FBR2013
Keynote Speakers

Professor Sir Walter Bodmer
Cancer & Immunogenetics Laboratory
Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
John Radcliffe Hospital
University of Oxford, UK

Professor Aravinda Chakravarti
Director, Center for Complex Disease Genomics
McKusick - Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Professor Kathryn SE Cheah
Chair Professor, Department of Biochemistry
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Professor Yung-chi Cheng
Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacology
Yale School of Medicine, USA

Professor Sir John Gurdon
Chairman & Group Leader
Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute
University of Cambridge, UK
[2012 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine]

Professor David D Ho
Scientific Director
The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, USA

Professor Nancy YY Ip
Dean and Chair Professor in Life Science
School of Science
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Professor Yuet-wai Kan
Professor of Hematology
Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, USA
[2004 Shaw Laureate in Life Science and Medicine]

Professor Batsheva Kerem
Scientific Director
The National Center for Genomic Technology
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Professor Victor Ling
President and Scientific Director
Terry Fox Research Institute
Distinguished Scientist and Professor
BC Cancer Agency and The University of British Columbia, Canada

Professor Dennis YM Lo
Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences
Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Professor David L Nelson
Editor, American Journal of Human Genetics
Professor, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Professor Johanna Rommens
Senior Scientist, SickKids Research Institute
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto, Canada

Professor Hans-Hilger Ropers
Professor, Human Genetics, Charit - University Hospital, Berlin
Director, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany

Professor Guy Rouleau
Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Professor, Department of Medicine
McGill University, Canada

Professor Stephen Scherer
Director, McLaughlin Centre and the Centre for Applied Genomics
Hospital for Sick Children
University of Toronto, Canada

Professor Paul KH Tam
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research)
Chair Professor, Department of Surgery
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Professor Gert-Jan B van Ommen
Director, Center for Medical Systems Biology
Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands

Professor Huanming Yang
Chairman and Professor
Beijing Genomics Institute, China