Eberly College of Science

Science Seminars: April 7 to 11

Upcoming Penn State Science Seminars:

Monday, April 7

“MRSEC: Models and Phenomena of Active Particles and Materials”Mike Shelley, New York UniversityNoon to 1 p.m., S-5 Osmond LaboratoryContact: Denise Patton, 814-863-0007“Caterpillar Frass Induces Plant Defense Responses”Swayamjit Ray, Penn State 12:10 to 1:10 p.m., 108 Wartik LaboratoryContact: Dawn Luthe, 814-863-3542“Functionalization, Perturbation, and Spectrum”Keith Promislow, Michigan State University12:20 to 1:30 p.m., 114 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“Network Formation in Ionomer Membranes”Keith Promislow, Michigan State University2:30 to 3:30 p.m., 106 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“(title to be announced)”Michael Boehm, Ohio State University3:30 to 5 p.m., 112 Buckhout LaboratoryContact: Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, 814-865-7448“(title to be announced)”Bruce Kleiner, New York University3:35 to 5:35 p.m., 114 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“Integrating Ecology and Genetics: Patterns, Experiments and Ideas”Mark Vellend, Université de Sherbrooke4 to 5 p.m., 112 Borland LaboratoryContact: Christy Rollinson“Analysis of Fats and Fatty Acids in Foods and Dietary Supplements: An Overview of FDA's Research and Regulatory Activities”Cynthia Srigley, College Park, Md.4 to 5 p.m., 008 Mueller LaboratoryContact: Tammy Holtzinger, 814-865-3448“Biosynthesis of Fe-S Clusters in Gram-Positive Bacteria: Involvement of Zinc in Sulfur Mobilization Reactions”Patricia Dos Santos, Wake Forest University4 to 5 p.m., 101 Althouse LaboratoryContact: Squire Booker, 814-865-8793Tuesday, April 8

“(title to be announced)”Dehua Wang, University of Pittsburgh10 to 10:50 a.m., 216 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“On Local Structure of Finsler Torus Without Conjugate Points”Dong Chen, Penn State1 to 2:15 p.m., 167 Willard BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“(title to be announced)”Peter Spaeth, Penn State Altoona2:30 to 3:30 p.m., 106 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“CAMP Seminar: Small Quantum Clusters: From Universality of Quantum Halos to Effects of Confinement”Leandra Vranjes Markic, University of Split, Croatia3:30 to 4:30 p.m., 339 Davey LaboratoryContact: Milton Cole,“Canceled: Majorana Bound States in D-wave Superconductor-Based Hybrid Systems”Chang Tsuei, IBM TJ Watson Research Center3:30 p.m., 339 Davey LaboratoryContact: Ying Liu, 814-863-0090“New Progress in the Study of Smooth Actions of Lattices in Semisimple Lie Groups, I”Aaron Brown or Federico Rodriguez Hertz, Penn State3:30 to 6 p.m., 216 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“Tolerogenic and Anti-Inflammatory Uses of Biodegradable PLG Nanoparticles for Treatment of Auto(immune) Diseases – Mechanisms and Clinical Prospects”Stephen Miller, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine4 to 5 p.m., 100 Life Sciences Building (Berg Auditorium) and Live StreamContact: Douglas Cavener, 814-865-4562“Molecular and Isotopic Signatures of Early Mid-Life”Ann Pearson, Harvard University4 to 5 p.m., 22 Deike BuildingContact: Department of Geosciences, 814-865-7394Wednesday, April 9

“A Tale of Three Stories: Holocarboxylase Synthetase Gene Repression Complexes, Milk-Borne microRNAs, and Mitochondrial Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase 2 ”Janos Zempleni, University of Nebraska11 a.m. to noon, W201 Millennium Science ComplexContact: Kristin Cox, 814-865-7696“A Tale of Three Stories: Holocarboxylase Synthetase Gene Repression Complexes, Milk-Borne microRNAs, and Mitochondrial Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase 2”Janos Zempleni, University of Nebraska11 a.m. to noon, 301D Life Sciences BuildingContact: Kristin Cox, 814-865-7696“Assessment of Forced and Internal Variability in the AMO Through Analyses of SST Data from CMIP5 Historical Simulations and Observations”Byron Steinman, Penn State University11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 529 Walker BuildingContact: Earth Systems Science Center, Earth & Environmental Systems Institute, 814-865-0478“Geologic Journey II - Western Pacific Rim”EMS Library Film Series12:15 to 1:15 p.m., 105 Deike BuildingContact: EMS Library, 814-863-7073“HEP Seminar: Zooming in on Galactic Nuclei at the Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy”Bence Kocsis, Institute for Advanced Study2:30 to 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey LaboratoryContact: Peter Meszaros, 814-865-0418“Sustaining Earth Observations Over 40 Years”Frank Kelly, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center3:30 to 4:30 p.m., 112 Walker BuildingContact: Department of Meteorology, 814-863-8566“Supernova 1987A's Dust Factory and Particle Accelerator Revealed by ALMA”Remy Indebetouw, University of Virginia3:45 to 4:45 p.m., 538 Davey LaboratoryContact: Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 814-865-0418“Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering: Life at the Single Molecule Level”Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University6 to 7:30 p.m., 100 Life Sciences BuildingContact: Tamara Housel, 814-865-3072Thursday, April 10

“Conservation Laws with No Classical Riemann Solutions: Existence of Singular Shocks”Charis Tsikkou, West Virginia University10 to 10:50 a.m., 216 McAllister BuildingContact: Department of Mathematics, 814-865-7527“Kinetics and Mechanistic Studies of Oxidation Reactions Over Supported Au Catalysts”Bert Chandler, Trinity University10 to 11 a.m., 110 Wartik LaboratoryContact: Enrique Gomez, 814-867-3428“Alternative Release Factor ArfB Releases Ribosomes from Non-Stop mRNAs”Heather Feaga, Penn State 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 101 Althouse LaboratoryContact: Ken Keiler, 814-863-0787“Engineering in Context”Linda Jones, University of Cambridge11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 26 Hosler BuildingContact: Materials Science and Engineering, 814-865-4992“Analysis of the Proportional Hazards Model with Sparse Longitudinal Covariates”Hongyuan Cao, University of Chicago4 to 5 p.m., 201 Thomas Building“Marker Lectures in Genetic Engineering: Label-Free Vibrational Imaging for Biology and Medicine”Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University4 to 5:30 p.m., 100 Life Sciences BuildingContact: Tamara Housel, 814-865-3072Friday, April 11

“RNA Expression Profiling of Archival Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissues”Svitlana Tyekucheva, Harvard University11 a.m. to noon, 519 Wartik Laboratory, with video to Room CG628 at HersheyContact: Kateryna Makova“(title to be announced)”Gail Thomas, Penn State Hershey11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory“Insect-Microbe Symbioses and the Consequences of Intimacy”Zakee Sabree, Ohio State University11:15 a.m. to 12:05 p.m., 107 ASI BuildingContact: Kelli Hoover/Gary Felton, 814-863-6369“Advance Our Knowledge of Planets In the Habitable Zone and Beyond”Ji Wang, Yale UniversityNoon to 1 p.m., 538 Davey LaboratoryContact: Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, 814-865-0418“The Evolution of Plant Pathogenicity in Oomycetes”Carla Lanze, Penn State12:15 to 1:10 p.m., 112 Buckhout LaboratoryContact: Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, 814-865-7448“Regional Consequences of Climate and Land Use Change on Ecosystem Services in Pennsylvania”Ben Felzer, Lehigh University12:20 to 1:10 p.m., 106 Forest Resources BuildingContact: Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, 814-865-4237

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

Last Updated January 9, 2015