Talks

(2000-Present)

2008

1. Graduate Institute of Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taoyuan, Taiwan. March 13, 2008.

2. NTNU College of Science, “Biophysics, a NMR Structural Biologist’s view”, May 2, 2008.

3. The XXIII International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS), August 24-29, 2008, San Diego, CA, USA. “Insight into the packaging mechanism of SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid”.

4. Invited speaker, Cross Strait NMR Conference, Hang-Zhou, China, October 23-28, 2008. “Structure and function of pathogenic proteins”.

5. Keynote speaker, 15th Chinese NMR Conference, Ninbo, China, Oct. 29-31, 2008. “Dissecting the packaging of SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid”

6. National Cheng Kung University Medical School, The role of intrinsic disorder and coupled allosteric effect in the packaging of viral nucleocapsid”, Oct. 16, 2008

7. Keynote speaker, The Australian and New Zealand Magnetic Resonance Society (ANZMAG) 2008 conference, Couran Cove Resort on South Stradbroke Island, Australia, December 7-11, 2008. “The role of intrinsic disorder and coupled allosteric effect on viral nucleocapsid packaging”.

2007

8. Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University. October 31, 2007.

9. 10th Asian Pacific Physics Conference (APPC10), Pohang, Korea. August 21-24, 2007 (Plenary speaker).

10. Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. March 8-10, 2007.

2006

11. East Asia Biophysics Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, Nov 12-17, 2006.

12. Sapporo Structural Genomics Conference, Sapporo, Japan, Oct. 30-31, 2006.

13. Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tx, USA, August 14, 2006

14. Korea Magnetic Resonance Society Annual Conference (Keynote speaker), Jeiju Island, Korea, July 7-8, 2006.

15. The Fifth Cross-Strait Workshop on Biology Inspired Theoretical Science (BITS-Xs5), Taichung, June 21-26, 2006.

16. Washington Area NMR Group Symposium (WANG) May 12, 2006. NIH building 60 Lecture Hall, Bethesda, MD, USA. “Structure and nucleic acid interaction of the SARS coronavirus nucleocapsid protein “

17. 2006 NCTS Spring Workshop on Critical Phenomena and Complex Systems, March 30 – April 1, 2006

2005

18. Pacific Chem – 2005 Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 20-25 (2005). Invited speaker.

19. Asian-Pacific Magnetic Resonance Conference, Yokoyama, Japan, November 10-11, 2005. (Invited speaker)

20. The 5th KIAS (Korea Institute of Advanced Study) conference on Protein Structure and Function” Seoul, Korea, Nov 7-9th, 2005 (Host: Weontae Lee, Yonsei University,

21. Biogenidec Pharmaceutical, La Jolla, CA. September 7, 2005. “Seeing is believing: Structural Biology in a Biomedical Environment” (Host: Dr. Steve Demarest).

22. Bioinformatics Program & Institute of Bioinformatics National Yang-Ming University. May 12, 2005 “The restless protein – A NMR perspective”.

23. Department of Physics, Nat’l Chung-Hsing University, May 6 2005. “Nuclear Magnetic Resonance – From Basic to Biomedical Applications”.

24. “International Symposium on Stable Isotope Aided Biological NMR” to be held in Tokyo, Japan, May 2-3, 2005 (Invited speaker).

25. The XXI International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS), 21st ICMRBS, Hyderabad, India, January 16-21, 2005. (Invited speaker) “Structure, Function and Heparin interaction of Human Hepatoma-Derived Growth Factor-Related Proteins”.

2004

26. 15th International Society of Magnetic Resonance (ISMAR), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, October 24-28, 2004 (Invited speaker). “Structure, Function and Heparin interaction of Human Hepatoma-Derived Growth Factor-Related Proteins”

27. Korea magnetic resonance society annual conference. Westin Chosun Beach Hotel, Haeundae Busan on August 24-26, 2004. (Invited plenary lecturer). “Human Hepatoma-Derived Growth Factor-Related Proteins – A Novel Family of Heparin Binding Proteins”.

28. The 4th Biology Inspire Theoretical Physics (BITS4) June 26-30, 2004, Xia-Men, China (Invited speaker). “The restless protein – a NMR view”.

29. StatPhys-Taiwan 2004, June 23-26, Institute of Physics, Taipei, Taiwan. “Challenges for Physicists in NMR-based Structural Genomics”.

30. 3rd International Proteomics Conference, May 14 - 17假台北圓山飯店 (Invited speaker) “Human Hepatoma-derived Growth Factors – Structure, Heparin Binding and Functional Mechanism”.

31. Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, March 15, 2004. “The restless protein”.

32. Taiwan Physical Society Annual Meeting, February 9-11, 2004 Hsin-Chu, Taiwan “Protein structures through the eyes of NMR”.

2003

33. Department of Chemistry, Tong-Kong University, September 29, 2003. “Probing protein structure, dynamics and functions by NMR spectroscopy”.

34. Dong-Hua University Department of Physics, June 5, 2003. Special Graduation lecture “Biophysics, a fertile frontier for Physicists in the post-genomic era”.

35. The Biotechnological Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, April 25-26, 2003. Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. “Probing the molecular events in enzyme catalysis by NMR: A case study of a serine protease” (Invitation accepted).

36. International Workshop on Education and Capacity Building in Biophysics: Needs of the Asian African Region, February 24-25, 2003, Roorkee, India. ”An overview of the research and teaching activities in Biophysics in Taiwan”.

37. India Biophysical Society Annual meting, February 21-23, 2003. Roorkee, India. ”NMR investigation of the structure and catalytic mechanism of a serine protease – E. coli thioesterase/protease I”.

2002

38. Department of Physics, National Dong-Hua University, May 20, 2002. “Probing enzyme structure and catalytic mechanism by NMR”.

39. International NMR symposium, Tokyo, Japan. April 11-12, 2002. “Probing the structure and catalytic mechanism of a serine hydrolase by NMR”.

40. Protein Research Group, Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. April 10, 2002. “Characterizing the structure of a Serine Protease/Transition State Analog Michaelis complex by NMR”.

2001

41. Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, March 29, 2001 .“ Probing the structure and catalytic mechanism of E. coli thioesterase/protease I”.

42. Department of Biology, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan. November 29, 2001. “Structural Biology in the post-genomic era”.

43. Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX September 21, 2001. “Structure, Dynamics and Folding of the Lipoyl Acid-Bearing Domain of the E2 Component of Human Mitochondria Branched-Chain Alpha-Ketoacid Dehydrogenase”.

44. International Conference in Recent Advancement in Biotechnology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nat’l Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan March 16-17, 2001. “Structural Basis of Cell Cytotoxic Ribonucleases”.

45. Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica, March 15, 2001 “Structure, Dynamics and Function of E. coli Thioesterase/Protease I”.

2000

46. International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (PACIFICHEM’ 2000), Honolulu, Hawaii, December 14-20, 2000. “Characterization of the Low Barrier Hydrogen Bond in E. coli Thioesterase/Protease I”.

47. XIX International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Florence, Italy, August 20–25, 2000. “NMR Investigation of the structure and dynamics of E. coli thioesterase/protease I.

48. Department of Chemistry, Nat’l Cheng-Kung University, June 26 – July 21, 2000. “Workshop on Protein Structure, Folding and Design”.

49. Department of Physics, Nat’l Chung-Hsing University. June 16, 2000. “ Biomedical Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance”.

50. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. May 15-19, 2000. “Structure of Life - Probing protein structure and dynamics by NMR”