Academia Sinica E-news No. 145
LECTURES
Date Time
Venue
Speaker
Title
Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Moderator
15:00
Professor Ching-Lung
Lecture Hall, Inst.
Lin (National Cheng
of Mathematics
Kung Univ.)
Unique Continuation Property for A
Coupled Second-Fourth Order
Dynamical Systems and Its Application
10:00
Auditorium 106
at new IIS
Building
Distinguished Lecture Series:
Computing Needs Time
12:00
Conference
Masako Yamada
Room of ASIAA
(ASIAA)
(NTU)
Can We See Magnetic Flux Dissipation
in Low-Mass Star Formation?
Tue
12/08
14:00
Room 1201 of the Prof. Frederick M.
Physics Dept.
Walter
Building (NTU) (SUNY Stony Brook)
All the Low Mass Objects - Where Do
They All Come from?
Wed
12/09
14:00
Auditorium, 1F
Inst. of Physics
Dr. Horng-Tay Jeng
What Can First-Principles Calculations
(Assistant Research
Help to Understand the Physics in Novel Dr. Sungkit Yip
Fellow, Inst. of Physics) Materials and Nano-Structures
Thu
12/10
11:00
Auditorium, 1F
Inst. of Physics
Prof. Charles Yang Chun
Electrokinetic Flows: Characterization
(Nanyang Technology
and Applications
Univ.)
Dr. Yeng-Long
Chen
Dr. Poe Lecture
Hall, Inst. of
Atomic and
Molecular
Science (NTU)
Prof. Chen-Sheng Yeh
(National Cheng Kung
Univ.)
Dr. Huan-Tsung
Chang
Thu
12/03
Mon
12/07
Thu
12/10
Mon
12/14
Tue
12/15
15:30
Imaging and Therapeutic Bionanoagents
Director
Pen-Chung
Yew
Conference
Prof. Takeharu Haino
Room A108, Inst. (Hiroshima University,
of Chemistry
Japan)
Supramolecular Chemistry, Host-Guest Dr. Shih-Sheng
Chemistry, and Nanochemistry
Sun
15:30
Conference
Prof. Takashi Ooi
Room A108, Inst.
(Nagoya Univ., Japan)
of Chemistry
Design of Chiral
Tetraaminophosphonium Salts as An
Organic Molecular Catalyst for
Selective Chemical Synthesis
Dr. Wen-Shan
Li
15:30
Dr. Yen-Ju Chen
Conference
(National Synchrotron
Room A108, Inst.
Radiation Research
of Chemistry
Center)
Membrane Protein Crystallography:
Stories of EmrE and Others
Dr. Der-Lii M.
Tzou
10:30
Conference
Prof. Wai-Yeung Wong Functional Metallopolyynes and
Room A108, Inst. (Hong Kong Baptist
Metallophosphors for Organic
of Chemistry
Univ., Hong Kong)
Optoelectronics
Dr. Jiann T'suen
Lin
15:30
Conference
Prof. Steven Suib,
Room A108, Inst. (Univ. of Connecticut,
Of Chemistry
USA)
Catalytic Activation of CO2
Dr. Jiann
T’suen Lin
15:30
Dr. Poe Lecture
Hall, Inst. Of
Atomic and
Molecular
Science (NTU
Campus)
Dr. Bing-Ming Cheng
(National Synchrotron
Radiation Research
Center)
Transient Species Studied with
Dr. Ying-Cheng
Synchrotron Matrix Isolation Technique Chen
15:30
Conference
Prof. Michael K. Chan
Room A108, Inst. (The Ohio State
of Chemistry
University, USA)
Pyrrolysine – the 22nd
Dr. Joseph J.-T.
Genetically-Encoded Amino Acid: From
Huang
Discovery to Biotechnology
Tue
12/17
Tue
12/22
Prof. Edward A. Lee
(Univ. of California,
Berkeley, USA)
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Academia Sinica E-news No. 145
Date Time
Venue
Speaker
Title
Moderator
14:10
Meeting Room of
Dr. Chao-Min Cheng
the Joint Library,
(Harvard Univ., USA.)
BHSS
From Cellular Biomechanics to Public
Health
Dir. Yia-Chung
Chang
15:30
Dr. Poe Lecture
Hall, Inst. of
Atomic and
Molecular
Science (NTU
Campus)
Investigations of Gaseous Unstable
Species Important in the Atmosphere
Dr. Ying-Cheng
Chen
Thu
12/24
Prof. Yuan-Pern Lee
(National Chiao Tung
Univ.)
Division of Life Sciences
10:00
Room106, Inst. of
Plant and
Dr. Timothy K. Kratz
Microbial
(Univ. of Wisconsin)
Biology
The Long-term Regional Ecology of the Dr. Chih-Yu
Lakes in Wisconsin, USA
Chiu
14:00
IMB 1F
Auditorium
Prof. Shien-Fong Lin
(Univ. Indiana, USA)
Multimodality Rapid Screening of
Drosophila Heart Function
11:00
IMB 1F
Auditorium
Prof. Shu Man Fu, MD, Genetics of Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus: Autoimmunity
PhD (Univ. Virginia,
USA)
and End Organ Resistance
10:30
Conference
Room, 2F, Inst. of Prof. Ting-Fen Tsai
Cellular and
(National Yang-Ming
Organismic
University)
Biology
11:00
IMB 1F
Auditorium
Development of Novel Histone
Prof. Joel M. Gottesfeld Deacetylase Inhibitors as
(The Scripps Research
Therapeutics for Neurodegenerative
Institute)
Diseases
11:00
IMB 1F
Auditorium
Dr. Harmit Singh Malik
Molecular Arms-Races between Viruses
(Associate Member,
Dr. Jun-Yi Leu
and Host Genomes in Primates
FHCRC)
16:00
Room 106, Inst.
of Plant and
Microbial
Biology
Characterization and Functional
Dr. Guan Jiahn-Chou
Analysis of Strigolactone-Related
(Univ. of Florida, USA)
Branching Genes in Maize
Dr. Shu-Hsing
Wu
11:00
R114, The Inst.
Of Biological
Chemistry
Prof. Bruno Lemaitre
(Global Health Inst.,
Switzerland)
Drosophila Innate Immunity
Dr. Chung-I
Chang
Mon
12/14
11:00
B1B Lecture
Room, Inst. Of
Biomedical
Sciences
Dr. Jin-Jer Chen
(Associate Research
Fellow, Inst. Of
Biomedical Sciences)
Molecular Regulation of Urotensin
II-induced Cardiac Myocyte
Hypertrophy.
Dr. Danny Liny
Wang
Thu
12/10
16:00
Fri
12/11
11:00
Fri
12/03
Sat
12/04
Mon
12/07
Tue
12/08
Thu
12/10
Fri
12/11
Tue
12/15
11:00
Dr. Guan Jiahn-Chou
Room106, Inst. of (Univ. of Florida,
Gainesville, USA)
Plant and
Microbial
Dr. Heidi H.Y. Wang
Biology
(Univ. of Florida,
Gainesville, USA)
IMB 1F
Auditorium
Assistant Prof.
Benjamin P. Tu (Univ.
Texas Southwestern
Medical Center)
Dr. Henry Sun
Dr. John Kung
Cisd2 Mediated Mitochondrial integrity Dr. Ling-Huei
and Aging in Mammalian
Yih
Characterization and Functional
Analysis of Strigolactone-Related
Branching Genes in Maize
Biofortification of Strawberries with
Anti-Nematode Proteins
Logic and Significance of the Yeast
Metabolic Cycle
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Dr. James C.-K.
Shen
Dr. Shu-Hsing
Wu
Dr. Sue
Lin-Chao
Academia Sinica E-news No. 145
Date Time
Wed
12/16
Venue
Speaker
Dr. Miroslaw Cygler
(National Research
Council, Canada)
11:00
Title
Length Control of Bacterial Surface
Polysaccharides by Polysaccharides
Co-polymerases
Moderator
Dr. David
Hsiao
Fir
12/18
14:00
Dr. Chun-Hung
Lin,
1F Auditorium,
Synthesis of Homogeneous
Prof. Yasuhiro Kajihara
Genomics
Glycoprotein Having Human Complex Dr.
(Osaka Univ., Japan)
Shang-Cheng
Research Center
Type Oligosaccharides
Hung
Mon
12/21
11:00
1F Auditorium, Dr. Kevin K Liu
Genomics
(PGRD, Pfizer Inc,
Research Center USA)
Medicinal Chemistry in Small Molecule
Dr. Chun-Hung
Drug Discovery:Where is the Sweet
Hans Lin
Spot?
11:00
R114, The Inst. of Prof. Yung-Chi Cheng
Biological
(Yale Univ. School of
Chemistry
Medicine)
West Meets East: PHY906, A
Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula
as Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Cancer
Treatment
Mon
12/28
Director
Ming-Daw Tsai
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
Thu
12/03
Fri
12/04
14:00
10:30
Conference
Dr. Dafydd Fell
Room B, Inst. Of (School of Oriental and Party Politics in Taiwan Revisited
Political Science African Studies, UK)
Conference
Room, 1F,
RCHSS
14:00
Prof. Yosuke Yasuda
(National Graduate
Institute for Policy
Studies)
Understanding Stable Matchings: A
Non-Cooperative Approach
Prof. Stephen Chiu
(Univ. of Hong Kong)
A Theory of Gradual Reforms in
Transitional Economies
Tue
12/08
14:30
Conferenece
Room B110,
Professor Che-Lin Su
Building B, Inst. (Univ of Chicago, USA)
of Economics
Improving the Numerical Performance
of BLP Static and Dynamic Discrete
Choice Random Coefficients Demand
Estimation
Wed
12/09
12:30
Room 802, Inst.
Of Sociology
Fri
12/11
14:30
Conference
Room, 1F, Inst. Prof. Wu Bing (Beijing Chinese American Literary Studies in
Of European and Foreign Studies Univ.) China: Retrospection and Prospects
American Studies
Tue
12/15
14:30
Room 802, 8F,
Academician Nan Lin
Inst. of Sociology (Duke Univ., USA)
Prof. Ellen Hertz (Inst. The Making of Ethical Computers and
Dr. Ma Dr. Mau-kuei
Of Ethnology, Univ. of the “Decent Work Agenda” in East Asia.
Chang
Neuchâtel, Switzerland) Preliminary Findings【In English】
Homophily and Heterophily: Two Dr. Yu-Dr. Yu-yueh
Principles of Sociology【In Chinese】 Tsai
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