Academia Sinica E-news No. 242
LECTURES
Date Time
Venue
Speaker
Title
Moderator
Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Thu
15:00
11/10
Auditorium, 6F, Inst. of Dr. Dietmar Kroener
Mathematics (National (Univ. of Freiburg,
Taiwan Univ. Campus) Germany)
Geometrically Induced Shocks
Wed
14:00
11/16
Room 1203,
Astronomy-Mathematics Dr. Jason Rhode
Building (National
(NASA]
Taiwan Univ. Campus)
WFIRST and Euclid
Thu
10:30
11/17
Dr. François Gabbaï
Conference Room
(Texas A&M
A108, Inst. of Chemistry
Univ.,USA )
Lewis Acidic Properties of
Heavy Pnictogenium and
Chalcogenium Ions
Thu
15:00
11/17
Seminar Room 638,
Dr. Bong Lian (Brandeis
Inst. of Mathematics
A Convexity Theorem and
Univ., USA / National
(National Taiwan Univ.
Delzant Spaces
Taiwan Univ.)
Campus)
Thu
15:30
11/17
Dr. Shinichi Itsuno
Polymer-Immobilized Chiral
(Toyohashi Univ. of
Conference Room
Catalysts for Asymmetric
A108, Inst. of Chemistry Technology,Toyohashi,
Reactions
Japan)
Fri
10:30
11/18
Dr. Yifan Cheng
Conference Room
A108, Inst. of Chemistry (Univ. of California,
San Francisco, USA)
Mon
12:00
11/21
R1203,
Dr. Makoto Inoue
Astronomy-Mathematics
(Inst. of Astronomy and Crazy Lunch Talk
Building (National
Taiwan Univ. Campus) Astrophysics)
Mon
15:30
11/21
Dr. Polly L Arnold
Conference Room
A108, Inst. of Chemistry (Univ. of Edinburgh,
UK)
Carbon-Element Bond Forming
Dr.
Reactions with Redox-Inactive
Tiow-Gan Ong
F-block Carbene Complexes
Thu
15:30
11/24
Dr. Jen-Shiang K. Yu
Conference Room
(National Chiao Tung
A108, Inst. of Chemistry
Univ.)
Metal-Metal Bonds: Structures,
Dr. Chao-Ping
Reactions and Ionization
Hsu
Potentials
Fri
14:10
11/25
Meeting Room of the
Dr. Gwo-Ching Wang
Social Sciences Joint
(Rensselaer
Library (1F, North Wing,
Polytechnic Inst.,
Building for Humanities
U.S.A)
and Social Sciences)
Evolution of Biaxially Textured Dr.
Nanostructures Under
Yia-Chung
Shadowing Effect
Chang
Structural and Functional
Studies of Proteasome by
Single-particle Electron
Cryomicroscopy
Dr.
Tiow-Gan Ong
Dr.
Cheng-Chung
Wang
Dr.
Wei-hau
Chang
Division of Life Sciences
Mon
10:30
11/14
Auditorium A134,
Agricultural Technology Dr. Ing-Tiau Kuo, M.D.
Special Concerns in Clinical
Building, Agricultural
(Taipei Veterans
Trials of TCM
Biotechnology
General Hospital)
Research Center
Mon
11:00
11/14
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences
Dr. Hui-Ling Yen
(Univ. of Hong Kong)
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Dr.
Ning-Sun
Yang
Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase
Balance Confers
Dr. Mei-Shang
Respiratory-droplet
Transmissibility of the
Ho
Pandemic H1N1 Influenza
Virus in Ferrets
Academia Sinica E-news No. 242
Date Time
Venue
Speaker
Title
Dr. Michael Gale Jr.
(Univ. of Washington,
USA)
Moderator
Mon
15:00
11/14
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences
Tue
14:30
11/15
Room A134, Agricultural Dr. Biao Ding
Technology Building,
(Ohio State Univ.,
Inst. of Plant and
USA)
Microbial Biology
RNA-motif Directed Trafficking Dr.
of an RNA across Distinct
Na-Sheng Lin
Cellular Boundaries
Tue
16:00
11/15
Room A134, Agricultural
Dr. David Jackson
Technology Building,
(Cold Spring Harbor
Inst. of Plant and
Laboratory, USA)
Microbial Biology
Control of Plant Stem Cell
Function by Intercellular
Transport of the KNOTTED1
Homeodomain Protein
Wed
15:00
11/16
Room A134, Agricultural Dr. Masayuki Ishikawa
Toward Understanding the
Technology Building,
(National Inst. of
Mechanisms of Tobamovirus
Inst. of Plant and
Agribiological
RNA Replication
Microbial Biology
Sciences, Japan)
Signaling and Control of Innate Dr.
Antiviral Immunity by the
Chiaho Shih
RIG-I-like Receptors
Dr.
Tien-Shin Yu
Dr.
Na-Sheng Lin
Systems Biology Approach for
New Targets and Biomarkers
Dr. I-Ming Wang
Identification – Case Studies Dr.
(Merck Research Lab, on Vaccine Blood Profiling and Song-Kun
Integrated Genomic Analysis of Shyue
West Point, USA)
Multiple Inflammatory Disease
Models
Thu
11:00
11/17
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences
Thu
11:00
11/17
Dr. Takashi Angata
R114, Inst. of Biological (RIKEN Advanced
Science Institute,
Chemistry
Japan)
Sialic Acids in the Recognition Dr.
of Self and Non-self: The
Kay-Hooi
Enigma of Cell-activating
Khoo
Siglecs
Fri
10:00
11/18
Auditorium A134,
Agricultural Technology Dr. Zigang Dong
Building, Agricultural
(Univ. of Minnesota,
Biotechnology
USA)
Research Center
Molecular Targets of Cancer
Preventive Agents
Dr.
Pei-Wen Hsiao
Fri
11:00
11/18
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences
Lyn Deficiency in Dendritic
Cells Leads to Severe
Autoimmunity
Dr.
Fu-Tong Liu
Mon
10:30
11/21
Auditorium A134,
Agricultural Technology
Dr. Maria J. Harrison
Building, Agricultural
(Cornell Univ., USA)
Biotechnology
Research Center
Reprogramming Roots for
Dr.
Phosphate Acquisition Through
Tzyy-Jen
the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Chiou
Symbiosis
Mon
11:00
11/21
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences
On the Use of Genome-Wide
SNP Data
Dr.
Pauline Yen
Tue
11:00
11/22
Dr. Andreas Wagner
Auditorium, B1, Inst. of
(Univ. Geneva,
Molecular Biology
Switzerland)
The Origins of Evolutionary
Innovations
Dr.
Jun-Yi Leu
Tue
11:00
11/22
Dr. Fawaz George Haj
R114, Inst. of Biological
(Univ. of California,
Chemistry
Davis, USA)
Regulation of Systemic
Glucose Homeostasis by
Pancreatic Protein-tyrosine
Phosphatase 1B
Dr.
Tzu-Ching
Meng
Wed
11:00
11/23
Room A134, Agricultural
Dr. Carton W. Chen
Technology Building,
(National Yang Ming
Inst. of Plant and
Univ.)
Microbial Biology
How does a Polyphenol
Oxidase of Streptomyces
Promote Plant Growth?
Dr.
Erh-Min Lai
Wed
14:00
11/23
R114, Inst. of Biological Dr. Derek C. Radisky
Chemistry
(Mayo Clinic, Florida,
Matrix
Metalloproteinase-induced
Dr.
Ming-Ting Lee
Dr. Clifford A. Lowell
(Univ. of California,
San Francisco, USA)
Dr. Cathy S.J. Fann
(Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences)
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Academia Sinica E-news No. 242
Date Time
Venue
Speaker
Title
Epithelial Mesenchymal
Transition
USA)
Wed
15:00
11/23
Dr. Evette S. Radisky
R114, Inst. of Biological
(Mayo Clinic, Florida,
Chemistry
USA)
Engineering a High Affinity
Protein Protease Inhibitor of
Mesotrypsin with Anticancer
Activity
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Thu
11/10 14:00
Dr. Yun-han Chu
Conference Room B,
(Preparatory Office,
Preparatory Office, Inst.
Inst. of Political
of Political Science
Science)
Fri
11/11 14:30
From Street to Court: The
Dr. Chin-shou Wang
Room 802, 8F, Institute
Legal Mobilization of the
(National Cheng Kung
Taiwanese Environmental
of Sociology
Univ.)
Movements
Tue
11/15 14:30
Conference Room
B110, Building B, Inst.
of Economics
Thu
11/17 14:00
Dr. Chin-en Wu
Conference Room B,
Preparatory Office, Inst. (Preparatory Office,
Inst. of Political
of Political Science
Science)
The Incentives of Vote-buying
in Legislative Elections: A
Analysis of Candidates'
Characters
Tue
11/22 10:00
2nd Conference Room, Dr. Yun-Chien Chang
(Institutum
Institutum
Iurisprudentiae)
Iurisprudentiae
Legal Servitude of Passage: A
Comparative and Economic
Analysis
Tue
11/22 14:30
Conference Room
B110, Building B, Inst.
of Economics
The Impact of Family Income
on Child Achievement:
Evidence from the Earned
Income Tax Credit
Exploring East Asian
Conceptions of Democracy
Dr. Roger E. A. Farmer Animal Spirits, Rational
(Univ. of California, Los Bubbles and Unemployment in
Angeles, USA)
an Old-Keynesian Model
Dr. Gordon B. Dahl
(Univ. of California,
San Diego, USA)
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Moderator
Dr.
Ming-Ting Lee