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Session IV
Infection & Immunology and Musculoskeletal System
Seminar Room 4, G/F, Laboratory Block

Chairpersons:
Professor Shin-Ru Shih, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

Dr V Tam, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Time

Session No.

Presentations

0830-0840 4.01 Identification of Host Genetic Factors Affecting Influenza Resistance through Collaborative Network Analysis of Seed Genes and Differential Expression

Bao Suying, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

0840-0850 4.02 Identification of Microrna in Pencillium Marneffei

Chow Wang Ngai, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

0850-0900 4.03 Comprehensive Mapping of SIVmac239 Envelope Antigenic Determinants Recognized by Specific Polyclonal Antibodies in Vaccinated and/or Infected Macaques

Guo Jia, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

0900-0910 4.04 Immunomodulatory Role of Acute Cigarette Smoke Exposure in pdmH1N1 and H9N2 Infection

Han Yan, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

0910-0920 4.05 Automated Pan-genomic Target Discovery in Diagnostic Microbiology

Ho Chi Chun, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

0920-0930 4.06 Emergence of a New Multi-drug Resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii Clone with Reduced Antimicrobial Susceptibility in a Health Care Region in Hong Kong, 2005-2010

Ho Yat Man, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

0930-0940 4.07 Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Effects of Bio-active Constituents from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Decoction

Law Hing Yee, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

0940-0950 4.08 A Significant Number of Reported Lichtheimia Corymbifera Infections are Caused by Lichtheimia HongKongensis: an Emerging Cause of Mucormycosis

Leung Shui Yee, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

0950-1000 4.09 Discovery of Novel Components from Traditional Chinese Herbs for HIV Therapy

Liang Jianguo, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1000-1010 4.10 Role of Cadherin 2 in Intervetebral Disc Development and Degeneration

Lim Foon Lian, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

1010-1020 4.11 The Deleterious Role of Mannose Binding Lectin in Pandemic H1N1 Infection

Ling Man To, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

1020-1030 4.12 Effects of LPS on Dexmedetomidine-induced Contractions in Isolated Rat Aortae

Manio Michael, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

1030-1040

Break

1040-1050 4.13 Epstein-barr Virus (EBV)-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T Cell Responses Shift from Targeting Lytic- to Latent-cycle Proteins with Concurrent Development of Increased Polyfunctionality from the Acute to Persistent Phase of EBV Infection

Ning Jia, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

1050-1100 4.14 Structural Identification of Nucleoprotein-nucleozin Binding Sites

Pang Bo, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology

1100-1110 4.15 Longitudinal Study of Swine Influenza in Sri Lanka

Perera Kumarapatti Vidanalage Harsha Kumara Kithsiri, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine

1110-1120 4.16 Treatment of Tibial Bone Loss in Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty - a Finite Element Analysis

Qiu Yiyan, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

1120-1130 4.17 Uncovering New Small Chemical Molecules for Treatment to Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

Sun Yi, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

1130-1140 4.18 Characterization of Polyketide Synthases in Penicillium Marneffei

Tam Wan Ting, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1140-1150 4.19 Spatial and Temporal Changes of Subchondral Bone at Osteoarthritis Onset - a Comparative Study of Guinea Pigs with and without Osteoarthritis

Wang Ting, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

1150-1200 4.20 Structure of Crimean-congo Haemorraghic Fever Virus Nucleoprotein: Superhelical Homo-oligomers and the Role of Caspase-3 Cleavage

Wang Yi, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology

1200-1330

Lunch for Chairpersons and Moderators

1330-1340 4.21 NF90 Inhibits Influenza Virus Replication by Facilitating NP Associated Stress Granule Formation through Activation of PKR

Wen Xi, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1340-1350 4.22 Lupus Monocyte-derived Dendritic Cells Treated with 1α, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and Dexamethasone are Tolerogenic and Induce IL-10 Producing Regulatory T Cells

Wu Haijing, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1350-1400 4.23 Monodisperse PLGA-alginate Core-shell Microspheres Fabricated by Microfluidic Method for Long Term Antimicrobial Therapy

Wu Jun, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

1400-1410 4.24 The Study of Immune Response to Co-infection of Influenza Virus and Streptococcus Pneumoniae

Wu Yuet, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

1410-1420 4.25 Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells Exhibit Elevated TLR7 Responses in Diseased New Zealand Black/White F1 Mice

Yan Sheng, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1420-1430 4.26 Putative Rhesus Macaque Germline Predecessors of Human Broadly HIV-neutralizing Antibodies: Differences from the Human Counterparts and Implications for HIV-1 Vaccine Development

Yuan Tingting, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1430-1440 4.27 Anatomical Guidelines for Volar Locking Plate Application in the Distal Radius for Asian Population - CT Measurement and 3-D Fluoroscopic Validation

Yuen Wai Yee Grace, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

1440-1450 4.28 Epistatic Interaction between Genetic Variants in Susceptibility Gene ETS1 Correlates with IL-17 Levels in SLE Patients

Zhang Jing, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

1450-1500 4.29 Antigen Targeting to Dendritc Cells by sPD1-based Vaccine Amplifies CD8+ T Cell Immunity in Mice

Zhou Jingying, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

1500-1510 4.30 The Role of BMP Signaling in Nucleus Pulposus Cells of Human Intervertebral Disc

Zhou Lixiong, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology