Academia Sinica E-news No. 197 LECTURES Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Wed 14:00 12/29 Room 1101, 11F, S, Humanities and Social Sciences Building Dr. Mei-Yu Chang (Univ. of Bergen, Norway) Can Otolith Elemental Composition Reveal Changes in Fish Population Linked to Climate Change? Division of Life Sciences Thu 12/16 R114, Inst. of Biological Chemistry Dr. Angela M. Gronenborn Synergy between NMR and cryo-EM - Novel Findings for (Univ. of Pittsburgh) HIV Capsid Function Fri 11:00 12/17 R114, Inst. of Biological Chemistry Dr. Michael Roth (Southwestern Graduate School, USA) Mon 12/20 16:00 Tue 12/21 11:00 Tue 15:00 12/23 16:00 Fri 12/24 Mon 12/27 Finding the Targets of Bioactive Dr. Small Molecules Identified Through Phenotypic Screening Chung-I Chang Dr. Lu-Hai Wang B1B Lecture Room, Inst. Molecular Basis of Cancer (National Health Research of Biomedical Sciences Metastasis Institutes) Dr. Hsiu-Ming Shih Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Building, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center Dr. Yuhai Cui Epigenetics of Plant Developmental Transition: (Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Repressors of Seed Traits in Arabidopsis Canada) Dr. Yee-yung Charng R114, Inst. of Biological Chemistry Dr. Hong Zhang (National Inst. of Biological Sciences, Beijing) Worms Crawl onto the Stage, Slowly but Surely Dr. Guang-Chao Chen 1F Auditorium, Inst. of Molecular Biology Dr. Fangyuan Ding (France Normal) Single Molecule Mechanical Sequencing Dr. Ting-Fang Wang 1F Auditorium, Inst. of Molecular Biology Dr. Ya-Chieh Hsu (Columbia Univ.) Dynamics between Stem Cells, Niche, and Progeny in the Hair Follicle Dr. Y. Henry Sun 1F, Auditorium, Biodiversity Research Center Dr. Shi Suhua (Sun Yat-sen Univ.) Application of Next Generation Dr. Sequencing Technology in Population Genomics-Examples Wen-Hsiung Li from Mangroves and Rice 1F, Auditorium, Dr. Wen Wang Biodiversity Research Center (Former Institute of (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Zoology) R114, Inst. of Biological Chemistry 11:00 Dr. Origin of Genetic Novelties under Natural or Domestication Wen-Hsiung Li Circulating Polypeptides and Dr. Dr. John Marshall their Cellular Receptors: (Ryerson Univ., Toronto, Identification and Quantification Chun-Hung Hans Canada) Lin by Mass Spectrometry Dr. Carmay Lim B1B Lecture Room, Inst. (Inst. of Biomedical of Biomedical Sciences Sciences) Dr. Physico-chemical Principles Governing Biological Processes Chinpan Chen R200, Inst. of Biochemical Dr. Chia-en Chang Theory and Modeling of Sciences (National Taiwan (UC-Riverside Chemistry, Molecular Recognition in Univ. Campus) USA) Biomolecular Systems 16:00 Dir. Ming-Daw Tsai Auditorium A134, Dr. Ildoo Hwang Cytokinins in Plant Immunity: 1 Dir. Ming-Daw Tsai Dr. Academia Sinica E-news No. 197 Date Time Venue Speaker Agricultural Technology Building, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center Mon 12/27 14:30 Wed 11:00 12/29 Title (Pohang Univ. of Science Old Foes or New Friends? and Technology, Korea) Mechanism of SUMOylation-mediated DNA Damage Response B1B Lecture Room, Inst. Dr. David K. Ann of Biomedical Sciences (City of Hope) Focus Group Room of CSR, Research Center for Dr. Chyi-In Wu Humanities and Social (Inst. of Sociology) Sciences 14:00 14:30 Tzyy-Jen Chiou Dr. Jian Liu 1F Auditorium, Genomics Enzymatic Synthesis of Heparin Dr. (Univ. of North Carolina, Research Center and Heparan Sulfate Chi-Huey Wong USA) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Thu 12/16 Moderator How Small Network Structure Influence the Dynamic Duality of Friendship Network in Adolescence Dr. Alex C. H. Chang, Inst of Political Science Party Competition and the Conference Room B, Inst. (Preparatory Office) Connection between Taiwanese’s of Political Science Dr. Chi Huang, Ethnic Identity and National (Preparatory Office) Inst. of Political Science Identity (Preparatory Office) Room 802, 8F, Inst. of Sociology Dr. Chih-Chieh Tang (Inst. of Sociology) Fri 12/17 1F, Conference Room, Research Center for 14:00 Humanities and Social Science Comparison and Beyond? A Reconsideration of the Periodization of "China’s" History – The Tang-Song Transition and Early Modern as Departure Andrei Hagiu: Two-Sided Mr. Yen-Chi Huang Platforms: Product Variety and (National Central Univ. ) Pricing Structures The Conceptual Transformation Dr. Peter Zarrow of the Chinese State, 1885-1924: (Inst. of Modern History) Some Conclusions Thu 12/23 14:30 Thu 12/30 Speeding up the Growth, Falling Conference Room B, Inst. Dr. Jiantao Ren into Stagnation, and Stepping toward Breakdown: A 14:00 of Political Science (Renmin Univ. of China) Comparative Analysis of the (Preparatory Office) Reforms of Socialist Countries The Archives Building, Inst. of Modern History 2 Dr. Hsiu-Ming Shih