Period: 2021-11-15 ~ 2021-11-22

1.Congratulations to Director Pui-Yan Kwok on being elected as a 2022 Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

2. Congratulations to Dr. Sue-Wei Lin, Associate Research Fellow of IMB, being awarded for the 2021 Academia Sinica Early-Career Investigator Research Achievement Award.

Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) is now accepting applications for admission to the 2022 fall semester, and applications are due before 27 January 2022 (GMT+8).

Date: 2021/11/15 ~ 2021/12/12
Place: Life Science Library

2021 Wiley online library Quiz

Topic: For more information, please visit IMB website
Date：11/4-12/2 Every Thursday 11:00am-12:30pm
Place：IMB B1 auditorium

Topic：Detection, targeting and impact of antibodies against polyethylene glycol on PEGylated medicines
Speaker：Dr. Steve Roffler
Date：Dr. Steve Roffler
Place：IMB B1 Auditorium

Topic：Root damage and immune responses at cellular resolution
Speaker：Dr. Niko Geldner
Date：2021/11/17 15:30
Place：Presented by Webex Meeting

Topic：New Insights into the Glycan Ligands of the Immunomodulatory Sialic acid-binding Siglecs
Speaker：Dr. Matthew Macauley
Date：2021/11/18 11:00-12:00
Place：IBC R209

Topic：Mammalian growth and death controls: from cells to animal models
Speaker：Dr. Hsin-Fang Yang-Yen
Date：2021/11/18 11:00

Place：IMB B1 Auditorium

Topic：The functional stability of regulatory T cells: why it matters?
Speaker：Dr. Ming-Zong Lai
Date：2021/11/25 11:00
Place：IMB B1 Auditorium

Topic：What we can learn from single-cell analysis beyond heterogeneity
Speaker：Dr. Chen, Shih-Yu
Date：2021-11-29 11:00-12:00
Place：B1C Lecture Room, IBMS

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Topic: Behind the scenes at a large scientific journal: How the editorial process works
Time: 2021-11-16 14:00 pm

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Topic: Reviewer workshop: How to get the most out of being a reviewer of scientific articles
Time: 2021-11-17 14:00 pm

Dr. Tang K. Tang, a distinguished research fellow in the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Academia Sinica, leads a research group, working on the roles of centriolar proteins in neuron progenitors during cerebellar development and investigating how the defects in this process impacts the pathogenesis of Joubert syndrome. This work was published in Genes & Development, a prestigious journal renowned in the field of genes and developmental biology.

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Virus infections cause mosaic or mottling in leaves commonly accompanied by increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels as well. However, how ROS contributes to symptoms is less well documented. Bamboo mosaic virus (BaMV) causes chlorotic mosaic symptoms in both Brachypodium distachyon and Nicotiana benthamiana. The BaMV△CPN35 mutant with an N-terminal deletion of its coat protein gene exhibits asymptomatic infection independently of virus titer. The research team of Dr. Na-sheng Lin at Institute of plant and microbial biology found that H2O2 accumulated solely in BaMV-induced chlorotic spots by histochemical staining. Moreover, exogenous H2O2 treatment enhanced yellowish chlorosis in BaMV-infected leaves. Both BaMV and BaMV△CPN35 infection could induce the expression of Cu/Zu superoxide dismutase (CSD) antioxidants at mRNA and protein level.

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Viruses cause severe damage on crops, and identification of key gene(s) that can comprehensively activate antiviral immunity will provide insights for designing effective antiviral strategies

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