SCIENCE SEMINARS: SEPTEMBER 27 TO OCTOBER 3, 1999
SCIENCE SEMINARS: SEPTEMBER 27 TO OCTOBER 3, 1999
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
"Bleomycins: Anticancer DNA Cleavage Agents" and "The Molecular Basis for the Anticancer Activity of Cisplatin," Steve Hussey and Dan Clark, Penn State, 11:15 a.m, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-4041).
"A Linear-Nonlinear Formulation of Einstein Equations for the Two-Body Problem in General Relativity," Pablo Laguna, Penn State, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
"Fungal-Pathogen-Induced Sesquiterpene Phytoalexin Metabolism: Pathway Regulation and Signal Transduction," Wayne Curtis, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).
"Magnetoelectronic Materials: Physics and Applications," Gang Xiao, Brown University, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Qi Li, Department of Physics (863-5347).
"On the Molecular Mechanism of Bcl-2 Family Regulation of Programmed Cell Death," Richard J. Youle, National Institutes of Health, 4:00 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Teh-hui Kao, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
"Rising Bubbles with Cusp-like Tails in Non-Newtonian Fluids," Andrew Belmonte, Penn State, 4:30 p.m., 311 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Statistical Inference for Deterministic Simulation Models: The Bayesian
Modeling Approach" (Clogg Lecture), Adrian E. Raftery, University of Washington,
8:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
"Modeling and Design of Drying Processes in the Production of Polymeric Coatings," Richard Allan Cairncross, Drexel University, 9:45 a.m., 117 Borland Laboratory, host: John M. Tarbell, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-4801).
"Introduction to Lie Algebras: II," Alexander Chindiapine, Penn State, 1:00 p.m., 362 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"A Meta-Logic for Sequent Calculus," Dale Miller, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 122 Thomas Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"Effective Field Theory for the Initial Conditions in High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions," Raju Venugopalan, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Mark Strikman, Department of Physics (865-7382).
"Epidemiology of Diabetes in Pennsylvania: Opportunities for Intervention," Ibrahim Ibrahim, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 110 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).
"Ribosomal Frameshifting as a Target for Anti-viral Therapeutics," Steven
Tizio, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry
(863-0889).
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
"Electrochemical and Optical Techniques in Microscopic Domains and Their Application for Cancer Research at the Single-Cell Level," Miklos Gratzl, Case Western Reserve University, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8461).
"Male Meiotic Function of the Arabidopsis ASK1 Gene," Ming Yang, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (865-7069).
"Reducing Your Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET)/Upgraded Fiber Optical Echelle
(UFOE) Data with UFOE Red in Image Reduction and Analysis Facility (IRAF),"
Chris Churchill, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 541 Davey Laboratory, Department
of Astronomy and Astrophysics (865-0418).
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
"Recruitment of Chromatin-Modifying Complexes to Promoters by Activators Stimulates Transcription from Nucleosome Arrays," Kristen Neeley, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Jerry Workman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (865-3072).
(title to be announced), Antal Balog, Mathematics Institute (Hungary), 11:15 a.m., 220 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).
"First Results from the Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment (STACEE) Gamma Ray Astronomy Project," David Hanna, McGill University (Canada), 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Stephane Coutu, Department of Physics (865-2015).
"Agr Genotyping in Relationship to Coagulated Genotyping and Toxin Production of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates," Isis Kanevsky, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 16 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: L. Sordillo, Department of Veterinary Science (863-5786).
"Evolutionary Biology and Statistics" (Krishnaiah Lecture), Masatoshi
Nei, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 62 Willard Building, Department of Statistics
(865-1348).
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
(title to be announced), Heidi Appel and Maryann Frazier, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 504 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).
"Towards an Application of New Connection Variables to Numerical Relativity," Hisaaki Shinkai, Penn State, 2:20 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Gravitational Physics and Geometry (863-9605).
"Dynamics of He in Fullerene Cages C60 and C70," Chris Gray, University
of Guelph (Canada), 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry
(863-0119).
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 and SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3
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