Academia Sinica E-news No. 245 LECTURES Date Time Venue Speaker Title Moderator Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Thu 12/1 15:00 Auditorium, 6 F, Institute Dr. Chi-Kwong Li One Horse Racing Story, Two of Mathematics (College of William and Kinds of Card Games, Three (National Taiwan Univ. Mary, USA) Matrix Theorems Campus) Thu 12/1 15:30 Self-assembled Discrete and Dr. Makoto Fujita Conference Room Infinite Cages: Function A108, Inst. of Chemistry (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan) through Architecture 14:00 Room 1203 of the Astronomy-Mathematics Dr. Takaya Nozawa Building (National (IPMU) Taiwan Univ. Campus) Tue 12/6 10:00 TOF-SIMS Imaging and Depth Dr. Conference Room 703, Dr. John S. Hammond Profile Characterization of 7F, Inst. of History and (Physical Electronics, Plant Epicuticular Waxes and Jing-Jong Philology USA) Shyue Treated Mouse Skin Tue 12/6 15:30 Dr. Yoshiaki Nakao Conference Room (Kyoto University, A108, Inst. of Chemistry Japan) Fri 12/2 Dr. Kuang-Lieh Lu Dust Production by Various Types of Supernova C-C Bond Forming Addition Reactions by Cooperative Metal Catalysis Dr. Rong-Jie Chein Division of Life Sciences Fri 12/2 Mon 12/5 Mon 12/5 Tue 12/6 11:00 Dr. Reen Wu R114, Inst. of Biological (Univ. of California, Chemistry Davis, USA) Novel Transcriptional Function of IL-17 Receptor-Adapter Dr. Protein, Act 1 in the Regulation Hungwen of Human Airway Epithelial Chen Cells to Against Bacterial Infection 10:30 Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Dr. Thomas Efferth Building, Agricultural (Univ. of Mainz, Biotechnology Germany) Research Center Novel Inhibitors of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Cancer Cells Derived from Chinese Herbs 11:00 Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang Molecular Action of Brd4 in Auditorium, 1F, Inst. of Chromatin Targeting and (UT Southwestern Molecular Biology Medical Center, Dallas, Transcriptional Regulation USA) 11:00 Auditorium, 1F, Inst. of Dr. Peter Kwong (NIAID, NIH, Molecular Biology USA) Room A134, Agricultural Wed 12/7 11:00 Technology Building, Inst. of Plant and Microbial Biology Fri 12/9 11:00 Dr. Ming-Che Shih Dr. Soo-Chen Cheng Dr. Structural Biology, HIV-1, and Yen-Chywan an Effective Vaccine Liaw Mechanisms Xanthomonas Dr. Dr. Mary Beth Mudgett T3S Effectors Employ to (Stanford Univ., USA) Suppress Plant Immune Signal Erh-Min Lai Transduction During Infection R114, Inst. of Biological Dr. Jörg Heierhorst (Univ. of Melbourne, Chemistry Australia ) 1 SQ/TQ Clusters: Diverse Roles as ATM/ATR Phoshorylation Dr. Sites and Phosphoindependent protein-interaction Ming-Daw Tsai Domains Academia Sinica E-news No. 245 Date Time Mon 12/12 11:00 Mon 12/12 11:00 Venue Speaker Title Dr. Jing-Hsiung James Autophagy in Auditorium, 1F, Inst. of Ou Hepatocarcinogenesis and (Univ. of Southern Molecular Biology Hepatitis B Virus Replication California, USA) Dr. B1B Lecture Room, Dr. Inst. of Biomedical Dr. Nan-Shan Chang (Cheng Kung Univ.) Tumor Suppressor WWOX in Neurodegeneration Sciences Tue 12/13 11:00 Moderator Soo-Chen Cheng Jung-Hsiang Tai Control of Gene Expression Auditorium, B1, Inst. of Dr. Erin O'Shea Through Dynamics of (National Academy of Transcription Factor Molecular Biology Sciences, USA) Translocation Dr. Jun-Yi Leu Division of Humanities and Social Sciences 14:00 Conference Room B, Preparatory Office, Institute of Political Science 14:30 Dr. Yi-Shen Chen Archives Building, Inst. (Inst. of Modern of Modern History History) 15:00 Repeated Cooperation with Conference Room Dr. Yosuke Yasuda Outside Options B202, Research Center (National Graduate for Humanities and Inst. for Policy Studies) When is Volatility Good for Social Sciences Cooperation 14:30 Conference Room B110, Building B, Inst. of Economics 14:00 Dr. Yousun Chung Conference Room B, (Preparatory Office, Preparatory Office, Inst. Inst. of Political of Political Science Science) A Preliminary Discussion: Social Actors and Labor Rights Establishment in China Thu 12/15 14:00 Conference Room 702, Dr. Akihito Suzuki Inst. of History and (Keio Univ., Japan) Philology Case Histories and the Institutional Demography of a Dr. Japanese Psychiatric Hospital Shang-jen Li in Early 20c Tokyo Thu 12/1 Thu 12/1 Fri 12/2 Tue 12/6 Thu 12/8 Dr. Szu-chien Hsu (Preparatory Office, Institute of Political Science ) Political Participation Under “Autocratic Governance”: The Case of Anti-Waste-Incinerator Contention in China The Connection between "Chinese Representation Issue" and "Taiwan Status Issue" (in 1971 UN) Rates of Return to University Dr. Elliott Fan Education: An Application of (National Taiwan Univ.) Regression Discontinuity Design 2