Time |
Programme |
Speakers |
8:30 – 9:00 |
Registration |
9:00 – 9:15 |
Opening Ceremony
Welcoming Address by:
Professor Paul Tam, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, The University of Hong Kong
|
Session I
Chairperson: Dr Kathryn Tan, The University of Hong Kong |
| 9:15 – 10:05 |
The Regulation and Function of Epac Proteins |
Johannes L. Bos, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands |
10:05 - 10:15 |
Q & A Session |
10:15 – 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
Session II
Chairperson: to be confirmed |
10:30 – 10:55 |
Lecture: Targeted disruption of Epac 1 lead to insulin resistance and more severe hyperglycemia after multiple low dose Streptozotocin |
Sookja K Chung, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong |
10:55 - 11:00 |
Q & A Session |
| 11:00 – 11:50 |
Lecture: Novel strategies for regulation of insulin secretion |
Nobuya Inagaki, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan |
11:50 – 12:00 |
Q & A Session |
12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
Session III
Chairperson: Prof Terence Lao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
13:30 – 14:20 |
Lecture: The Expanding World of cAMP-Regulated Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors Epac1 and Epac2 in Cellular Physiology |
George Holz, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA |
14:20 – 14:30 |
Q & A Session |
| 14:30 – 14:55 |
Lecture: Epac regulates the ATP and sulfonylurea sensitivity of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in pancreatic beta cells |
Colin Leech, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, USA |
14:55 – 15:00 |
Q & A Session |
15:00 - 15:15 |
Coffee Break |
Session IV
Chairperson: Prof Stephen SM Chung, The University of Hong Kong |
15:15 – 15:40 |
Lecture: Increased basal insulin secretion in Pdzd2-deficient mice |
Kwok Ming Yao, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Hong Kong |
15:40 – 15:45 |
Q & A Session |
| 15:45 – 16:35 |
Lecture: Role of pancreatic beta-cell death in diabetes |
Myung-Shik Lee, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea |
16:35 – 16:45 |
Q & A Session |
16:45 – 17:00 |
Closing Remarks |
SSM Chung (Course Director), Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong |
