Science Seminars for the week of Feb. 20

Science Seminars for the week of Feb. 20

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Feb. 20:

(title to be announced), Josh Stapleton, Penn State, noon, S-5 Osmond Laboratory, Center for Nanscale Science/MRSEC-Education/Outreach (814-863-0007).

"Root Anatomical Traits for Efficient Nitrogen Acquisition," Patompong Khwan Saengwilai, Penn State, 12:10 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory, host: Jonathan Lynch, Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology (814-863-2256).

"Bacterial Pathogen Interactions with the Respiratory Tract Microbiome: Molecular Mechanisms to Ethical Implications," Laura Weyrich, Penn State, 1 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Eric Harvill, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (814-863-8522).

"Polymer Recycling: Chemical Recovery of Monomers," Michael Olah, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Scott Phillips, Department of Chemistry (814-867-2502).

"Grapevine Fanleaf Virus: New Insight Into Transmission and Management Options," Marc Fuchs, Cornell University, 3:35 p.m., 112 Buckhout Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology (814-865-3761).

"The Structure of the Space of Ergodic Measures," Vaughn Climenhaga, University of Toronto (Canada), 3:35 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

"Chromatin Dynamics in a Herpesvirus: Insights from MAPit Single-Molecule Footprinting," Michael Kladde, University of Florida, 4 p.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Frank Pugh, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (814-863-8252).

"Conditional Distribution Modeling and Stringing for Functional Data," Kehui Chen, University of California, 4 p.m., 201 Thomas Building, Department of Statistics (814-865-1348).

"Managing Risk in Forest-Based Climate Change Mitigation," Matt Hurteau, Penn State, 4 p.m., 112 Borland Laboratory, host: Jason Hill, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (814-867-0371).

"Non-Alcohol Fatty Liver Disease: From Metabolism to Gene Expression," Lei Hao, Penn State, 4 p.m., 110C Chandlee Laboratory, Department of Nutritional Sciences (814-865-3448).

 

Feb. 21:

(title to be announced), Lei Zhu, Case Western Reserve University, 10 a.m., 301 Steidle Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (814-865-4992).

"Tailored Interferon Responses as Innate Barriers to Flavivirus Infection," Travis Taylor, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 11:30 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Craig Cameron, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (814-863-8705).

"Degree of Randomness versus Turing Degree," William Calhoun, Bloomsburg University, 2:30 p.m., 315 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

"Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices," Nicole Thom, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Scott Phillips, Department of Chemistry (814-867-2502).

"The Evolution of a Quantum Wavefunction During Measurement: From Quantum Jumps to Feedback," Rajamani Vijayaraghavan, University of California, 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory, host: Jun Zhu, Department of Physics (814-865-4376).

"Global Rigidity of Riemannian Manifolds of Non-Positive Curvature, After Ballmann, Brin, Burns, Eberlein, Spatzier: Part Three," Weisheng Wu, Penn State, 3:30 p.m., 216 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

"Geoneutrinos and Heat Production in the Earth: Constraints and Implications," Bill McDunough, University of Maryland, 4 p.m., 22 Deike Building, Department of Geosciences (814-865-2622).

"Where Hosts and Parasites Meet Diversity Rules," Paul Schmid-Hempel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology/ETH (Switzerland), 4 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium), host: Andrew Read, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (814-867-2396).

 

Feb. 22:

"Diagnosis Production Failures with Better Logging Support," Ding Yuan, University of Illinois, 10 a.m., 333 Information Sciences and Technology Building, host: Bhuvan Urgaonkar, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (814-865-9505).

"Climate Change Impacts on Severe Weather," Harold Brooks, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 11:15 a.m., 529 Walker Building, Earth System Science Center (814-865-0478).

"Emergency Mine Rescue: An Engineering Triumph in Chile" (video), 12:05 p.m., 105 Deike Building, Earth and Mineral Sciences Library (814-863-7073).

'Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change," Harold Brooks, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 3:30 p.m., 112 Walker Building, Department of Meteorology (814-863-8566).

"In Search of A Molecular Etiology for Major Depressive Disorder," Bernhard Luscher, Penn State, 4 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory (with video-conferencing to Room CG623 at College of Medicine), host: Victoria Braithwaite, Intercollege Graduate Program in Neuroscience (814-865-4675).

"New Observational Handles on the Primordial Universe," Sarah Shandera, Penn State, 4 p.m., 538 Davey Laboratory, host: Mike Eracleous, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (814-865-0418).

 

Feb. 23:

"A Comparative Study of Axon and Dendrite Degeneration in Drosophila Dendritic Arborization (da) Neurons," Juan Tao, Penn State, 11:15 a.m., 101 Althouse Laboratory, host: Melissa Rolls, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (814-867-1395).

"F-Pure Thresholds of Hypersurfaces," Anurag Singh, University of Utah, 11:15 a.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

"On Future Directions of Computational Multiscale Materials Research at the Army Research Laboratory," Peter Chung, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 11:15 a.m., 26 Hosler Building, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (814-865-4992).

"Academic Integrity: Facts, Myths, and Classroom Realities," James Sellers, Penn State, 11:30 a.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

"How to Achieve Sustainable Use of a Scarce Metal Like Platinum," Younan Xia, Georgia Institute of Technology, 11:30 a.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Robert Rioux, Department of Chemical Engineering (814-867-2503 or www.che.psu.edu/seminars/).

"Stress and Dominance in Fish: Is There a Physiological Cost?" Sara Ashcraft, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 111 Tyson Building, host: Jason Hill, Intercollege Graduate Program in Ecology (814-867-0371).

"C*: Algebraic Intertwiners for SL(2,R)," Pierre Clare, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

"The Continuum Hypothesis," Jan Reimann, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 113 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

"New-Generation Polymers from Renewable Resources: New Opportunities for Single-Site Metal Alkoxide Catalysts," Malcolm Chisholm, Ohio State University, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: Harry Allcock, Department of Chemistry (814-865-3527).

"Designing Emergent Matter: How Physicists Think About New Materials," David Mandrus, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 4 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory, host: Gerald Mahan, Department of Physics (814-865-6092).

"Green Nanomedicine: From Black-Eyed Peas to Nanotechnology," Nicole Steinmetz, Case Western Reserve University, 4 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium), host: Megan Matthews, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (814-865-2625).

"The Number of Equations Defining an Algebraic Set," Anurag Singh, University of Utah, 4 p.m., 114 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

 

Feb. 24:

"Heat Stress in Dairy Cattle," Tom Bass, Renaissance Nutrition, Inc. , 11 a.m., 324 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Dairy and Animal Science (814-865-7638).

"Evidence Refuting Intraguild Predation by Exotic Competitors as a Mechanism to Explain Native Coccinellid Decline," Mary Gardiner, Ohio State University, 11:15 a.m., 107 Forest Resources Building, hosts: Amanda Bachmann and Ian Grettenberger, Department of Entomology (814-865-1895).

"Early Trends in Landcover Change Due to Marcellus Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania: Implications for the Northcentral Appalachians," Patrick Drohan, Penn State, 12:20 p.m., 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences (814-865-6541).

"The Deep and Tangled Roots of Pennsylvania's Ginseng Industry," Eric Burkhart, Penn State, 12:30 p.m., 104 Forest Resources Building, School of Forest Resources (814-865-0772).

"Stochastic Models for Random-Access Wireless Networks," Peter van de Ven, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 2:20 p.m., 106 McAllister Building, Department of Mathematics (814-865-7527).

"Hydrogen Storage by Carbon Nanotubes," Paramita Ray, Penn State, 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry Building, host: John Badding, Department of Chemistry (777-3054).

 

Feb. 25:

"Roots of the Second Green Revolution" (Frontiers lecture #6 of 6), Jonathan Lynch, Penn State, 11 a.m., 100 Thomas Building, Eberly College of Science (814-863-0901 or science.psu.edu/frontiers).