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Science Seminars: March 31 to April 4

Upcoming Penn State Science Seminars

Monday, March 31

“What's So Critical About the Critical Zone?: New Insights from a Growing Network”Enriqueta Barrera, National Science Foundation, and Gordon Grant, U.S. Forestry ServiceNoon to 1:30 p.m., Webinar: https://meeting.psu.edu/czo_national_033114/Contact: EESI/Critical Zone Observatories, 814-865-9910“Functional Studies of S-RNase-Based Self-Incompatibility in Petunia inflata”Penglin Sun, Penn State12:10 to 1:10 p.m., 108 Wartik LaboratoryContact: Teh-hui Kao, 814-863-1042“Variational Principles and Sparsity in Imaging, Compressed Sensing and PDEs”Russel Caflisch, University of California, Los Angeles12:20 to 1:30 p.m., 114 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“From PDEs to Information Science and Back”Russel Caflisch, University of California, Los Angeles2:30 to 3:30 p.m., 106 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“Diseases Threatening White Pine Health in Eastern North America”Isabel Munck, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Forest Health Protection3:30 to 5 p.m., 112 Buckhout LaboratoryContact: Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, 814-865-7448“Chromatin Regulators as Cancer Dependencies”Christopher Vakoc, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory4 to 5 p.m., 101 Althouse LaboratoryContact: Song Tan, 814-865-3355“Ruth Pike Lecture Series: Transformative Approaches to Food Insecurity, Poverty and Obesity”Mariana Chilton, Drexel University School of Public Health4 to 5 p.m., 110 Henderson BuildingContact: Tammy Holtzinger, 814-865-3448Tuesday, April 1“Analysis of Mixed Elliptic and Parabolic Boundary Layers with Corners”Gung-Min Gie, University of Indiana10 to 10:50 a.m., 216 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“Diffusion in Minerals: A Random Walk Through the Solar System”James van Orman, Case Western Reserve University2:15 p.m., 22 Deike BuildingContact: Department of Geosciences, 814-865-7394“(title to be announced)”Matt Ballard, University of South Carolina2:30 to 3:30 p.m., 106 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“CAMP Seminar: Evidence That Living Neural Networks Operate Near a Second Order Phase Transition”John Beggs, Indiana University3:30 to 4:30 p.m., 339 Davey LaboratoryContact: Dezhe Jin, 814-863-6673“Complex Adaptive Systems of Systems Engineering for Leadership”Kevin Stamber, Sandia National Laboratory4 to 5 p.m., 220 Hammond BuildingContact: Darryl Farber, 814-865-3042“A Neural Circuitry Basis for Impaired Cortical Network Oscillations and Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia ”David Lewis, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center4 to 5 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium) and Live StreamContact: Bernhard Luscher, 814-865-5549Wednesday, April 2

“Impact of Proposed Federal Policies on Coal Use and Coal Technology Development in the U.S., Including the President's Climate Action Plan, Congressional Initiatives, and Federal RD&D for Coal Technology Development”Shannon Angielski, Coal Utilization Research Council10 to 11 a.m., C213 Coal Utilization LaboratoryContact: EMS Energy Institute, 814-865-4575“Crosstalk Between Epithelial Gamma Delta T cells and their Neighbors”Wendy Havran, The Scripps Institute11 a.m. to noon, 301D Life Sciences BuildingContact: Kristin Cox, 814-865-7696“Geologic Journey II - Pacific Rim: Americas”EMS Library Film Series12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 105 Deike BuildingContact: EMS Library, 814-863-7073“NOAO and Evolutionary Trends in Ground-Based OIR Astronomy”Joan Najita, National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO)12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 538 Davey LaboratoryContact: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 814-865-0418“Crosstalk Between Epithelial Gamma Delta T Cells and Their Neighbors”Wendy Havran, The Scripps Institute2:30 to 3:30 p.m., 101 Ag Sciences and Industries BuildingContact: Kristin Cox, 814-865-7696“A Study of Aersol Impacts on Clouds and Precipitation Development in a Large Winter Cyclone”Greg Thompson, National Center for Atmospheric Research3:30 to 4:30 p.m., 112 Walker BuildingContact: Department of Meteorology, 814-865-8566“From Planetesimals to Giant Planets: Chemical and Dynamical Probes of Planet Formation”Joan Najita, National Optical Astronomy Observatory 3:45 to 4:45 p.m., 538 Davey LaboratoryContact: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 814-865-0418“Biophysics Meets Genomics: Transcriptome-Wide Codon Translation Rates in Yeast Have Very Broad Distributions and Diverse Origins”Edward O'Brien, Penn State 4 to 5 p.m., 501 Wartik LaboratoryContact: Susan Unger, Center for System Genomics, 814-867-1519“Astrocyte Roles in CNS Disorders”Michael Sofroniew, University of California, Los Angeles4 to 5 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory with Video to Hershey COM Room CG628Contact: Gong ChenThursday, April 3

“Exploiting the Synthetic Capacity of Microbes for the Production of Novel Value-added Biochemical”Kristala J. Prather, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)10 to 11 a.m., 110 Wartik LaboratoryContact: Lisa Haines, 814-863-1375“Teaching an Old Bacterium New Tricks: Biological Production of Acids and Alcohols”Kristala L. Jones Prather, MIT10 to 11 a.m., 110 Wartik LaboratoryContact: Enrique Gomez, 814-867-3428“Researching the Crop-Cow Connection at Miner Institute”Rick Grant, Miner Institute11 a.m. to noon, 324 Ag Sciences and Industries BuildingContact: Kevin Harvatine, 814-865-6334“Evolutionary and Proximate Mechanisms Shaping Host-Parasite Interactions”David Duneau, Cornell University11 a.m. to noon, W-203 Millennium Science ComplexContact: Eleanore Sternberg“McFarland Lecture: High Tech Startups Based on Materials Science”Vladimir Ban, Princeton University11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 26 Hosler BuildingContact: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 814-865-4992“Brazil and USA - Opportunities for Cooperation in Animal Science: Funds, Grants and Scholarships”Antonio Branco, State University of Maringa, Brazil1:25 to 2:25 p.m., 324 Ag Sciences and Industries BuildingContact: Molly Martin, 814-863-3664Friday, April 4

“Innate Immune Deficiency Results in Altered Microbiota, Spontaneous Colitis and Metabolic Syndrome ”Vijay Kumar, Penn State11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory“Fatty Acid Metabolism in Plants: A Key Regulator of Insect Resistance”Fiona Goggin, University of Arkansas11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., 107 ASI BuildingContact: Jason Rasgon, 814-863-3668“In the Spotlight: Small Planets Transiting Bright Stars”Diana Dragomir, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network 12 to 1 p.m., 538 Davey LaboratoryContact: Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, 814-865-0418“The Cost of Plant Disease Prediction”Lawrence Madden, Ohio State University12:15 to 1:10 p.m., 112 Buckhout LaboratoryContact: Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, 814-865-7448“Intra Specific Genetic Variation in Responses to Climate Change in Forest Tree Species”Laura Leites, Penn State 12:20 to 1:10 p.m., 106 Forest Resources BuildingContact: Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, 814-865-4237“Psychophysical Dualism”Peter Molenaar, Penn State3 to 5 p.m., 7A Sparks BuildingContact: Paula Droege, 814-863-4842“(title to be announced)”Barry Lee, Penn State University4 to 5 p.m., 112 Walker BuildingContact: Department of Geography, 814-865-4562

Cancellations and additions will be noted on weekly Science Seminar listings at www.science.psu.edu/science-seminars.

Last Updated January 9, 2015