Academia Sinica E-news No. 318 LECTURES Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Dr. Hurng-Yi Auditorium 106, Thu Wang 14:00 Inst. of Information 06/06 (National Taiwan Science Univ.) Quasispecies Reset After Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Transmission and Its Implications on Long Term Evolution Conference Room 122, Research Thu Center for 15:30 Information 06/06 Technology Innovation Dr. Hsiao-hua Yu (RIKEN Advanced Science Inst., Japan) Functional π Materials: from Organic Electronics Dr. to Organic Chin-Ti Chen Bioelectronics Lecture Room 1203, Inst. of Fri Astronomy and 14:00 Astrophysics 06/07 (National Taiwan Univ. Campus) Dr. Fred Adams (Univ. of Michigan, USA) Effects of Clusters on Star/Planet Formation and Possible Constraints on the Birth Environment of the Solar System Conference Room 122, Research Fri Center for 15:30 Information 06/07 Technology Innovation Dr. Zhaoguo Zhang (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.) Chemo- and Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Functionalized Carbonyl Dr. Group and Their Tashin J. Applications in the Chow Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Molecules 2F, Lecture Hall, Mon 10:30 Inst. of Statistical 06/10 Science Dr. William B. Sherwin (Univ. of New South Wales, Australia) 2F, Lecture Hall, Mon 03:00 Inst. of Statistical 06/10 Science Entropy and Information Approaches to Genetic Diversity and Its Expression: Genomic Geography Machine Learning Bias Correction for Dr. George C. Minimal-error Classifier Tseng and a Meta-analysis (Univ. of Framework for Sparse Pittsburgh, USA) K-means in Genomic Applications Dr. Mei-yeh Lu Auditorium 106, Thu 14:00 Inst. of Information (Biodiversity 06/13 Science Research Center) 1 Transcriptomic Analysis of Developing Maize Embryonic Leaves and Chicken Feathers Dr. Chien-Yu Peng Dr. Chien-Yu Peng Academia Sinica E-news No. 318 Date Time Venue Conference Room 122, Research Thu Center for 15:30 Information 06/13 Technology Innovation Speaker Dr. Chun-Hong Kuo (Boston College, USA) Conference Room 122, Research Mon Center for Dr. Ye Fang 10:30 06/17 Information (Corning Inc.) Technology Innovation Title Atomic-level Design of Nanocrystals via Colloidal Chemistry Synthesis Moderator Dr. Chin-Ti Chen Corning Life Science Dr. Research and Label-free Lou-Sing Kan Drug Discovery Division of Life Sciences 2F, Meeting Room, Dr. Pauline Chiu Thu 14:00 Genomics (Univ. of Hong 06/06 Research Center Kong) Asymmetric (4+3) Dr. Cycloadditions and Their Applications to the Shang-Cheng Synthesis of Bioactive Hung Molecules R114, Inst.of Fri 11:00 Biological 06/07 Chemistry Dr. Kwok-Fai Lau (The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong) Auditorium A134, Mon Agricultural 10:30 Biotechnology 06/10 Research Center Building the Connectivity Map for Chinese Herbal Dr. Chi-Ying F. Medicine via High Huang Throughput Gene (National Expression Profiling to Yang-Ming Univ.) Bridge between Chinese and Western Medicine B1B Lecture Mon Room, Inst. of 11:00 Biomedical 06/10 Sciences Dr. I-Ching Wang (National Tsing Hua Univ.) FE65:Beyond Its Role in Dr. Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid Precursor P. Y. Chen Protein Processing Dr. Lie-Fen Shyur Kras-foxm1 Signaling Dr. Axis in Respiratory Epithelium Development Jeou-Yuan Chen and Carcinogenesis. N101, Inst.of Dr. Ann-Lii Cheng Dr. Biochemical Thu Cancer Therapy: Today 10:30 Sciences (National (National Taiwan Ming-Liang and Tomorrow 06/13 Taiwan Univ. Univ.) Kuo Campus) Auditorium A134, Mon Agricultural 10:30 06/17 Biotechnology Research Center Application of Plant and Dr. Kevin D. Dr. Bacterial Enzymes in Walker (Michigan Ning-Sun the Biocatalysis of State Univ.,USA) Yang Paclitaxel 2 Academia Sinica E-news No. 318 Date Time Venue Room A134, Inst. Mon 15:00 of Plant and 06/17 Microbial Biology B1B Lecture Tue Room, Inst. of 10:00 06/18 Biomedical Sciences R114, Inst. of Thu 11:00 Biological 06/20 Chemistry Speaker Dr. Christian Fankhauser (Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland) Title Early Signaling Steps Leading to Hypocoty/ Phototropism in Arabidopsis Development of Dr. Ji-Yen Cheng Microfluidic Devices – (Research Center Applications in Cell for Applied Culture, Chemical Sciences) Gradient and Electric Field Dr. Edwin Chan RNA Toxicity in (The Chinese Polyglutamine Univ. of Hong Degeneration: Where, Kong) How and Then... Division of Humanities and Social Sciences The Archives Thu 14:30 Building, Inst. of 06/06 Modern History Dr. Su-Fen Liu (Inst. of Modern History) The Policy-Making of Mining Industry (1928-1945) Job Stress Problems and Conference Room Dr. Yawen Cheng, Policy Responses: A Mon 14:30 2319, Inst. of (National Taiwan Comparative Analysis of 06/10 Ethnology Taiwan’s Experiences Univ.) with other Countries Dr. Lucia Candelise Conference Room Mon 15:00 701, Inst. of History (Centre National 06/10 de la Recherche and Philology Scientifique, France) The Transfer of Chinese Medical Knowledge in France During the First Half of the 20th Century Dr. Peng-Hsiang Wang (Institutum Iurisprudentiae) Rules as Reason-Giving Facts: A Difference-Making-Base d Account of the Normativity of Rules (with Some Remarks on the Normativity of Law) Conference Room Dr. Evan Lampe Tue 14:30 817, Inst. of Taiwan (St. Thomas 06/11 History Univ., USA) Writing Maritime History from Below: The Peabody Essex Archives and Revisiting the History of the China Trade Tue Thou Therefore Endure 2nd Conference Tue 10:00 Room, Institutum 06/11 Iurisprudentiae 14:30 Conference Room Dr. Niki Alsford 3 Moderator Dr. Shu-Hsing Wu Dr. Wen-chang Lin Dr. Guang-Chao Chen Academia Sinica E-news No. 318 Date Time Venue Speaker Title 06/11 817, Inst. of Taiwan (Univ. of London, Hardness: The History UK) Presbyterian Church of England (PCE) Collections at SOAS and the Establishment of a Maritime Medical Mission in Southern Taiwan Effects of Economic Conference Room Dr. Angus C. Chu Tue Development in China 14:30 B110, Inst. of (Univ. of 06/11 on Skill-biased Technical Economics Liverpool, UK) Change in the US 4 Moderator