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Proteins at Atomic Resolution Room 1203 of the Thu Astronomy-Mathem 14:30 03/20 atics Building (NTU Campus) Dr. Hitoshi Hanami (Iwate Univ., Japan) Dr. Su Yang Lecture Hall, Inst. of Thu (Chinese 15:00 Mathematics 03/20 Academy of (NTU Campus) Sciences) Dr. Poe Lecture Dr. Pao-Kuan Thu Hall, Inst. of Atomic Wang 15:30 03/20 and Molecular (Research Center Sciences for Environmental 1 Unveiling Dusty Star Formation and AGN Activities in High-z LIRGs Dr. Ming-Chang Liu Fibering 5-manifolds with Fundamental Group Z over the Circle Physicochemical Processes Atop Thunderstorms and Their Implications Dr. Kaito Takahashi Academia Sinica E-news No. 355 Date Time Venue (NTU Campus) Room 1101, Mon Research Center for 10:30 Environmental 03/24 Changes Auditorium 106, Mon 03/24 10:30 Speaker Title Moderator Changes) Dr. Joon Sang Lee (Yonsei Univ., Korea) Dr. Hiroshi Igarashi New Inst. of Information Science (Tokyo Denki Building Univ., Japan) Dynamic Analysis of Wind Farms and its Environmental Impact: Turbulent Wake Distribution on Humidity Change Intelligent Cooperative Systems: From Robotics to Social Psychology Dr. Mark Liao Room 202 of the Dr. Thomas Recent Progress on Mon Astronomy-Mathem Yizhao Hou 14:00 the Search of 3D Euler atics Building (California Inst. of 03/24 Singularities Technology, USA) (NTU Campus) A World Wide Virtual Dr. Poe Lecture Dr. Antonio Hall, Inst. of Atomic Lagana Mon 14:30 and Molecular 03/24 (Univ. of Perugia, Sciences Italy) (NTU Campus) Seminar Room 617, Mon Dr. Ching-Hao Chang 16:00 Inst. of Mathematics 03/24 (Univ. of (NTU Campus) Minnesota, USA) Research Community in Chemistry Molecular and Materials Sciences Dr. Kopin Liu and Technology: From Virtual Experiments to Multiscale Simulation Critical Points of J-holomorphic Curves On the Critical Dr. Yeu Chung Lin Dimension of Tue Auditorium 1F, Inst. 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B1B Lecture Wed Room, Inst. of 10:00 Biomedical 03/26 Sciences Dr. Oliver Yoa-Pu Pharmacokinetic Basis Hu of Drug Design and (The Examination Development Yuan) Wed B1 Auditorium, 11:00 Inst. of Molecular 03/26 Biology Dr. Li-Huei Tsai Activity Dependent Dr. Shih-Hsiung Wu Dr. Hsiu-Ming Shih Dr. Cheng-Ting (Howard Hughes Regulation of Cdk5 Chien Medical Inst., Plays a Role in Synaptic 4 Academia Sinica E-news No. 355 Date Time Venue Speaker USA) Room A134, Inst. 11:00 of Plant and 03/28 Microbial Biology Fri Auditorium A134, Mon 03/31 Mon 03/31 10:30 11:00 Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center Title Moderator Depression and Beta-Amyloid Induced Pathology Decoding the Dr. Tien-Shin Yu ( Regulatory Modules Inst. of Plant and Controlling Floral Microbial Biology) Suppression in Obligate Long-Day Plant Dr. Jan van der Greef (Univ. of Leiden, Netherlands) B1B Lecture Dr. Fu-Tong Liu Room, Inst. of Biomedical Sciences (Inst. of Biomedical Sciences) A Systems Biology View on Health and Disease Dr. Ning-Sun Integrating Western and Yang Chinese Perspectives Galectins in Immunity Cancer and Adiposity Dr. Fang Liao Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Conference Room Dr. Alan John Bewell Thu Natures Lost in 14:30 701, Inst. of History 03/20 (Univ. of Toronto, Translation and Philology Canada) Dr. Michael Conference Room, Fri Harrigan( Univ. of 10:00 1F, Inst. of Modern Warwick, the 03/21 History U.K.) European Travel Narratives as Historical Source Material: Some Reflections 1st Conference Room, Research Fri 14:00 Center for 03/21 Humanities and Social Sciences Relational Contracting and Endogenous Formation of Teamwork Fri 03/21 14:30 Dr. Akifumi Ishihara (Kyoto Univ., Japan) Conference Room Dr. Shengjie Hong B110, Inst. of 5 Inference on Moment Inequalities with Dr. Chun-Hung Lin Dr. Jen-Che Liao Academia Sinica E-news No. 355 Date Time Venue Economics Mon 03/24 10:00 (Tsinghua Univ., China) Conference Room, Dr. Chung Yi 2F, Inst. of Chinese Cheng Literature and Philosophy Conference Room Mon Speaker 14:00 B, Inst. of Political 03/24 Science (The Univ. of Hong Kong) Title Moderator Unknown Functions Four Aspects of Mind: The Moral Architecture of Mencian Mind Dr. Tsai-Chun Chung Dr. Kevin O'Brien (Univ. of Veteran's Political California, Berkeley, USA) Activism in China The Partisan Ordering of Tue 03/25 2nd Conference 10:00 Room, Institutum Iurisprudentiae Dr. Yen-Tu Su (Institutum Iurisprudentiae ) Conference Room Dr. Ching-Yi Lin Tue 14:30 B110, Inst. of 03/25 Economics (National Tsing Hua Univ.) 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