Academia Sinica E-news No. 16 LECTURES Date Time Venue Moderator Speaker Title Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences 14:00 Thu May 17 Auditorium 106, new IIS Building, Inst. of Information Science Dr. Chi-Ying Huang, Systems Biology Approaches toward National Health Research Understanding Protein-Protein Interactions Inst. A108 Conf. Rm., Dr. Tahsin J. Inst. of Chemistry Chow 15:30 Dr. Poe Lecture Hall, NTU 10:00 Fri May 18 10:30 14:00 Sun To May 20 17:00 Mon 10:30 May 21 Tue 10:30 May 22 14:00 Thu May 24 15:30 Mon May 21 Tue 2nd Meeting Rm. Dr. Shang-Fan on 5F., Inst. of Lee Physics 2F. Lounge, Inst. of Statistics Dr. John Aston Science Meeting Rm. Inst. of Mathematics 2F. Lounge, Inst. Dr. Henghsiu of Statistics Tsai Science Prof. Tung-Kung Wu, National Chiao Tung Univ. Prof. Shin-Chuan Gou National Changhua Univ. of Education Prof. Toh-Ming Lu Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., USA Protein Engineering of Apo-Myoglobin and Its Application in Bio-Solar Cell Device Design Prof. Todd Ogden Columbia Univ., USA Regression Models with Curves or Images as Predictors Mr. Chih-Chiang Huang National Taiwan Univ. Mr. Ming-Yi Lee National Central Unive. Prof. Wen-Ching Lien National Cheng Kung Univ. Mr. Kung-Chien Wu National Chiao Tung Univ. Variational Principles for Propagation Speeds Prof. Shou-De Lin, National Taiwan Univ. 2 F. Lounge, Inst. Dr. Henghsiu of Statistics Tsai Science Prof. Chi-Kwong Chang Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology Professor Jin-Chuan Duan,, Univ. of Toronto, Canada 3F. Lounge, Inst. Dr. Wu-Cheng of Earth Science Chi Yuan-Hsi Lee, National Chung Cheng Univ. A108 Conf. Rm., Dr. Chin-Ti Inst. of Chemistry Chen Vortex Ring Dynamics in a Trapped Bose-Einstein Condensate Ballistic Aggregations, Shadowing, and the Growth of 3D Nanostructures Boltzmann Equations Self-Similar Flows of the Piston Problem Sobolev's Inequality Instance Modeling in Social Networks Enhancing Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) through Drug Development How Frequently Does the Stock Price Jump? An Analysis of High-Frequency Data with Microstructure Noises Mountain Building Mechanism of Taiwan Orogenic Belt --Constraint by Fission Track Dating Data Dr. Chun-Hung Lin, Fucosyltransferase: From A108 Conf. Rm., Associate Research Dr. Yu-Ju Chen Enzyme-Catalyzed Synthesis to Drug Inst. of Chemistry Fellow, Inst. of Biological Discovery Chemistry Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomic Dr. Poe Lecture Prof. Jau-Song Yu Approaches for Cancer Biomarker Hall, NTU Chang Gung Univ. Discovery Division of Life Sciences B1C Lecture Rm., Dr. Kyoichi A. Watanabe, Inst. of Dr. Tsann-Long 11:00 Pharmasset, Inc., Georgia, Serendipity and Drug Discovery Biomedical Su USA Sciences Conf. Rm., 18F., Building F, Dr. Ning-Sun 16:00 Nankang Software Yang Park 11:00 IMB 1F Dr. Yu-Shiaw Chen Suffolk Country New Trend of Healthy Diet Community College, USA Dr. Hanna Yuan Prof. Robert Bau Univ. of Southern 1 Neutron Analysis of Rubredoxin at 1.5A Resolution, and Powerful Future Neutron Academia Sinica E-news No. 16 May 22 Auditorium Auditorium, 1F, 15:00 Research Center for Biodiversity R106, Inst. of Wed Plant and 15:00 May 23 Microbial Biology, R114, Inst. of Fri 11:00 Biological May 25 Chemistry Thu May 17 California, USA Facilities for Biological Structure Determination Dr. Chaolun Allen Chen Prof. M. James C. Crabbe Seacapes: Coral Reefs and Climate Univ. of Bedfordshire, Change UK Dr. Shih-Long Tu Dr.Tsai-Yun Lin MeJA Effects on Transcriptional Changes National Tsing Hua Univ. in Bupleurum Kaoi Enzymology of Folate Polyglutamate Biosynthesis and Hydrolysis: Target for Anti-Tumor and Anti-Parasite Durg Design Division of Humanities and Social Science Prof. James K. Coward Univ. of Michigan, USA IPSAS Conf. Rm. B, 5F ., N. 14:00 Building for Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Research Fellow & Director Asymmetrical Triangles: Revisiting the Yu-Shan Wu, IPSAS; Kai-Lu Chi, MA, National Washington-Beijing-Taipei Relationship Taiwan Univ. Focus Group Rm. of CSR, Research Dr. Meng-Li 14:00 Center for Yang Humanities and Social Sciences Ruoh-Rong Yu Associate Research Assortative Mating in Taiwan and Fellow, Research Center for Humanities and Social Southeast China Sciences 5F , The Museum Mon of the Institute of 10:00 May 21 History and Philology, Dr. Chin-Shing Huang Research Fellow Institute of History and Philology The Moral Outlook of Neo-Confucianism: as Viewed from The Great Learning(Da-xue), Reflections on Thing at Hand(Jin-si-lu), and Introductions for Practical Learning(Chuan-xi-lu) Conf. Rm. 802 , 8F., N. Building 14:00 for Humanities Tue and Social May 22 Sciences Shu-Ming Chung Associate Research Fellow, Inst. of Taiwan History The Role of Political-merchant in the Colonial Taiwan: Akuzawa Naoya and Matsuoka Tomio Prof. Yili Chien Purdue Univ., USA Macro Implications of Household Finance The Archives 10:00 Building, Inst. of Modern History Prof. Tatsuo Yamada Univ. of the Air, Japan Chiang Kai-Shek Studies Reconsifered IPSAS Conf. Rm. B, 5F., N. 14:00 Building for Humanities and Social Sciences Ms. Feng-yu Lee Political Institutions, Contexts, and Ethnic PhD Candidates, Univ. of Conflict in Comparative Perspectives Texas at Austin, USA 15:00 Thu May 24 R110, Building B, Inst. of Economics R2319 3rd Conf. Fri 15:00 Rm., Inst. of May 25 Ethnology Dr. Yu-Ju Lin Prof. John Comaroff Univ. of Chicago, USA 2 Law and Disorder in the Postcolony