Director Shaw Chen Liu, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Research Center for Environmental Changes, will go to Japan to attend an academic conference from February 24 to 28, 2010. During his absence, Deputy Director George Tin-Fuk Wong is the acting director.

        Director Wen-Hsiung Li, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Biodiversity Research Center, is going to the United States for academic affairs from February 10 to March 4, 2010. During his absence, Deputy Director Jiunn-Tzong Wu is the acting director.

        Director Chung-Hsuan Chen, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Genomics Research Center, is going to the United States for academic affairs from February 8 to 24, 2010. During his absence, Deputy Director Alice Lin-Tsing Yu is the acting director.