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| Programme |
| 8:00 – 8:45 |
Registration |
Morning Session
Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre |
| 8:45 – 9:00 |
Opening Ceremony
- Officiating address by Professor Roland T Chin, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost
- Welcoming address by Professor Sum-ping Lee, Dean of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
- Group Photo |
| 9:00 – 9:40 |
Chairperson: Professor GSW Tsao, Anatomy
Keynote Lecture I
Regulation of Self Renewal in Normal Stem Cells & Cancer
Professor Michael F Clarke
Stanford University School of Medicine, USA |
| 9:40 – 10:20 |
Chairperson: Professor Malik Peiris, Microbiology
Keynote Lecture II
Toll-like Receptor Signaling in Infection and Inflammation
Professor Luke O’Neill
The University of Dublin, UK |
| 10:20 – 10:45 |
Tea Break |
| 10:45 – 11:15 |
Keynote Sessions for Best Research Output and Outstanding Young Researcher Awardees |
| 11:15 – 12:55 |
3 Concurrent Scientific Meetings of Research Centres:
- Healthy Aging (Lecture Theatre 1)
- Infection and Immunology (Lecture Theatres 2-4)
- Reproduction and Development (Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre)
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| 12:55 – 14:15 |
Lunch |
Afternoon Session
Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre |
| 14:15 – 14:55 |
Chairperson: Professor KSE Cheah, Biochemistry
Keynote Lecture VI
The Many States of Pluripotency
Professor Martin Pera
The University of Southern California, USA |
| 14:55 – 15:35 |
Chairperson: Professor Si Lok, Genome Research Centre
Keynote Lecture VII
Integrated Genomics in Cancer Medicine
Professor Edison Tak-bun Liu
Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore |
| 15:35 – 16:00 |
Tea Break |
| 16:00 – 17:40/18:00 |
3 Concurrent Scientific Meetings of Research Centres:
- Public Health (Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre)
- Cancer (Lecture Theatre 1)
- Stem Cells and Genomics (Lecture Theatres 2-4)
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| Keynote Sessions for Best Research Output and Outstanding Young Researcher Awardees |
| Morning Parallel Session |
| Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre |
| 10:45 – 11:15 |
Chairperson: Professor Maria Lung, Clinical Oncology
Gene expression programme of colon crypt and pathways involved in intestinal stem cell regulation
Professor SY Leung
Pathology, HKU
(2009 University Research Output Prize) |
| Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre |
| 10:45 – 11:15 |
Chairperson: Professor LC Chan, Pathology
Phosphorylation of DLC1 Tumor Suppressor: Its Functional Impact
Dr JWP Yam
Pathology, HKU
(2009 Outstanding Young Researcher Award) |
| 1. Healthy Aging : Scientific Meeting of the Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging |
Morning Parallel Session
Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
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Chairpersons:
Professor CB Tan, Medicine
Dr NS Wong, Biochemistry |
| 11:15 – 11:55 |
Keynote Lecture III
The Epac-Rap1 Signalling Network: Spatial and Temporal Control of Cell Adhesion
Professor Johannes L Bos
University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 11:55 – 12:25 |
Structure and Functions of a Calcium Signaling Enzyme - CD38
Professor HC Lee
Physiology, HKU |
| 12:25 – 12:55 |
Long Live the Brain! The Puzzle, the Work, and the Direction
Dr ACK Law
Psychiatry, HKU |
| 2. Infection & Immunology : Scientific Meeting of the Research Centre of Infection and Immunology |
Morning Parallel Session
Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre |
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Chairpersons:
Professor PCY Woo, Microbiology
Dr DY Jin, Biochemistry |
11:15 – 11:45
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PACT is a Novel Partner of RIG-I in the Activation of Innate Antiviral Immune Response
Dr DY Jin
Biochemistry, HKU |
11:45 – 12:25
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Keynote Lecture IV
Torovirus mRNA Synthesis: Exceptional Transcriptional Plasticity in a Nidovirus
Professor Raoul J de Groot
Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
| 12:25 – 12:55 |
Occult Hepatitis B Infection: A Disease of Concern?
Professor MF Yuen
Medicine, HKU |
| 3. Reproduction & Development : Scientific Meeting of the Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth |
Morning Parallel Session
Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre |
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Chairpersons:
Professor KMC Cheung, Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Dr MH Sham, Biochemistry |
| 11:15 – 11:45 |
Structural Basis for Novel Posttranslational Modifications by Sirtuins
Prof Hao Quan
Physiology, HKU |
| 11:45 – 12:15 |
Genes and Disease: Mendelian Diseases, Complex Diseases and Those in between—Implications on Study Approaches
Dr WL Yang
Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU |
| 12:15 – 12:55 |
Keynote Lecture V
Intracellular Fgfs: Conserved Structure and Novel Function as Regulators of Neuronal Excitability
Professor David Ornitz
Washington University School of Medicine, USA |
| 4. Public Health: Scientific Meeting of the Public Health Research Centre |
Afternoon Parallel Session
Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre |
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Chairpersons:
Professor KMC Cheung, Orthopaedics & Traumatology
Dr MH Sham, Biochemistry |
| 16:00 – 16:40 |
Keynote Lecture VIII
Getting Closer to Causal Understanding in Observational Epidemiological Studies
Professor George Davey-Smith
University of Bristol, UK |
| 16:40 – 17:10 |
Secular Trends in the Fitness Performance of Asian Children
Dr Duncan Macfarlane
Institute of Human Performance, HKU
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17:10 – 17:40
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Smoking in Hong Kong Children
Dr DSY Ho
Community Medicine, HKU |
| 5. Cancer : Scientific Meeting of the Centre for Cancer Research |
Afternoon Parallel Session
Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre |
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Chairpersons:
Professor GSW Tsao, Anatomy
Dr MSY Huen, Anatomy |
| 16:00 – 16:30 |
Metastatic Cancer Cells: Nature or Nurture?
Dr RWC Pang
Medicine, HKU |
| 16:30 – 17:00 |
Identification of Liver Tumor-initiating Cells using a Chemoresistant Animal Model
Dr TKW Lee
Pathology, HKU |
| 17:00 – 17:40 |
Keynote Lecture IX
DNA Damage Signaling and DNA Repair
Professor Junjie Chen
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA |
| 6. Stem Cells and Genomics |
Afternoon Parallel Session
Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre |
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Chairpersons:
Professor Pak-chung Sham, Psychiatry
Professor Ronald Li, Medicine |
| 16:00 – 16:40 |
Keynote Lecture X
The Genomewide Association Scan Revolution: Recent Advances in Complex Trait Genetics
Dr Manuel AR Ferreira
Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia |
| 16:40 – 17:20 |
Keynote Lecture XI
Systems Biology of Stem Cells
Dr Huck-hui Ng
Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore |
| 17:20 – 18:00 |
Keynote Lecture XII
Bioactive Nanostructures for Regenerative Medicine
Professor Samuel I Stupp
Northwestern University, USA |
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