Academia Sinica E-news No. 339 LECTURES Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Dr. Sungwoo Hong A108 Conference Thu (Korean Advanced 15:30 Room, Inst. of 11/14 Insitute of Science Chemistry and Technology) Efficient Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds through One-Pot Dehydrogenation Dr. Cheng-Chung Wang A108 Conference Dr. K. Pitchumani Fri 15:30 Room, Inst. of (Madurai Kamaraj 11/15 Chemistry Univ., India) Chemistry in Cavities and Cages Dr. Tahsin J. Chow R1203 Lecture Mon 12:00 Room of ASIAA 11/18 (NTU Campus) Dr. I-Non Chiu (Munich Univ., Germany) Seminar Room Mon 617, Inst. of 15:30 11/18 Mathematics (NTU Campus) Dr. Dong Zhao (Chinese Academy of Sciences ) Seminar Room Wed 722, Inst. of 10:30 11/20 Mathematics (NTU Campus) Dr. Lan Tang (Inst. of Mathematics) Auditorium 106, Thu new Inst. of 14:00 11/21 Information Science Building Dr. Kun-Pin Wu (National YangMing Univ.) Seminar Room Mon 617, Inst. of 16:00 11/25 Mathematics (NTU Campus) Dr. Chun-Chi Lin (National Taiwan Normal Univ.) Baryon Fractions, Stellar Fractions and Cold Fractions of 14 Massive SunyaevZeldovich Effect Selected Clusters at Redshift Between 0.576 and 1.32 Ergodicity of the 2D Navier-Stokes Equations with Degenerate Multiplicative Noise Random Homogenization of pLaplacian with Obstacles in Perforated Domain A Screening Pipeline for Secreted Proteins with Competence to Identify Potential Membrane-bound Shed Markers Evolution of Open Elastic Curves with Fixed Length and Hinged Ends Division of Life Sciences Auditorium, 1st Floor, Inst. of Thu 15:00 Cellular and 11/14 Organismic Biology Understanding Coral Dr. Yoko Nozawa Dr. Dynamics Through (Biodiversity Chaolun Allen Reproduction and Research Center) Chen Recruitment Processes 1 Academia Sinica E-news No. 339 Date Time Venue B208 Conference Room, Fri Interdisciplinary 15:00 11/15 Research Building for Science and Technology B1A Lecture Fri Room, Inst. of 16:00 11/15 Biomedical Sciences B1B Lecture Mon Room, Inst. of 11:00 11/18 Biomedical Sciences Speaker Dr. Fu-Guo Robert Liu (Central Univ., Taiwan) Dr. Kenji Kabashima (Kyoto Univ., Japan) Dr. M. Eric Gershwin (Univ. of California, USA) Dr. Rama B1 Auditorium, Ranganathan Mon 11:00 Inst, of Molecular (U. Texas 11/18 Biology Southwestern Medical Center) Mon Auditorium, Activity Dr. Ryoji Noyori 14:00 11/18 Center (RIKEN, Japan) Dr. Ming-Chu Hsu Mon Auditorium, Activity (TaiGen 15:30 11/18 Center Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) B1 Auditorium, Dr. Esther Tue 11:00 Inst, of Molecular Schnapp 11/19 Biology (EMBO Reports) Song-Pei Lecture Tue Hall, Department Dr. Ryoji Noyori 15:30 11/19 of Chemistry (RIKEN, Japan) (NTU Campus) Dr. Esther B1 Auditorium, Tue Schnapp 11:00 Inst. of Molecular 11/19 (Editor, EMBO Biology Reports) Room A134, Inst. Tue 15:00 of Plant and 11/19 Microbial Biology Song-Pei Lecture Tue Hall, Department 15:30 11/19 of Chemistry (NTU Campus) Thu B1A Lecture 15:00 11/21 Room, Inst. of Title Biogeography of Drosophila in East and Southeast Asia Visualization of Cutaneous Immune Responses to Foreign Antigens The Molecular Basis of Autoimmunity: The Case of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis. Moderator Dr. Daryi Wang Dr. Fu-Tong Liu Dr. Mi-Hua Tao The Evolutionary "Design" of Proteins Dr. Jun-Yi Leu Science Shapes Our Future President Chi-Huey Wong TaiGen Biotechnology New Drug R&D President Chi-Huey Wong Publishing- A Useful Scientific Literature Dr. Meng-Chao Yao Asymmetric Catalysis: Science, Technology, and Innovation Vice President Shie-Ming Peng Publishing- A Useful Scientific Literature Dr. Meng-Chao Yao A Bacterial View of the Dr. Simon Silver Dr. Chemical Periodic Table (Univ. of Illinois at Tuan-hua David of Elements: Good Ions Chicago, USA) Ho and Bad Ions Dr. Ryoji Noyori (RIKEN, Japan) Asymmetric Catalysis: Science, Technology, and Innovation Dr. Koji Hatanaka Intense Femtosecond (Research Center Laser Interactions with 2 Vice President Shie-Ming Peng Dr. Hsiu-Ming Shih Academia Sinica E-news No. 339 Date Time Venue Biomedical Sciences Speaker for Applied Sciences ) Title Solutions; from Laser Ablation to X-ray Emission Moderator B1C Lecture Mon Room, Inst. of 11:00 11/25 Biomedical Sciences Dr. Takashi Takahashi (Nagoya Univ., Japan) An Enigmatic Doubleedged Sword in Lung Adenocarcinoma Dr. Jeou-Yuan Chen Auditorium, Mon 14:00 Genomics 11/25 Research Center Senior Scientist Bryant Yang (Amgen, Inc., USA) CNS Drug Discovery: Inhibitors of Betasecretase as Potential Disease Modifying Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease Dr. Chia-Ning Shen Proline, An Enigmatic Amino Acid Accumulated in Plants Upon Stress Dr. Paul E. Verslues Room A134, Mon Agricultural 15:00 11/25 Technology Building 1F Auditorium, Tue 11:00 Inst. of Molecular 11/26 Biology Academia Sinica (B1B Lecture Wed 11:00 Room, Inst. of 11/27 Biomedical Sciences) Dr. Arnould Savoure (Univ. Pierre & Marie Curie, France) Dr. Christoph Müller (EMBO Member) Dr. Takeshi Tsubata (Tokyo Medical and Dental Univ., Japan) Dr. Tetsuro Room A134,Inst. of Wed Okuno 11:00 Plant and Microbial 11/27 (Kyoto Univ., Biology Japan) Structural Insight into RNA Polymerase I and III Transcription Regulation of B lymphocyte Responses and Sialic Acid-Binding Immunoglobulin-like Lectins Gene Expression and Replication Mechanisms of a Plant RNA Virus with an Uncapped and NonPolyadenylated Bipartite Genome Division of Humanities and Social Sciences The Archives Thu 14:30 Building, Inst. of 11/14 Modern History Dr. Ning Jennifer Chang (Inst. of Modern History) To See and Be Seen: Horse Racing in China's Treaty Ports On the Present Situation Dr. Zu Tao and System of Owner's (Visiting Scholars, Autonomous China) Organization in China Long-Term Care and Conference Room Dr. Te-Fen Lo Tue Transitions of Elderly 14:30 B110 ,Inst. of (National Dong 11/19 Living Arrangements in Economics Hwa Univ.) Taiwan 2nd Conference Tue 10:00 Room, Institutum 11/19 Iurisprudentiae 3 Dr. Hung-Ta Chen Dr. Reiji Kannagi Dr. Na-Sheng Lin Academia Sinica E-news No. 339 Date Time Venue Speaker Conference Room Dr. Fang-Yi Chiou Thu 14:00 B, Inst. of Political (Inst. of Political 11/21 Science Science) Dr. Yang-Chih, Fri Room 802, 8F, FU 14:30 11/22 Inst. of Sociology (Inst. of Sociology) 2nd Conference Tue 10:00 Room, Institutum 11/26 Iurisprudentiae Title Moderator Report Allocation in the European Parliament Culture-specific Contact Dr. Patterns for Modeling Thung-Hong the Spread of InfluenzaLin Like Diseases The Reconstruction of Dr. Tao Jiang Corruption Crime (Visiting Scholars, Legislation in the China) Perspective of Criminal Policy 4