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 October 2006

MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER

(title to be announced), Tom Beale, Duke University, 11:15 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Protein Domains in the Kinesin Superfamily," Jennelle Heyer, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Daniel Cosgrove, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology (863-3892).

"Seasonal Organic Phosphorus Mineralization in the Rhizosphere of a Neo-Tropical Savanna Grass," Juan Carlos Lopez, Penn State, 1:25 p.m., 118 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (865-5557).

"Use of Vinylidene Fluoride for the Synthesis of New Fluorinated Intermediates, New Monomers, New Fluorinated Copolymers, and Fuel-Cell Membranes," Bruno Ameduri, National Graduate School of Chemistry (France), 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Ayusman Sen, Department of Chemistry (863-2460).

"Regulators of Spore Pathways in Phytophthora infestans," Howard Judelson, University of California, 3:30 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (865-3761).

"Hausdorff Dimension of Oscillatory Motions for the Sitnikov Example and the Restricted Planar Circular Three-Body Problem," Vadim Kaloshin, Penn State, 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"College Students in Paradise: The Scott Arboretum of Swathmore College," Jeff Jabco, Swarthmore College, 4:00 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, Department of Horticulture (865-2571).

TUESDAY, 10 OCTOBER

"Wide-Energy-Range Measurement of the Single-Electron Spectrum of the Quantum-Hall System with Temperature-Limited Resolution," Ray Ashoori, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 3:30 p.m, 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jun Zhu, Department of Physics (865-4376).

"Functional Genomics: How to Get From Data to Understanding in Biology," Olga Troyanskaya, Princeton University, 4:00 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building--Berg Auditorium (with videoconferencing to Lecture Room D at College of Medicine), Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (865-1626).

ADDED AFTER EMAIL DISTRIBUTION:
"Single Molecule Studies of Enzyme Mechanisms," Gordon Hammes, Duke University, 4:00 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Steve Benkovic, Department of Chemistry (865-2882).

(title to be announced), Mike Hochella, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 4:00 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (865-2622).

WEDNESDAY, 11 OCTOBER

"Snowball Earth: Part Two" (video), 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (863-7073).

"Insides of the Auger-Hybrid Technique: Surface + Fluorescence," Jose Bellido, University of Adelaide (Australia), 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Paul Sommers, Department of Physics (865-3023).

"Regulation of T-Lineage Commitment in the Thymus," David L. Wiest, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 4:00 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, host: Na Xiong, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (863-2933 or email: nux1@psu.edu).

THURSDAY, 12 OCTOBER

"Processing of Materials by Electrophoretic Deposition," Omer Van der Biest, Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), 10:10 a.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (865-4992).

"The P-adic Satake Isomorphism and Crystalline-Galois Representations," Peter Schneider, University of Münster (Germany), 11:15 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Electricity Generation and Biohydrogen Production Using Microbial-Fuel Technologies," Bruce E. Logan, Penn State, 11:30 a.m., 111 Wartik Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering (863-1375).

"Origins and Early Evolution of Life: Heterotrophic vs. Chemotrophic," Eric Partridge and Beth Baumann, Penn State, 2:00 p.m., 240 Deike Building, Penn State Astrobiology Research Center (865-4074).

"Direct Methods in the Calculus of Variations," Paul Rabinowitz, University of Wisconsin, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

(title to be announced), Anantha Aiyyer, State University of New York, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building (refreshments at 3:30 p.m. in 529 Walker Building), Department of Meteorology (863-8566).

"Human-Triggered Earthquakes: A Result of Coupled Natural and Human Systems," Christian Klose, Columbia University, 4:00 p.m., 202 Research West Building, Department of Geosciences (865-7965).

"Particle Astrophysics of Gamma-Ray Burst," Peter Mészáros, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Reka Albert, Department of Physics (865-6123).

"Some Partial-Differential-Equation (PDE) Results of Aubry-Mather Type," Paul Rabinowitz, University of Wisconsin, 4:00 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Spatial-Contact Networks and Timing of Outbreaks in Epidemic Metapopulations: Theory, Data, and Statistics," Ottar Bjørnstad, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (865-1348).

FRIDAY, 13 OCTOBER

"Microbial Control of Codling Moth: The Search for Weapons of Moth Destruction," Lerry Lacey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 11:15 a.m., 107 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Entomology (865-1895).

"The Molecular Basis for Sex Differences in Coronary Heart Disease: Two Hormone Candidates," Gail Laughlin, University of California, 11:15 a.m., 127 Noll Lab, Noll Physiological Research Center (865-3453).

"Hydropedology in the Weatherley Catchment of South Africa," Cornie van Huysteen, University of the Free State (South Africa), 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (863-1601).

"Electronic Structure Calculations of Xenon-Hydrocarbon Compounds," Sarah Hillard, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Department of Chemistry (865-6442).

"Fourier-Transform-Infrared (FTIR) Imaging: Integrating Vibrational Spectroscopy and Optical-Imaging Microscopy," Maureen Hegadorn, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: John Asbury, Department of Chemistry (863-6309).

"Supermanifolds and Superconnections: Part Three," Florin Dumitrescu, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"Clouds are Not Spheres: The Fractal Theory of Benôit Mandelbrot" (video), 3:30 p.m. 211 Davey Laboratory, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library (865-7617 or www.libraries.psu.edu/pams/filmseries.html).

(title to be announced), Tom Manteuffel, University of Colorado, 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (865-7527).

"The Politics of Visibility and the U.S. Welfare State," Sandra Morgan, Penn State, 4:00 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Geography (865-3433).

SATURDAY, 14 OCTOBER and SUNDAY, 15 OCTOBER

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