Academia Sinica E-news No. 218 LECTURES Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 15:30 Dr. Jonathan Sessler Conference Room (Univ. of Texas, Austin, A108, Inst. of Chemistry USA) Pyrrolic Receptors: From Dr. Sensors and Recognition to Shih-Sheng Self-assembly Sun 15:30 Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, Inst. of Atomic and Dr. Jung Ren Huang Molecular Science (Taiwan Normal Univ.) (National Taiwan Univ. Campus) Shear Oscillation Light Scattering of Concentrated Emulsions 14:00 Room 1203 of the Dr. Albert Zijlstra Astronomy-Mathematics (Univ. of Manchester, Building (National Taiwan Univ. Campus) UK) Formation and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae Tue 5/31 14:00 Room 1203 of the Dr. Frank Shu Nuclear Energy After Astronomy-Mathematics Fukushima* ASIAA/NTU (Inst. of Astronomy and Building (National Joint Colloquium* Astrophysics) Taiwan Univ. Campus) Tue 5/31 14:00 Dr. Wan-Ru Huang Room 1101, 11F, S, Building for Humanities (City Univ. of Hong and Social Sciences Kong) Diurnal and Semi-diurnal Variations of Rainfall in Southeast China 14:00 Room 1203 of the Dr. Wan-Ru Huang Astronomy-Mathematics (City Univ. of Hong Building (National Taiwan Univ. Campus) Kong) Diurnal and Semi-diurnal Variations of Rainfall in Southeast China 15:30 Dr. Jing-Xin Cao Conference Room (The Public Health A108, Inst. of Chemistry Agency of Canada, Canada) Dual Activities of Vaccinia Protein E3: Inhibiting Cytokine Expression and IFN-induced Antiviral Activities 15:30 Responsive Supramolecular Materials Based on Dr. Dr. Yan Zhao Amphiphilic Principles for Conference Room Kuang-Lieh A108, Inst. of Chemistry (Iowa State Univ., USA) Molecular Recognition, Lu Sensing, Transport, and Catalysis Thu 05/26 Thu 5/26 Fri 5/27 Tue 5/31 Tue 5/31 Thu 6/2 Dr. Kaito Takahashi Dr. Der-Lii Tzou Division of Life Sciences 10:00 Auditorium A134, Dr. Manyuan Long New Gene Origination and Agricultural Technology (Univ. of Chicago, USA) Phenotypic Evolution Building 11:00 Circadian Regulation of Dr. L-type Voltage-gated R114, Inst. of Biological Dr. Galdys Ko Guang-Chao Chemistry (Texas A&M Univ., USA) Calcium Channels and their Chen Functions Mon 5/30 11:00 Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal Novel Therapy Targeting R114, Inst. of Biological (Univ. of California, San HCV Entry: From Bench to Chemistry Diego, USA) Bedside Dr. Ming-Daw Tsai Tue 5/31 11:00 1F Auditorium, Inst. of Molecular Biology Dr. Cheng-Yu Lee Restricting the (Univ. of Michigan, USA) Developmental Potential in Dr. Henry Sun Thu 5/26 Fri 5/27 1 Dr. Shu Fang Academia Sinica E-news No. 218 Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Progenitor Cells during Drosophila Neurogenesis Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Public Service Motivation: Scientific Progress, Institutional Challenges, and Research Horizons Thu 5/26 10:00 Conference Room, 1F, Dr. James L. Perry Inst. of European and (Indiana Univ., American Studies Bloomington, USA) Thu 5/26 14:00 Conference Room B, Dr. Jih-wen Lin A Veto-Player Theory of Preparatory Office, Inst. (Preparatory Office, Inst. Semi-presidentialism of Political Science of Political Science) Fri 5/27 14:00 1F, Conference Room, Dr. Ying-Ju Chen Research Center for (Univ. of California, Humanities and Social Berkeley, USA) Sciences Optimal Dynamic Auctions for Display Advertising Fri 5/27 14:30 Conference Room B110, Building B, Inst. of Economics Dr. YiLi Chien (Purdue Univ., USA) Understanding the Distributional Impact of Long-Run Inflation Fri 5/27 14:30 Room 802, 8F, Inst. of Sociology Dr. Te-sheng Chang (National Dong Hwa Univ.) Gay/Lesbian Friends Matter: Heterosexual University Students’ Attitudes toward Gay and Lesbian Peers Fri 5/27 15:00 Room 701, Inst. of History and Philology Memory, Yoga and Liberation Dr. Dominik Wujastyk Dr. Shang-jen in the Medical Compendium of Li (Univ. of Vienna, Austria) Caraka 10:00 2nd Conference Room, Preparatory Office, Institutum Iurisprudentiae Dr. Chi Chung (Preparatory Office, Institutum Iurisprudentiae) Business Tax Planning and the Cross-Strait Relationship Tue 5/31 10:00 Conference Room,3F, Inst. of Chinese Literature and Philosophy Dr. David Elstein (Inst. of Chinese Literature and Philosophy) Freedom and Equality in Contemporary Confucian Thought in Greater China Tue 5/31 14:30 Conference Room Dr. Hsiu-Hsin Ko B110, Building B, Inst. (Univ. of Kaohsiung) of Economics 14:00 Conference Room B, Preparatory Office, Institute of Political Science 14:30 Fu Cheng and the Concept of Democracy in the 1950s Dr. Kuang-Che Pan Archives Building, Inst. Taiwan: A Study based of Modern History (Inst. of Modern History) on Selected Diaries of Fu Cheng 12:00 3rd Conference Room (R2319), Inst. of Ethnology Tue 5/31 Thu 6/2 Thu 6/2 Fri 6/3 Dr. Chung-li Wu (Preparatory Office, Institute of Political Science) Revisiting the Out-of-sample Exchange Rate Predictability in the Monetary Model A Pilot Study of Political Identity among Immigrants Social Networks, Social Dr. Glenn May Movements: Three Historical (Univ. of Oregon, USA) Case Studies 2 Dr. Ming-huei Lee