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Academia Sinica - Events | AI-Driven Biomedicine: From Genomic Chaos and Ergodic Cancer Therapy to Blood-Brain Barrier Delivery, Cardiometabolic Disorders, and Infectious Diseases
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (226+ words) sinica. edu. tw B1 B Lecture Room, IBMS Sergey Shityakov, Ph D (Univ. of W'rzburg) 2026-04-22 15: 00 - 16: 00 This seminar presents an AI-driven computational framework addressing four IBMS priority areas: cancer, neuroscience, cardiometabolic disorders, and infectious diseases/immunology. In cancer, we introduce ergodic therapy,…...
Academia Sinica - Events | Modals in Action: Imperatives and Performative Modals in Chinese
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (209+ words) sinica. edu. tw Room519, 5th floor, HSSB, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica Associate Research Fellow Wei-wen Roger LIAO 2026-04-27 10: 00 - 12: 00 Two competing approaches to the syntax'semantics of imperatives have been proposed. The minimal view treats imperatives as properties at the level of semantics and…...
Academia Sinica - Events | From genomic profiling to functional characterization
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (183+ words) sinica. edu. tw B1 B Lecture Room, IBMS 2026-04-20 11: 00 - 12: 00 Rapid advances in DNA sequencing technologies have enabled population-scale genomic initiatives worldwide, including in Taiwan, generating vast biomedical datasets and uncovering numerous genetic associations with human disease. However, for many of these associations,…...
Academia Sinica - Research Findings | Lingula genome reveals conserved mechanism of dorsoventral axis formation in bilaterians
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (273+ words) Academia Sinica-Lingula genome reveals conserved mechanism of dorsoventral axis formation in bilaterians'sinica. edu. tw How animals establish dorsal'ventral polarity is central to understanding bilaterian evolution, yet remains unresolved in spiralians, a diverse clade that includes annelids and molluscs. A team…...
Academia Sinica - Events | Freedom and Power: A Neo-Republican Turn in AI Ethics
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (301+ words) sinica. edu. tw 1 F Conference Room, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica Professor Chia-Yu Chou (Department of Political Science, National Chengchi University) 2026-04-13 13: 30 - 15: 30 This article explores the ethical and political implications of artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of…...
Academia Sinica - Events | Probing Cosmic Transients Across Scales: From Fast X-ray Transients to a Nearby Type IIP SN 2024ggi
4+ week, 1+ day ago (259+ words) Probing Cosmic Transients Across Scales: From Fast X-ray Transients to a Nearby Type IIP SN 2024ggi'sinica. edu. tw 5 F, 1st Meeting Room, Institute of Physics Dr. Amar Aryan (National Central University) 2026-03-18 11: 00 - 12: 00 Our dynamic universe helps us to investigate its nature by…...
Academia Sinica - Events | Decoding Molecular and Cellular States with Nanomechanical Signatures
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (206+ words) sinica. edu. tw 1 F, Auditorium, Institute of Physics Associate Professor Ching-Hwa Kiang (Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University) 2026-02-03 14: 00 - 15: 00 Unraveling the connection between mechanical properties and biological function requires probing systems across vast length scales, from single bonds to whole cells....
Academia Sinica - Press Releases | Nobel Laureate in Physics Dr. Serge Haroche Presents at Academia Sinica An Analysis of the Frontiers of Laser Science and Quantum Technology
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (145+ words) In her remarks, Vice President Mei-Yin Chou noted that Dr. Serge Haroche's pioneering contributions to quantum optics and cavity quantum electrodynamics (Cavity QED) resolved a century-old challenge in quantum mechanics'the difficulty of isolating and observing single quantum systems'and laid a…...
Academia Sinica - Announcements | TAIWAN BRIDGES Lecture by Nobel Laureate: "Is There a Planet B " Will Humanity Emigrate to an Exoplanet?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (70+ words) TAIWAN BRIDGES Lecture by Nobel Laureate: "Is There a Planet B " Will Humanity Emigrate to an Exoplanet? sinica. edu. tw Speaker: Dr. Michel Mayor (2019 Nobel Laureate in Physics) Lecture Synopsis: Three decades after the discovery of the first planet orbiting…...
Academia Sinica - Research Findings | New publication of "New Discoveries in Tibeto-Burman Linguistics: Honoring the Legacy of Academician Jackson T. -S. Sun" by ILAS
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (292+ words) sinica. edu. tw We are proud to announce the publication of New Discoveries in Tibeto-Burman Linguistics: Honoring the Legacy of Academician Jackson T. -S. Sun, edited by ILAS Research Fellow Dr. Jonathan P. Evans. An introduction to this book is provided below. New…...