Frontiers in Biomedical Research

8:00 – 9:00	Registration
*Morning Session* - Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
9:00 – 9:15	Opening Ceremony Officiating address by Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, Vice-Chancellor Welcoming address by Professor SK Lam, Dean of Medicine Group Photo
9:15 – 9:55	Chairmen: Professor SK Lam, Dean Professor TH Lam, Community Medicine Keynote Lecture I Helicobacter Discovery Dr J Robin Warren Australia
9:55 – 10:35	Keynote Lecture II Biotechnology: The Human as Biological Resource? Professor Bartha M Knoppers University of Montreal, Canada
10:35 – 11:00	Tea Break
11:00 – 12:40	5 Concurrent Scientific Meetings of the Research Centres: Cancer [Lecture Theatre 1] Healthy Aging [Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre] Infection and Immunology [Lecture Theatre 3] Public Health [Faculty Board Room] Reproduction and Development [Seminar Room 6]
12:40 – 14:00	Lunch
*Afternoon Session* - Lecture Theatres 2-4, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre
14:00 – 14:40	Chairmen: Professor George SW Tsao, Anatomy Professor Paul Vanhoutte, Pharmacology Keynote Lecture VIII Biomarkers will Change Medicine Professor Leland H Hartwell University of Washington, USA
14:40 – 15:20	Keynote Lecture IX Translational Research in Academia: Promise and Perils Professor Salvador Moncada University College London, UK
15:20 – 15:45	Tea Break
15:45 – 16:25	Chairman: Professor SL Ho, Medicine Keynote Lecture X - Dr Vincent Liu Endowment Lecture Mechanisms of Motor Neuron Death in ALS: Devising a Gene Therapy for Human Neurodegenerative Disease Professor Don W Cleveland University of California, San Diego, USA
16:30 – 17:50	5 Concurrent Scientific Meetings of the Research Centres: Cancer [Seminar Room 6] Healthy Aging [Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre] Infection and Immunology [Lecture Theatre 3] Public Health [Faculty Board Room] Reproduction and Development [Lecture Theatre 1]

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1. Cancer : Scientific Meeting of the Centre for Cancer Research
*Morning Parallel Session* - Lecture Theatre 1
11:00 – 11:20	Chairpersons: Professor Irene OL Ng, Pathology Professor Ronnie TP Poon, Surgery Mitotic Catastrophe: Life and Death during Mitosis Dr Randy YC Poon Biochemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:20 – 11:40	Identification of Minimal Deleted Regions at 3p in Solid Tumors Dr Xin-yuan Guan Clinical Oncology, HKU
11:40 – 12:00	The Many Faces of the NGF Family in Cancer Dr Zhen-fan Yang Surgery, HKU
12:00 – 12:40	Keynote Lecture III Fragile Sites and Oncogene Amplification Professor Dr Manfred R Schwab German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany
*Afternoon Parallel Session* - Seminar Room 6
16:30 – 16:50	Chairpersons: Dr John MC Luk, Surgery Professor Irene OL Ng, Pathology Chromosomal Instability and Cancer Dr Wilson YP Ching Pathology, HKU
16:50 – 17:30	Keynote Lecture XII Chemoprevention of Gastric Cancer with Aspirin from Bench to Bedside Professor Benjamin CY Wong Medicine, HKU

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2. Healthy Aging : Scientific Meeting of the Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging

Morning Parallel Session - Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre

11:00 – 11:20

Chairmen:
Dr Bernard MY Cheung, Medicine
Professor Stephen SM Chung, Physiology

Apoptosis Pathways as Targets in Cancer Therapy
Professor JF Chiu
Anatomy, HKU

11:20 – 11:40

Gonadal Hormones and Vascular Reactivity
Dr Susan WS Leung
Pharmacology, HKU

11:40 – 12:00

Lifestyle Determinants of Vascular Disease Mortality
Dr G Neil Thomas
Community Medicine, HKU

12:00 – 12:40

Keynote Lecture IV
Coping with Unfolded Protein Load in the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Professor David Ron
NYU School of Medicine, USA

Afternoon Parallel Session - Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre

16:30 – 16:50

Chairmen:
Professor YS Chan, Physiology
Professor Ricky YK Man, Pharmacology

The Endoplasmic Reticulum as an Essential Component for Retinoid-induced Cytotoxicity
Dr NS Wong
Biochemistry, HKU

16:50 – 17:30

Keynote Lecture XIII
Calcium, the Spark that Initiates Life
Professor Hon Cheung Lee
Physiology, HKU

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3. Infection & Immunology : Scientific Meeting of the Research Centre of Infection and Immunology
*Morning Parallel Session* - Lecture Theatre 3
11:00 – 11:40	Chairmen: Professor CH Cho, Pharmacology Professor Patrick CY Woo Keynote Lecture V Antimicrobial Peptides and Innate Immunity of the Skin Professor Richard L Gallo University of California, San Diego, USA
11:40 – 12:00	Immune System and Hepatitis B Virus Infection Dr CK Hui Medicine, HKU
12:00 – 12:20	Coronavirus HKU1, a Novel Human Coronavirus Associated with Respiratory Tract Infections Professor Patrick CY Woo Microbiology, HKU
12:20 – 12:40	Genetic Susceptibility to HCV Infection and Infection Outcomes Dr Mingdong Zhang Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
*Afternoon Parallel Session* - Lecture Theatre 3
16:30 – 16:50	Chairmen: Professor CH Cho, Pharmacology Professor Patrick CY Woo Induction of Proinflammatory Cytokine CINC-1 in the Lung Tissue from Cigarette Smoke-exposed Rats Dr Judith CW Mak Medicine, HKU
16:50 – 17:10	Host Responses to Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Infection Dr CY Cheung Microbiology, HKU
17:10 – 17:50	Keynote Lecture XIII Rational Design of HIV Entry Inhibitors Targeting gp41 Professor Shibo Jiang New York Blood Center, USA

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4. Public Health: Scientific Meeting of the Public Health Research Centre
*Morning Parallel Session* - Faculty Board Room
11:00 – 11:20	Chairmen: Dr Daniel Ho, Community Medicine Dr Joseph Wu, Community Medicine Physical Activity and the Built Environment: Evidence from the NQLS and PLACE Studies Dr Ester Cerin Institute of Human Performance, HKU
11:20 – 11:40	Why it may be Ethically Less Problematic to Use NT-hESC than IVF-hESC Professor Edwin C Hui Medical Ethics Unit, HKU
11:40 – 12:00	Reducing the Impact of the Next Influenza Pandemic Using Household-based Public Health Interventions Dr Steven Riley Community Medicine, HKU
12:00 – 12:40	Keynote Lecture VI Methods and Results from a Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies in the Asia Pacific Region Professor Mark Woodward University of Sydney, Australia
*Afternoon Parallel Session* - Faculty Board Room
16:30 – 16:50	Chairman: Dr G Neil Thomas, Community Medicine Impact of the Symptom Cluster on Quality of Life among Chinese Women with Breast Cancer undergoing Cancer Treatment Dr Winnie KW So Nursing Studies, HKU
16:50 – 17:30	Keynote Lecture XIV Secondhand Smoke: An Avoidable and Irresponsible Cause of Disease and Death Professor Jonathan M Samet Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

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5. Reproduction & Development : Scientific Meeting of the Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth
*Morning Parallel Session* - Seminar Room 6
11:00 – 11:40	Chairperson: Dr MH Sham, Biochemistry Keynote Lecture VII Graded Signals and the Control of Neural Cell Fate Dr James Briscoe MRC National Institute for Medical Research, UK
11:40 – 12:00	Genetic-Epidemiological Studies on Schizophrenia Professor Pak C Sham Genome Research Centre and Psychiatry, HKU
12:00 – 12:20	Genetic Manipulations to Study Spermatogenesis Dr Calvin KF Lee Obstetrics & Gynaecology, HKU
12:20 – 12:40	Regulation of Tight Junction Dynamics in the Rat Testis Professor Will WM Lee Zoology, HKU
*Afternoon Parallel Session* - Lecture Theatre 1
16:30 – 17:10	Chairman: Dr Danny Chan, Biochemistry Professor PC Ho, Obstetrics & Gynaecology Keynote Lecture XV Development of Joints - Disorders and Mechanisms Professor Dr Stefan Mundlos Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany
17:10 – 17:30	Functions of Hoxb5 in Neural Crest Cells Migration and Enteric Nervous System Development Dr Vincent CH Lui Surgery, HKU
17:30 – 18:10	Keynote Lecture XVI Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Facts and Hopes Professor Carlos Simón Prince Felipe Research Centre, Spain

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