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

9 to 15 December 2002

 

MONDAY, 9 DECEMBER

"Baculovirus Molecular Pathology: Programming Actin," Loy Volkman, University of California, 11:00 a.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"Artificial Photosynthetic-Reaction Centers: Transition-Metal Polypyridine Complexes as Models for Light-Harvesting Antenna Systems," Kari Stone, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-9163).

"Pasture Plants, Grazing Systems, and Agroecology," Heather Karsten, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 10 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (863-3371).

"Recent Developments in Imino Diels-Alder Reactions," Adiel Coca, Penn State, 1:15 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-2374).

"Genetic Analysis of Early Blight Resistance in an F1 Diploid Hybrid Potato Population," Ruofang Zhang, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"The Central-Limit Theorem for (\phi,f)-Mixing Maps," Nicolai Haydn, University of Southern California, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Strategies to Prevent Overweight in Children and Adolescents," William H. Dietz, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention," 4:00 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Nutrition (865-3448).

 

TUESDAY, 10 DECEMBER

"Tree Forcing at Uncountable Cardinals," Elizabeth Theta Brown, Dartmouth College, 2:30 p.m., 312 Boucke Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Quantum Information in Atoms and Photons," Aephraim Steinberg, University of Toronto, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Peter Schiffer, Department of Physics (865-5982).

"Molecular Mechanisms of Interferon Resistance in Hepatitis-C Virus," Nancy Washton, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (863-8219).

"Structural Regions of Myosin That Influence Drosophila-Muscle-Fiber Kinetics and Locomotion," Douglas Swank, University of Vermont, 4:00 p.m. (refreshments at 3:45 p.m.), host: James Marden, Department of Biology (863-0278).

 

WEDNESDAY, 11 DECEMBER

"Control of Energy Transport in Conjugated Polymers Using an Ordered Mesoporous Silica Matrix" by Sanjini Nanayakkara and "Using Polymerized Crystalline Colloidal Arrays as Sensors" by Mary Anderson, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory (863-8220).

"Role of the Pollen Allergen and Beta-Expansin Zea m1 in Pollen Development and Fertilization, Elene Valdivia, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 107 Wartik Laboratory, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology (863-3892).

"Don't Go Breakin' My Heart: The Cardiac Response to Viral Infection," Barbara Sherry, North Carolina State University, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Biao He, Department of Veterinary Science (863-8533).

 

THURSDAY, 12 DECEMBER

"Isogenous Elliptic Curves," Ling Long, Institute for Advanced Study, 11:15 a.m., 371 Willard Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Effects of Simultaneous Wall-Shear Stress and Circumferential Strain on the Expression of Certain Endothelial-Cell Junctional Proteins" by Danielle Berardi, "The Effect of Pulsatile Flow and Circumferential Strain on Cox-2 and eNOS Endothelial-Cell Gene Expression" by Michael Dancu, "The New Techniques to Eliminate the Zero-Velocity Bias of the Near-Wall Particle-Imaging Velocimetry" by Pramote Hochareon, and "Controlling the Direction of Microtubule Movements Using Microlithography" by Samira Moorjani, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 210 Hallowell Building (video conferencing to College of Medicine), Department of Bioengineering (865-1407).

"Analysis of Large Two-Way (Micro and Protein) Arrays," Stanley Young, National Institute of Statistical Sciences, 4:00 p.m., 102 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

The Microphysical Origin of Mass," John Bagger, Johns Hopkins University, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Murat Gunaydin, Department of Physics (863-0144).

"Some Problems in Noncommutative Differential Geometry," Boris Tsygan, Northwestern University, 4:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

 

FRIDAY, 13 DECEMBER

"The Role of the Blycocalyx in Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions" by Aaron Mulivor, "Ca 2+i- Independent-Signaling Mechanism in Tumor-Cell-Induced Endothelial Junction Disassembly" by Hsin-Hsin Peng, PMN-assisted Melanoma-Cell Adhesion to the Endothelium: Experimental Results and Mathematical Model" by Maggie Slattery, and "Design of a High-Frequency Annular Array for Medical Imaging" by Kevin Snook, Penn State, 12:15 p.m., 210 Hallowell Building (video conferencing to College of Medicine), Department of Bioengineering (865-1407).

"Photochemical Behavior of Urocanic Acid in the Ultraviolet-A Region," Elizabeth Hatcher, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Department of Chemistry (865-6441).

"Multigrid and Schwarz Methods for Time-Harmonic Maxwell Equations," Jay Gopalakrishnan, University of Florida, 3:30 p.m., 102 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Evaluating Soil Management Using Labile Soil Organic-Matter Fractions as Indicators of Soil Quality," Steven Mirsky, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

 

SATURDAY, 14 DECEMBER and SUNDAY, 8 DECEMBER

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