Director Tao-Shih Hsieh, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Cellular and     Organismic Biology, is going to the United States for academic affairs from December 27, 2012 to January 7, 2013. During his absence, Deputy Director Pung-Pung Hwang is the acting director.

　　Director Paul Ho, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, is going to the United States for academic affairs from December 19, 2012 to January 9, 2013. During his absence, Distinguished Research Fellow Typhoon Lee and Deputy Director Shiang-Yu Wang are the acting directors.