Academia Sinica E-news No. 243
LECTURES
Date Time
Venue
Speaker
Title
Moderator
Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Thu
10:30
11/17
Dr. François Gabbaï
Conference Room
(Texas A&M
A108, Inst. of Chemistry
Univ.,USA )
Lewis Acidic Properties of
Heavy Pnictogenium and
Chalcogenium Ions
Thu
15:00
11/17
Seminar Room 638,
Dr. Bong Lian
Inst. of Mathematics
A Convexity Theorem and
(National Taiwan Univ. (Brandeis Univ., USA / Delzant Spaces
National Taiwan Univ.)
Campus)
Thu
15:30
11/17
Dr. Shinichi Itsuno
Polymer-Immobilized Chiral
(Toyohashi Univ. of
Conference Room
Catalysts for Asymmetric
A108, Inst. of Chemistry Technology,Toyohashi,
Reactions
Japan)
Fri
10:30
11/18
Dr. Yifan Cheng
Conference Room
A108, Inst. of Chemistry (Univ. of California,
San Francisco, USA)
Mon
12:00
11/21
R1203,
Dr. Makoto Inoue
Astronomy-Mathematics
(Inst. of Astronomy and Crazy Lunch Talk
Building (National
Taiwan Univ. Campus) Astrophysics)
Mon
15:30
11/21
Dr. Polly L Arnold
Conference Room
A108, Inst. of Chemistry (Univ. of Edinburgh,
UK)
Tue
10:30
11/22
Dr. Shein-Chung Chow
Two-Stage Adaptive Seamless Dr.
2F, Lecture Hall, Inst. of (Duke Univ. School of
Trial Design With Different
Arthur
Medicine, Durham,
Statistical Science
Study Objectives/Endpoints
Chih-Hsin Tsai
North Carolina, USA)
Tue
14:00
11/22
Dr. Zhang, Wei-Min
The Challenges in Physics for
Auditorium, 1F, Inst. of
(National Cheng Kung the Development of Quantum Dr. Sai-Ping Li
Physics
Univ.)
Technology
Tue
14:00
11/22
Dr. J. Jack Lee
2F, Lecture Hall, Inst. of (Univ. of Texas MD
Anderson Cancer
Statistical Science
Center Houston,
Texas)
Worth Adapting? Outcome‐
Adaptive Randomization‐
Hype or Hope?
Thu
15:30
11/24
Dr. Jen-Shiang K. Yu
Conference Room
(National Chiao Tung
A108, Inst. of Chemistry
Univ.)
Metal-Metal Bonds: Structures,
Dr. Chao-Ping
Reactions and Ionization
Hsu
Potentials
Fri
14:10
11/25
Meeting Room of the
Dr. Gwo-Ching Wang
Social Sciences Joint
(Rensselaer
Library (1F, North Wing,
Polytechnic Inst.,
Humanities and Social
U.S.A)
Sciences Building)
Evolution of Biaxially Textured Dr.
Nanostructures Under
Yia-Chung
Shadowing Effect
Chang
Mon
14:30
11/28
Dr. John Gladysz
Ta-shue Chou Memorial
(Texas A&M Univ.,
Hall, Inst. of Chemistry
USA)
From Molecular Gyroscopes to Dr.
Homeomorphic Isomerization:
Chi-Huey
Molecules that Turn
Wong
Themselves Inside-Out
Structural and Functional
Studies of Proteasome by
Single-particle Electron
Cryomicroscopy
Dr.
Tiow-Gan Ong
Dr.
Cheng-Chung
Wang
Dr.
Wei-hau
Chang
Carbon-Element Bond Forming
Dr.
Reactions with Redox-Inactive
Tiow-Gan Ong
F-block Carbene Complexes
Dr.
Arthur
Chih-Hsin Tsai
Division of Life Sciences
Thu
11:00
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Dr. I-Ming Wang
1
Systems Biology Approach for Dr.
New Targets and Biomarkers Song-Kun
Academia Sinica E-news No. 243
Date Time
Venue
Speaker
Title
Moderator
(Merck Research Lab, Identification – Case Studies Shyue
on Vaccine Blood Profiling and
West Point, USA)
Integrated Genomic Analysis of
Multiple Inflammatory Disease
Models
11/17
Sciences
Thu
11:00
11/17
Dr. Takashi Angata
R114, Inst. of Biological (RIKEN Advanced
Science Institute,
Chemistry
Japan)
Sialic Acids in the Recognition Dr.
of Self and Non-self: The
Kay-Hooi
Enigma of Cell-activating
Khoo
Siglecs
Fri
10:00
11/18
Auditorium A134,
Agricultural Technology Dr. Zigang Dong
Building, Agricultural
(Univ. of Minnesota,
Biotechnology
USA)
Research Center
Molecular Targets of Cancer
Preventive Agents
Dr.
Pei-Wen Hsiao
Fri
11:00
11/18
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences
Lyn Deficiency in Dendritic
Cells Leads to Severe
Autoimmunity
Dr.
Fu-Tong Liu
Mon
10:30
11/21
Auditorium A134,
Agricultural Technology
Dr. Maria J. Harrison
Building, Agricultural
(Cornell Univ., USA)
Biotechnology
Research Center
Reprogramming Roots for
Dr.
Phosphate Acquisition Through
Tzyy-Jen
the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Chiou
Symbiosis
Mon
11:00
11/21
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences
On the Use of Genome-Wide
SNP Data
Dr.
Pauline Yen
Tue
11:00
11/22
Dr. Andreas Wagner
Auditorium, B1, Inst. of
(Univ. Geneva,
Molecular Biology
Switzerland)
The Origins of Evolutionary
Innovations
Dr.
Jun-Yi Leu
Tue
11:00
11/22
Dr. Fawaz George Haj
R114, Inst. of Biological
(Univ. of California,
Chemistry
Davis, USA)
Regulation of Systemic
Glucose Homeostasis by
Pancreatic Protein-tyrosine
Phosphatase 1B
Dr.
Tzu-Ching
Meng
Wed
11:00
11/23
Room A134, Agricultural
Dr. Carton W. Chen
Technology Building,
(National Yang Ming
Inst. of Plant and
Univ.)
Microbial Biology
How does a Polyphenol
Oxidase of Streptomyces
Promote Plant Growth?
Dr.
Erh-Min Lai
Wed
14:00
11/23
Dr. Derek C. Radisky
R114, Inst. of Biological
(Mayo Clinic, Florida,
Chemistry
USA)
Matrix Metalloproteinaseinduced Epithelial
Mesenchymal Transition
Dr.
Ming-Ting Lee
Wed
15:00
11/23
Dr. Evette S. Radisky
R114, Inst. of Biological
(Mayo Clinic, Florida,
Chemistry
USA)
Engineering a High Affinity
Protein Protease Inhibitor of
Mesotrypsin with Anticancer
Activity
Dr.
Ming-Ting Lee
Mon
11:00
11/28
B1B Lecture Room,
Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences
Wed
15:00
11/30
Room A134, Agricultural
Dr. Doris Rentsch
Technology Building,
(Univ. of Bern,
Inst. of Plant and
Switzerland)
Microbial Biology
Dr. Clifford A. Lowell
(Univ. of California,
San Francisco, USA)
Dr. Cathy S.J. Fann
(Inst. of Biomedical
Sciences)
Dr. Napoleone Ferrara Basic Science and Clinical
Applications of Angiogenesis
(Genentech, Inc.)
Peptide Transporters in
Dr.
Arabidopsis: Role in intra- and
Paul E.
Intercellular Transport of
Verslues
Organic Nitrogen
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Thu
11/17 14:00
Dr. Chin-en Wu
Conference Room B,
Preparatory Office, Inst. (Preparatory Office,
of Political Science
Inst. of Political
2
Dr.
Ruey-Bing
Yang
The Incentives of Vote-buying
in Legislative Elections: A
Analysis of Candidates'
Academia Sinica E-news No. 243
Date Time
Venue
Speaker
Title
Science)
Characters
Mon
11/21 10:00
Conference Room 519, Dr. Hui-chuan J. Huang Phonological Patterning of
Glides in Squliq Atayal
Inst. of Linguistics
(Inst. of Linguistics)
Tue
11/22 10:00
2nd Conference Room, Dr. Yun-Chien Chang
(Institutum
Institutum
Iurisprudentiae)
Iurisprudentiae
Legal Servitude of Passage: A
Comparative and Economic
Analysis
Tue
11/22 14:30
Conference Room
B110, Building B, Inst.
of Economics
The Impact of Family Income
on Child Achievement:
Evidence from the Earned
Income Tax Credit
Dr. Gordon B. Dahl
(Univ. of California,
San Diego, USA)
3
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