Academia Sinica E-news No. 213 LECTURES Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Thu 4/21 Conference Room Dr. Zhong-Qun Tian 15:30 A108, Inst. of Chemistry (Xiamen Univ., China) Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (EC-SERS): Past, Present and Future Thu 4/21 Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, Inst. of Atomic and 15:30 Molecular Sciences (National Taiwan Univ.Campus) Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Investigation Dr. on the Photocycle of Kaito Bacteriorhodopsin upon Takahashi Chemical and Physical Perturbations Fri 4/22 Room 1203 of the Astronomy-Mathematics Dr. Clive Dickinson Early Planck Results in the 14:00 Building (National (Univ. of Manchester, UK) Galaxy Taiwan Univ. Campus) Tue 4/26 Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, Inst. of Atomic and 14:30 Molecular Sciences (National Taiwan Univ. Campus) Thu 4/28 15:30 Fri 4/29 Room 1203 of the Dr. Albert Zijlstra Astronomy-Mathematics 14:00 (Jodrell Bank Center for Building (National Taiwan Univ. Campus) Astrophysics) Dr. Li-Kang Chu (Tsing Hua Univ.) Dr. Helmut Schwarz (The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation & Technische Universität Berlin, Germany) Dr. Shoei-Sheng Lee Conference Room (College of Medicine, A108, Inst. of Chemistry National Taiwan Univ.) Chemistry with Methane: Concepts Rather Than Recipes Dr. Ling-Kang Liu Dr. Mei-Yin Chou Bioactive Agents Derived from Dr. Natural Products Wen-Shan Li Formation and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae Division of Life Sciences Fri 4/22 B1B Lecture Room, 11:00 Inst. of Biomedical Sciences Dr. Lih-Wen Deng (National Univ. of Singapore) Function of Mixed Lineage Leukemia 5 in Cell Cycle Regulatory Network Dr. Hsiu-Ming Shih Mon 4/25 B1B Lecture Room, 11:00 Inst. of Biomedical Sciences Dr. Pauline H. Yen (Inst. of Biomedical Sciences) A Novel hnRNP Protein DAZAP1 and Spermatogenesis Dr. Jeou-Yuan Chen Mon 4/25 Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, Prof. Pien-Chien Huang Inst. of Atomic and (Johns Hopkins Univ., 14:00 Molecular Sciences (National Taiwan Univ. USA) Campus) 2011 Choh Hao Li Memorial Lecture: Amidst the Advent of Dr. Kuan Wang Life Sciences, Cometh the Renaissance of Biochemistry Mon 4/25 Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Dr. Hsin-Hung Yeh 16:00 Building, Agricultural (National Taiwan Univ.) Biotechnology Research Center A Non-model System for the Study of Plant-virus Interaction: Orchids and Cymbidium Mosaic Virus R409, Inst. of Biological Ms. Solinna Hsieh 10:00 Chemistry (DKSH Taiwan) BCF M104 Training Course: Introduction of Malvern Dr. Zetasizer Nano ZS (Light Chris Jao Scattering and Zeta-potential Measurement) Tue 4/26 1 Dr. Tzyy-Jen Chiou Academia Sinica E-news No. 213 Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Tue 4/26 2011 Choh Hao Li Memorial Lecture: Terameprocol -An Dr. Dr. Ru-Chih Chow Huang Effective Antitumor Compound R103 Auditorium, Inst. Ming-Daw 14:00 of Biological Chemistry (Johns Hopkins Univ., with Host Protective Values: Tsai USA) The Promise of a Unique Cancer Drug Thu 4/28 R114, Inst. of Biological Dr. Yung-Fu Chang 11:00 Chemistry (Cornell Univ., USA) Mon 5/2 B1B Lecture Room, 11:00 Inst. of Biomedical Sciences Dr. Yihong Ye (National Institutes of Health, USA) Protein Quality Control at the Dr. Endoplasmic Reticulum: Hsiu-Ming Mechanisms and Implications Shih for Cancer Therapy Tue 5/3 1F Auditorium, Inst. of 11:00 Molecular Biology Dr. Marco Foiani (Univ. of Milan, Italy) Pathways Controlling Chromosome Integrity Wed 5/4 B1B Lecture Room, 11:00 Inst. of Biomedical Sciences Dr. W. Graham Richards (Univ. of Oxford, UK) Dr. Computer Aided Drug Design Jung-Hsin Lin Tue 5/10 1F Auditorium, Inst. of 11:00 Molecular Biology Dr. Rong Li (U.S. Stowers Inst. for Medical Research) Aneuploidy and Karyotype Dr. Dynamics in Cellular Adaptive Jun-Yi Leu Evolution 1F Auditorium, Inst. of 11:00 Molecular Biology Dr. Cheng-Yu Lee (Univ. of Michigan, USA) Restricting the Developmental Potential in Progenitor Cells Dr. Henry Sun during Drosophila Neurogenesis Tue 5/31 The Secret Weapons of Leptospira spp Dr. Shih-Hsiung Wu Dr. Ting-Fang Wang Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Tue 4/26 2nd Conference Room, Dr. Yun-Chien Chang What is a Property Right? A Preparatory Office, (Preparatory Office, 10:00 Institutum Reconceptualization Institutum Iurisprudentiae) Iurisprudentiae 2 Conference Room,ICLP Self-cultivation, Democracy Dr. Fabian Heubel and the Rule of Law: (Inst. of Chinese Literature Transcultural Reflections on the Political Philosophy in and Philosophy) Contemporary Confucianism Conference Room B110, Dr. Richard Gerlach Tue 4/26 14:00 Tue 4/26 14:30 Building B, Inst. of Thu 4/28 14:00 IPSAS Conference Room Dr. Yu-Shan Wu B (IPSAS) Fri 4/29 14:00 Focus Group Room of CSR, RCHSS Mon 5/2 14:00 IPSAS Conference Room B Tue 5/3 2nd Conference Room, Dr. Yue Huang 10:00 Preparatory Office, (Univ. of Hong Kong) Institutum Economics The Two-sided Weibull Distribution and Forecasting (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) Financial Tail Risk Power Transition and Alliance Shift: A Strategic Triangle Perspective Revisiting Unification and Independence: Measurements (National Chengchi Univ.) and Applications Dr. Ching-hsin Yu Environmental Sustainability Dr. Gerald McBeath (Univ. and Political Economy of Alaska Fairbanks, USA) Theories 2 How is Deliberative Democracy Chosen? The Practice of Governmental-led Dr. Huang Kuan-Min Academia Sinica E-news No. 213 Date Time Venue Speaker Title Iurisprudentiae Deliberation in the PRC, Hong Kong and Taiwan 3 Moderator