PROGRAM PROGRAM
PROGRAM

Schedule

(Updated as of July 5, 2023)
Important notes:

1. This program will be held in face-to-face mode.
2. Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited.
3. Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials.
 
Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at ias2023mt@ust.hk.
 


 

 

Venue: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), G/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
July 6, 2023 (Thu)
Time
Event
08:30 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:10 Opening Remarks
Yung Hou WONG (Dean of Science, HKUST)
Session I - Conventional and Unconventional Protein Secretion I
Chair: Yusong GUO (HKUST)
09:10 - 09:40 D1-#1: Chaperone-assisted Assembly of Membrane Trafficking Complexes [Abstract]
Jingshi SHEN (University of Colorado Boulder)
09:40 - 10:10 D1-#2: Expanding the Role of THU [Abstract]
Liang GE (Tsinghua University)
10:10 - 10:40 D1-#3: Optogenetic Mechanostimulation of ER in Live Cells Reveals ER Mechanosensitivity [Abstract]
Liting DUAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F)
11:00 - 12:00 D1-#4 [Keynote Lecture I]: Collagen Export from Specific Endoplasmic Reticulum Exit Sites [Abstract]
Vivek MALHOTRA (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (By Invitation Only; Venue: UniQue, Conference Lodge)
Session II - Conventional and Unconventional Protein Secretion II
Chair: Vivek MALHOTRA (Centre for Genomic Regulation, Spain)
14:00 - 14:30 D1-#5: Trafficking of Planar Cell Polarity Proteins: Molecular Mechanisms and Physiological Relevance [Abstract]
Yusong GUO (HKUST)
14:30 - 15:00 D1-#6: A Host-pathogen Interaction Regulates Conventional Release of Inflammatory Factors Caused by Coronavirus Infection
Min ZHANG (Tsinghua University)
15:00 - 15:30 D1-#7: Short Presentations by Students
(From Prof. Liting DUAN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s group)
1. Peiyuan HUANG
2. Xiaoying LIU
3. Yijin WANG
(From Prof. Yusong GUO, HKUST’s group)
4. Xiao TANG
5. Mo WANG
6. Ziqing PENG
7. Tian Tian LI
15:30 - 16:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F)
16:30 - 17:30 D1-#8 [Keynote Lecture II]: Rethinking the Secretory Pathway [Abstract]
Benjamin GLICK (The University of Chicago)
18:00 - 21:00 Banquet (By Invitation Only; Venue: Sai Kung)
*Coach departs from Lo Ka Chung Building at 18:00 and returns at 20:30

 

July 7, 2023 (Fri)
Time
Event
Session III - Membrane Trafficking in Plants and Animals
Chair: Yusong GUO (HKUST)
09:00 - 09:30 D2-#1: Lipid Metabolism Policed by the COPII Machinery
Xiao-Wei CHEN (Peking University)
09:30 - 10:00 D2-#2: Regulation of Cell Size and Membrane Turnover by a Novel Phosphoinositide Kinase [Abstract]
Raghu PADINJAT (National Center for Biological Sciences, India)
10:00 - 10:30 D2-#3: Molecular Interplay of Autophagy and Endocytosis in Plant Cells [Abstract]
Xiaohong ZHUANG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
10:30 - 11:00 Group Photo Taking & Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F)
11:00 - 12:00 D2-#4 [Keynote Lecture III]: Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants [Abstract]
Liwen JIANG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
12:00 - 14:00 Lunch (By Invitation Only; Venue: UniQue, Conference Lodge)
Session IV - New Approaches to Investigate Membrane Trafficking
Chair: Xiao-Wei CHEN (Peking University)
14:00 - 14:30 D2-#5: Solving Golgi's Mysteries with New Imaging Tools [Abstract]
Lei LU (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
14:30 - 15:00 D2-#6: Real-time Single Vesicle Tracking for Studying Vesicle Dynamics [Abstract]
Hyokeun PARK (HKUST)
15:00 - 15:30 D2-#7: Short Presentations by Students
(From Prof. Xiao-Wei CHEN, Peking University’s group)
1. Yonglun WANG
2. Xinxuan XU
3. Xiao WANG
(From Prof. Junjie HU, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences’s group)
4. Lu XU
5. Han Chi MIAO
(From Prof. Xiaohong ZHUANG, The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s group)
6. Kai Ching LAW
15:30 - 16:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F)
16:30 - 17:30 D2-#8 [Keynote Lecture IV]: Membrane Trafficking at the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Junjie HU (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
17:30 - 17:40 Closing Remarks
Andrew COHEN (IAS Director and Lam Woo Foundation Professor)
18:00 - 21:30 Dinner Buffet Cruise (By Invitation Only)
*Coach departs from Lo Ka Chung Building at 18:00 and returns at 21:30