{"id":323,"date":"2016-05-31T20:28:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T20:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/?page_id=323"},"modified":"2016-10-26T19:00:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T19:00:43","slug":"actxv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/actxv\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Conference on Transcription XV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"fac-big-title fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">Asian Conference on Transcription XV<\/h1>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_el_width_100 vc_sep_color_grey\">\n\t<span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n\t<h4>Penang, Malaysia - Summer 2017<\/h4>\t<span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/malayheader.jpg\" class=\"vc_box_shadow_border vc_box_border_grey attachment-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/malayheader.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/malayheader-632x253.jpg 632w, https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/malayheader-1020x408.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/malayheader-50x20.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> <div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_el_width_100 vc_sep_color_grey\">\n\t<span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n\t<h4>Source: http:\/\/www.tourism.gov.my<\/h4>\t<span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Chair&#8217;s Welcome<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>The Asian Conference on Transcription is an annual scientific gathering in which scientists of all disciplines meet to discuss the latest technological and scientific advancements in our understanding of gene transcription and its regulation in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems. Although these conferences are rooted in Asia, they are open to scientists of all nationalities for an active exchange of scientific ideas.<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>This year&#8217;s conference will be held in Penang, Malaysia, whose capital city, George Town, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the third-most developed and economically important site in the country.<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>On behalf of the Organizing Committee, welcome to Penang.<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong><em>\u2014Kalai MATHEE<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <strong><em>Chair, ACT XV<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>\u2014<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><i>Nethia MOHANA-KUMARAN<\/i><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Co-Chair, ACT XV<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\">\n\t<div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wpb_toggle wpb_toggle_title_active\">Description<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_toggle_content wpb_toggle_open\"><p>This conference aims to promote research in transcription in Asia through lectures by invited speakers, oral and poster presentations, and the interface of international scientists both within and outside of Asia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wpb_toggle\">Conference Themes<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_toggle_content\"><ul>\n<li>Prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription factors<\/li>\n<li>Post-translational modification<\/li>\n<li>Chromatin states and transcriptional control<\/li>\n<li>Single-molecule mechanics of transcription<\/li>\n<li>Transcription in disease development and progression<\/li>\n<li>RNA biology<\/li>\n<li>Imaging technologies in transcription<\/li>\n<li>Non-canonical DNA structures in transcriptional regulation<\/li>\n<li>Transcription at telomeres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wpb_toggle\">About Malaysia<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_toggle_content\"><p>To know Malaysia is to love Malaysia &#8211; a bubbling, bustling melting-pot of races and religions where Malays, Indians, Chinese and many other ethnic groups live together in peace and harmony. Our multiculturalism has made Malaysia a gastronomical paradise and home to hundreds of colourful festivals. It&#8217;s no wonder that we love celebrating and socialising. As a people, Malaysians are very relaxed, warm and friendly.<\/p>\n<p>Geographically, Malaysia is almost as diverse as its culture. 11 states and 2 federal territories (Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya) form Peninsular Malaysia which is separated by the South China Sea from East Malaysia which includes the 2 states (Sabah and Sarawak on the island of Borneo) and a third federal territory, the island of Labuan.<\/p>\n<p>One of Malaysia&#8217;s key attractions is its extreme contrasts which further add to this theme of \u2018diversity\u2019. Towering skyscrapers look down upon wooden houses built on stilts while five-star hotels sit just metres away from ancient reefs.<\/p>\n<p>Rugged mountains reach dramatically for the sky while their rainforest-clad slopes sweep down to floodplains teeming with forest life. Cool highland hideaways roll down to warm, sandy beaches and rich, humid mangroves.<\/p>\n<p>For the perfect holiday full of surprises, the time is now, the place is Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>Further information on the country can also be obtained from the Malaysian government&#8217;s official portal,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.malaysia.gov.my\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.malaysia.gov.my<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wpb_toggle\">About Penang<\/h4><div class=\"wpb_toggle_content\"><p>Penang was originally part of the Malay Sultanate of Kedah. On 11 August 1786, Captain\u00a0Francis Light\u00a0of the British East India Company landed in Penang and renamed it Prince of Wales Island in honour of heir to the British throne. Light then received it as a portion on his marriage to the daughter of the Sultan of Kedah. Light ceded Penang to the Government of India and promised the Sultan military protection from Siamese and Burmese armies who were threatening Kedah. Light is now credited as the founder of Penang.<\/p>\n<p>Unbeknownst to the Sultan, Light had acted without the approval of the East India Company when he promised military protection. When the Company failed to aid Kedah when Siam attacked it, the Sultan tried to retake the island in 1790. The attempt was unsuccessful, and the Sultan was forced to cede the island to the Company for an honorarium of 6,000 Spanish dollars per annum. This was later increased to 10,000 dollars, with Province Wellesley on the mainland of the Malay Peninsula being added to Penang in 1800. An annual honorarium of 10,000 ringgit continues to this day be paid by the Malaysian Federal Government to the state of Kedah.<\/p>\n<p>In 1826, Penang, along with Malacca and Singapore, became part of the Straits Settlements under the British administration in India, moving to direct British colonial rule in 1867. In 1946 it became part of the Malayan Union, before becoming in 1948 a state of the Federation of Malaya, which gained independence in 1957 and became Malaysia in 1963.<\/p>\n<p>The island was a free port until 1969. Despite the loss of the island&#8217;s free-port status, from the 1970s to the late 1990s the state built up one of the largest electronics manufacturing bases in Asia, in the Free Trade Zone around the airport in the south of the island.<\/p>\n<p>On 7 July 2008, George Town, the historic capital of Penang, was formally inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site alongside with Malacca. It is officially recognised as having a unique architectural and cultural townscape without parallel anywhere in East and Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div> \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asian Conference on Transcription XV Penang, Malaysia - Summer 2017 Source: http:\/\/www.tourism.gov.my Chair's Welcome The Asian Conference on Transcription is [...]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323\/revisions\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.fiu.edu\/~matheek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}