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The Life Sciences Library will be closed from February 14th to 22nd, 2026, for the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday.We wish you a Happy Chinese New Year and all the best!

Period：2026-02-02~ 2026-02-09

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To enhance security, EndNote will implement a mandatory password update policy (every 180 days) starting February 12, 2026.

Topic：Prof. Urte Neniskyte & Prof. Rima Budvytyte
Date：2026-02-03 10:00 - 12:00
Place：1F Auditorium (B106), IST

Topic：Scalable Recombination-Aware Approaches for Genome Analysis of Pathogens
Speaker：Dr. Shing Hei Zhan (University of Oxford)
Date：2026-02-03 15:00 - 16:30
Place：Auditorium, 1st Floor, Interdisciplinary Research Building

Topic：Reading, Writing, and Rewiring the Tubulin Code with Chemistry and Light
Speaker：Dr. Krriisshna Kiisshorre Mahalliingan (National Institutes of Health, USA)
Date：2026-02-04 10:00 - 11:50
Place：3F Meeting Room, Genomics Research Center

Topic：Let’s TALK1 About Diabetes: From Asian-Specific Genetic Risk to β-Cell Dysfunction
Speaker：Dr. Yang, Shi-Bing (Associate Research Fellow)
Date：2026-02-09 11:00 - 12:00
Place：B1B Lecture Room, IBMS

Topic：CO2-Concentrating Mechanisms in Photosynthesis: Structure–Function Studies of the Cyanobacterial NDH-1 Complex
Speaker：Dr. Rob Burnap (Oklahoma State University, USA)
Date：2026-02-09 15:00 - 16:00
Place：Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Building, Academia Sinica

Topic：Meiosis, spindle elongation, and the physical basis of biological oscillations
Speaker：Dr. Ming Yang (Oklahoma State University, USA)
Date：2026-02-10 11:00 - 12:00
Place：Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Building, Academia Sinica

Topic：The Womb Where It Happens: Establishing the Anterior-Posterior Axis and Placental Identity
Speaker：Dr. Dong-Yuan Chen (Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Biology & Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology)
Date：2026-02-11 10:00 - 11:00
Place：

Topic：Mode of action of L-DOPA, a versatile root-secreted molecule affecting plant metal homeostasis
Speaker：Dr. Louis Grillet (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Date：2026-02-11 11:00 - 12:00
Place：Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Building, Academia Sini

Topic：The Rho GEF Plekhg3 stiffens cells to enable gastrulation in Xenopus
Speaker：
Date：2026-02-11 15:00 - 16:30
Place：Auditorium, ICOB

Topic：Microbial symbiosis in the honey bee gut
Speaker：Dr. Waldan Kwong (Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine, Portugal)
Date：2026-02-12 11:00 - 13:00
Place：Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Building, Academia Sinica

Topic：Critical role for a high-plasticity cell state in lung cancer
Speaker：Dr. Chun-Hao Pan (Postdoctoral Research Associate, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)
Date：2026-02-12 11:00 - 12:00
Place：1F Auditorium, Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica

Topic：Understanding and manipulating cell polarity in yeasts and in plants.
Speaker：Dr. Jian-Geng Chiou (Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica)
Date：2026-02-13 11:00 - 12:00
Place：Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Building, Academia Sinica

Topic：Anatomy of ‘brainwashing' and its effect on brain health
Speaker：Dr. Jonathan Kipnis (Washington Univ. in St. Louis, USA)
Date：2026-02-23 11:00 - 12:00
Place：B1C Auditorium, IBMS

Topic：A paternal piRNA locus is required for robust early embryo development
Speaker：Dr. Pei-Hsuan Wu (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Date：2026-02-24 11:00 - 12:00
Place：IMB 1F Auditorium

Topic：Immunotherapy for Tumors: Overcoming Immunological Coldness
Speaker：Dr. Bin-Jin Hwang (Duke University, USA)
Date：2026-02-25 10:00 - 11:50
Place：3F Meeting Room, Genomics Research Center

Topic：Protein homeostasis networks - challenges and opportunities for stressed plants
Speaker：Dr. Marco Trujillo (University of Hamburg, Germany)
Date：2026-02-25 10:30 - 11:30
Place：Auditorium A134, Agricultural Technology Building, Academia Sinica

Topic: Why you should love GMOs?
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Sir Richard J. Roberts
1993 Nobel Laureate for Physiology or Medicine at New England Biolabs in Ipswich/USA
Time: 14:00 ~, Thursday, February 5, 2026
Venue: B1C, Auditorium, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica

Gut microbiota research has rapidly expanded our understanding of host-microbe interactions in cardiovascular diseases, yet translation of these insights remains challenged by species-specific differences and substantial population heterogeneity.

Herein, we show a computationally designed IL7 superkine, Neo-7, which exhibits enhanced folding efficiency and superior binding affinity to its cognate receptors.

Preservation of the insulin-sensitive glomerular podocyte is imperative for normal kidney function.

E. coli isolates collectively encode four distinct clusters of related proteins, suggesting polyphyletic origins for this capsular serotype.

These results define the VACV EFC as a unique multiprotein fusion machinery and provide a structural framework for understanding the mechanism of poxvirus entry and membrane fusion.

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are bioactive glycans with growing applications in nutrition and therapeutics.

We aimed to develop water-soluble, orally bioavailable CB1 antagonists for atherosclerosis and to investigate the role of endothelial CB1 in hemodynamic regulation.

Systemic acquired resistance (SAR) is an induced immune response in plants that is triggered by pathogen infection to protect uninfected tissues against subsequent threats.