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2008-Jul-17 Academia Sinica E-news No.75
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Knowledge Feast, Series IV Has Been Published
Knowledge Feast, Series IV has been published by the Secretariat Office, Academia Sinica, in June, 2008. The book consists of 12 lectures from “Lecture in Honor of Former President” and “Knowledge Feast,” and covers varied fields such as history, culture, health, marine science and technology, and basic science along with topics on global warming and earthquake.
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"Knowledge Feast" Colloquium for July:
Views on Modern Taiwanese Art
Speaker: Dr. Chuan-ying Yen (Research Fellow of
the Institute of History and Philology,
Academia Sinica)
Moderator: Vice President Ts'ui-jung Liu
Time: July 29, 2008 (Tuesday)
Venue: 2F, Center of Academic Activities, Academia Sinica
-Dinner: 6:00~7:00pm at Lecture Hall
-Lecture: 7:00~9:00pm at Conference Room 1
All are welcome!
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Workshop on Occupational Coding
Lecturer: Prof. Harry Ganzeboom
(Sociology and Social Research Methodology,
Free University Amsterdam)
Time: July 24-25, 2008 (Thursday to Friday)
Venue: Conference Room, 1F, RCHSS, Academia Sinica
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RNA Interference: from Serendipity to Application to Functional Genomics
King-Song Jeng
(Associate Specialist, Institute of Molecular Biology/
Manager of National RNAi Core Facility)
Some of the most important discoveries occurred through serendipity, i.e. accidental discovery. For instance, in 1928 Alexander Fleming observed that microbes were attenuated by invading fungus. This accidental discovery resulted in the discovery of the world's first antibiotic or bacteria killer. The discovery of RNA interference (RNAi), a form of post-transcriptional gene silencing that mimics the effect of loss-of-gene-function, also is a scientific serendipity, which involves several intriguing, quirky and surprising events.
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Hula Hula – Love Hawaii
Time: 19:00, Friday, July 25, 2008
Venue: Auditorium Hall, 1F,
Center of Academic Activities,
Academia Sinica
Performers: Hula Angel
Admission: Free
All are welcome!
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