locations), Department of Dairy and Animal Science and Life Sciences Consortium (863-3650).

"Defects in Liquid Crystal Droplets: Numerical and Analytical Results from a Landau-de-Gennes Model," Chuck Gartland, Kent State University, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Ratner's Rigidity Theorems: II," Florence Newberger, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 307 Boucke Building,  Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
 
 

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 and SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

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