Oral Presentation Sessions

December 2, 2015, Wednesday - Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4
December 3, 2015, Thursday      - Session 5 | Session 6 | Session 7 | Session 8


Session 2 – 11:00-12:00

Lecture Theatre 2

Adjudicators: Dr Fares Al-Ejeh, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Australia
Professor Asgi T Fazleabas, Michigan State University, USA
Professor Frank Grosveld, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
Professor Michael Häusser, University College London, UK
Professor Peng Huang, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA
Dr Ralf Jauch, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, China
Professor Eric So, King’s College London, UK
Professor Patrick Tam, University of Sydney, Australia
Student Moderators: Miss Michelle Yun Li
Mr Casper Jiapeng Zhang

 

Theme: Cancer and Cell Biology

Time Presentation No. Presentation Title and Student Name

11:00-11:12

2.1

Characterization of the Effects of Two Cofactor Protein (HBP21 and CAB39) on Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Proliferation and Metastasis

JIANG Lingxi
PhD Candidate
Department of Clinical Oncology

11:12-11:24

2.2

Identification and Characterization of ITGA7 as Functional Cancer Stem Cell Marker in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

MING Xiaoyan
PhD Candidate
Department of Clinical Oncology

11:24-11:36

2.3

Epstein-Barr virus-Encoded BamHI-A Rightwards Transcripts are Regulated by NFKB Signaling in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

VERHOEVEN Robertus
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology

11:36-11:48

2.4

Calcineurin/NFAT Stress Response Pathway Mediates Lung Cancer Drug Resistance through SOX2 Enhancer Binding and Tumor Initiating Cell Maintenance

XIAO Zhijie
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology

11:48-12:00

2.5

Transketolase (TKT), a Critical Metabolic Enzyme in the Pentose Phosphate Pathway (PPP), Counteracts Oxidative Stress to Promote Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Growth

XU Mingjing
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology