Schedule
(Updated as of Jun 12, 2023)
Important Notes:
| 1. | This program will be held in hybrid mode, i.e. in-person plus online via Zoom. The Zoom ID with password for online viewing will be sent to accepted participants by email in due course. |
| 2. | Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited. |
| 3. | Talks indicated with "(On-site only)" means these talks will be held on-site only, NOT to be broadcast on Zoom. |
| 4. | Talks indicated with "(Online)" means these talks will be delivered virtually via Zoom. |
| 5. | Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials. |
Program Booklet:
| The program booklet is available for download here. | |
| Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at iasbce@ust.hk. | |
Venue: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), G/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
June 19, 2023 (Mon)
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| 08:45 - 09:15 | Registration | |
| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Opening Remarks Joy Lo CHEUNG (Chairlady, Lo Kwee Seong Foundation) Yung Hou WONG (Dean of Science, HKUST) |
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Session D1 (AM) Chair: Lan WANG (HKUST) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
D1-#1: Molecular Secrets of DNA Replication, Repair and Recombination [Abstract] Wei YANG (US National Institutes of Health) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
D1-#2: Activation of an Origin of Replication Visualised by Cryo-EM [Abstract] Alessandro COSTA (The Francis Crick Institute) |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F) | |
| 10:50 - 11:20 |
D1-#3: DNA Replication – From Yeast to Human [Abstract] Bik-Kwoon TYE (HKUST (IAS Senior Member) & Cornell University) |
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| 11:20 - 11:50 |
D1-#4: Cryo-EM Structure of the Human Pre-replication Complex [Abstract] Yuanliang ZHAI (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 11:50 - 12:20 |
D1-#5: Molecular Basis of Transcription Elongation, Blockage, and Damage Repair [Abstract] Dong WANG (University of California, San Diego) |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch (By Invitation Only; Venue: China Garden Restaurant) | |
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Session D1 (PM) Chair: Maofu LIAO (Southern University of Science and Technology) |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
D1-#6 (On-site only): In Situ Structures of Macromolecular Assemblies by CryoFIB and CryoET [Abstract] Peijun ZHANG (University of Oxford) |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
D1-#7 (On-site only): In Situ Assembly and Membrane Fusion of Enveloped Viruses [Abstract] Sai LI (Tsinghua University) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
D1-#8 (On-site only): Mechanism of α-carboxysomes Formation [Abstract] Tao NI (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 15:30 - 15:50 | Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F) | |
| 15:50 - 16:20 |
D1-#9: Technology Development for In Situ Structural Study of Macromolecular Machinery [Abstract] Fei SUN (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
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| 16:20 - 16:50 |
D1-#10: Single Molecule Localization by Interferometric & Cryogenic Imaging [Abstract] Wei JI (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
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| 16:50 - 17:20 |
D1-#11: Metallo-Supramolecular Branched Polymer Protects Particles from Air-water Interface in Single-Particle Cryo-Electron Microscopy [Abstract] Shangyu DANG (HKUST) |
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| 17:20 - 17:50 |
D1-#12 (On-site only): Incorporating Electrospray Ionization in Cryo-EM Specimen Preparation [Abstract] Hongwei WANG (Tsinghua University) |
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| 18:15 - 20:30 |
Banquet (By Invitation only; Venue: Tseung Kwan O) *Coach departs from Lo Ka Chung Building at 18:15 and returns at 20:30 |
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June 20, 2023 (Tue)
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Event
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Session D2 (AM) Chair: Yanxiang ZHAO (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
D2-#1: Msp1/ATAD1: The Molecular Vacuum Cleaner [Abstract] Lan WANG (HKUST) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
D2-#2: Cryo Electron Tomography – A Powerful Tool Exploring Ultra-Structure in Biology [Abstract] Yingyi ZHANG (HKUST) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
D2-#3: Towards the Visual Proteomics of C. reinhardtii Using High-throughput Collaborative In Situ Cryo-ET [Abstract] Xianjun ZHANG (Thermo Fisher Scientific) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Group Photo Taking & Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F) | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
D2-#4 (On-site only): Single Particle cryo-EM of INO80 [Abstract] Yifan CHENG (University of California, San Francisco (IAS Senior Visiting Fellow)) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 |
D2-#5: Cryo-EM Driven Paradigm Shift of ABC Transporter Mechanism [Abstract] Maofu LIAO (Southern University of Science and Technology) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 |
D2-#6: Cryo-EM Illuminates the Mechanism of SGLT Inhibitors [Abstract] Lei CHEN (Peking University) |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch (By Invitation Only; Venue: UniQue, Conference Lodge) | |
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Session D2 (PM) |
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| 14:30 - 18:30 |
Boat Trip to GeoPark in Sai Kung (By Invitation only) *Coach departs from Lo Ka Chung Building at 14:30 |
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| 18:30 - 20:30 | Banquet (By Invitation Only; Venue: Sai Kung) | |
June 21, 2023 (Wed)
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Event
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Session D3 (AM) Chair: Wilson Chun Yu LAU (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
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| 09:00 - 09:30 |
D3-#1 (Online): Beyond Cas Nucleases: The Mechanism of an RNA-Guided Protease [Abstract] Ailong KE (Cornell University) |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 |
D3-#2 (Online): Structural Basis of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair by NHEJ [Abstract] Yuan HE (Northwestern University) |
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| 10:00 - 10:30 |
D3-#3 (Online): Mechanisms of Programmable DNA Transposition [Abstract] Elizabeth KELLOGG (Cornell University) |
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| 10:30 - 10:50 | Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F) | |
| 10:50 - 11:20 |
D3-#4 (Online): Structural Insights into Transcription Preinitiation Complex Assembly on Chromatin [Abstract] Yanhui XU (Fudan University) |
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| 11:20 - 11:50 |
D3-#5: CryoEM Reveals Unpredictable Structural Details of Protein and RNA [Abstract] Wah CHIU (Stanford University) |
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| 11:50 - 12:20 |
D3-#6: Structural Insights into the Organization of Membrane Skeleton in Red Blood Cells [Abstract] Ning GAO (Peking University) |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch (By Invitation Only; Venue: UniBistro) | |
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Session D3 (PM) Chair: Tao NI (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
D3-#7 (On-site only): Cryo-EM Analysis of the Nuclear Pore Complex from Xenopus Laevis [Abstract] Yigong SHI (Tsinghua University & Westlake University) |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
D3-#8: FACT Caught in the Act of Manipulating the Nucleosome [Abstract] Keda ZHOU (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
D3-#9: Structural Basis of Substrate Recognition and Thermal Protection by a Small Heat Shock Protein [Abstract] Wilson Chun Yu LAU (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
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| 15:30 - 15:50 | Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F) | |
| 15:50 - 16:20 |
D3-#10 (On-site only): The Nucleocytoplasmic Shuttling of Tonicity-Responsive Transcription Factors [Abstract] Yanxiang ZHAO (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
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| 16:20 - 16:50 |
D3-#11: Chemical Approaches to Decode Histone Epigenetics [Abstract] David Xiang LI (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 16:50 - 17:20 |
D3-#12: Structural and Molecular Basis of Age-Related Memory Impairment [Abstract] Ruben HERVAS MILLAN (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 17:20 - 17:50 |
D3-#13: The Cryo-EM Structure of a Viral Nucleosome [Abstract] Yang LIU (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 17:50 - 18:00 |
Closing Remarks Bik-Kwoon TYE (HKUST (IAS Senior Member) & Cornell University) |
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