Schedule
(Update as of October 15, 2024)
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 ias2024mt@ust.hk. | |
Venue: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), G/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST
October 27, 2024 (Sun)
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| 18:00 - 20:00 | Welcome Dinner (By Invitation; China Garden) |
October 28, 2024 (Mon)
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Event
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Session 1: Membrane Trafficking in Organelle Biogenesis, Autophagy and Human Diseases Session Chairs: Lan WANG (HKUST) / Co-chair: Mo WANG (HKUST) |
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| 09:00 - 09:05 |
Opening Remarks Yang WANG (Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, HKUST) |
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| 09:05 - 09:30 |
ApoE and ApoE Receptors in Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenic Trafficking Events Guojun BU (HKUST) |
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| 09:30 - 09:55 |
The Mechanism of Migrasome Biogenesis Li YU (Tsinghua University) |
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| 09:55 - 10:20 |
Targeting Golgi Defects for Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease Yanzhuang WANG (Shenzhen Bay Laboratory) |
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| 10:20 - 10:45 |
A Distinctive Non-conventional Autophagy Induced by Oncogenic Ras Liang GE (Tsinghua University) |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Session (Lobby, G/F) | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Biochemical Principles Behind the Long-sought Anion Shunting Conductance in
Regulated Secretion Suggest New Therapeutic Insights on Human Diseases Qiuxing JIANG (Laoshan Laboratory; State University of New York at Buffalo) |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
The Late Stages of Autophagy Yueguang RONG (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) |
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| 11:30 - 12:15 |
Mechanisms of Axon Dysfunction in Lysosome-transport Disorders Juan BONIFACINO (National Institutes of Health, US) |
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| 12:15 - 14:00 | Lunch (By Invitation; UniQue, Conference Lodge) | |
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Session 2: Membrane Trafficking in Plants and Animals Session Chair: Yueguang RONG (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) / Co-chair: Xiaohan LI (University of Dundee) |
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| 14:00 - 14:25 |
Organelle Biogenesis and Function in Plants Liwen JIANG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 14:25 - 14:40 |
Molecular Characterization of Novel ATG8-interacting Proteins in Plant Autophagy Xiaohong ZHUANG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 14:40 - 14:55 |
UFMylation Functions in ER-phagy for Regulating Plant Stress Responses Baiying LI (Hong Kong Baptist University) |
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| 14:55 - 15:20 |
A Distant TANGO1 Family Member Promotes Vitellogenin Export from the ER in C. Elegans Ho Yi MAK (HKUST) |
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| 15:20 - 15:35 |
ESCRT III Mediates Micrometer-sized Plasma Membrane Damage Repair in C. Elegans Epidermal Cell Suhong XU (Zhejiang University) |
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| 15:35 - 15:50 |
Ectopic Protein Lysine Methacrylation Contributes to Mitochondrial Defects Caused by Loss
of Leigh Syndrome Disease Gene HIBCH or ECHS1 Chao TONG (Zhejiang University) |
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| 15:50 - 16:00 | Short Poster Presentations (1 – 2 mins each) | |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Coffee Break and Poster Session (Lobby, G/F) | |
| 17:15 - 18:00 |
Cargo Receptors in the ER: From Clotting Factors to Cholesterol Regulation David GINSBURG (University of Michigan) |
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| 18:00 - 18:30 | Short Break / Depart from IAS to Sai Kung (for dinner participants only) | |
| 18:30 - 21:00 | Dinner (By invitation; Dinner at Sai Kung) | |
October 29, 2024 (Tue)
Time
Event
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Session 3: Mechanisms Mediating Canonical and Non-canonical Membrane Trafficking I Session Chair: Suhong XU (Zhejiang University) / Co-chair: Xiao TANG (Anhui Normal University) |
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| 09:00 - 09:25 |
Membrane Biogenesis via Bridge-like Lipid Transport Proteins and Integral Membrane Protein Partners Karin REINISCH (Yale University) |
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| 09:25 - 09:50 |
Mechanism of Membrane Curvature Generation by Flat Disc-like Complexes of Caveolin Michael KOZLOV (Tel Aviv University) |
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| 09:50 - 10:15 |
Membrane Trafficking and Transmembrane Signaling Junjie HU (Institute of Biophysics, CAS) |
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| 10:15 - 10:40 |
Unconventional Wisdom in Vesicle Trafficking Da JIA (Sichuan University) |
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| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee Break (Lobby, G/F) | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 |
Protein Translocation in Unconventional Secretion and Pathological Involvement Min ZHANG (Tsinghua University) |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Intrinsically Disordered Regions in Sec24 Paralogs Tune COPII Vesicle Size and Occupancy Xiaohan LI (University of Dundee) |
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| 11:30 - 12:15 |
How Proteins Cross Membranes Tom RAPOPORT (Harvard Medical School) |
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| 12:15 - 14:00 | Lunch (By invitation; UniQue, Conference Lodge) | |
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Session 4: Mechanisms Mediating Canonical and Non-canonical Membrane Trafficking II Session Chair: Yan ZHAO (Southern University of Science and Technology) / Co-chair: Shenjie WU (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| 14:00 - 14:25 |
Mechanisms of ER Export by the Conserved Cargo Receptor, SURF4 Liz MILLER (University of Dundee) |
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| 14:25 - 14:50 |
Membrane Trafficking in Cell Cycle Regulation and Cancer David BANFIELD (HKUST) |
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| 14:50 - 15:15 |
A Ubiquitin Ligase Promotes Endosomal Microautophagy and Rescues CLN4 Pathology in iPSC-derived Neuronal and Drosophila Models Yihong YE (National Institutes of Health, US) |
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| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Self-Constrained COPII Condensation Controls Lipid Homeostasis Xiao WANG (Peking University) |
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| 15:30 - 15:45 |
Molecular Mechanism that Mediates the Sorting and Secretion of Sonic Hedgehog Xiao TANG (Anhui Normal University) |
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| 15:45 - 16:00 | Short Poster Presentations (1 – 2 mins each) | |
| 16:00 - 17:15 | Coffee Break and Poster Session (Lobby, G/F) | |
| 17:15 - 18:30 |
IAS Nobel Lecture: Genes, Cells, and Discovery in Basic Science and Disease [Abstract] Randy SCHEKMAN (University of California, Berkeley; IAS Senior Visiting Fellow) |
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| 18:30 - 21:00 | Dinner (By Invitation; Dinner at the Conference Lodge) | |
October 30, 2024 (Wed)
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Event
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Session 5: Membrane Trafficking: New Approaches and Perspectives Session Chair: Xiaohong ZHUANG (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) / Co-chair: Xiao WANG (Peking University) |
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| 09:00 - 09:25 |
Early Steps in the Formation of Lipid Droplets and Lipoproteins William PRINZ (UT Southwestern Medical Center) |
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| 09:25 - 09:50 |
Regulation of Microtubule Growth at the Golgi Complex Robert QI (HKUST, Guangzhou) |
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| 09:50 - 10:05 |
PISD Acts as a Switch between Lipophagy and Fatty Acid Transfer to Mitochondria Yan ZHAO (Southern University of Science and Technology) |
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| 10:05 - 10:20 |
Shedding Light on Mitochondria and ER Mechanobiology by Optogenetic Mechanostimulators Liting DUAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 10:20 - 10:40 | Coffee Break and Poster Session (Lobby, G/F) | |
| 10:40 - 10:55 |
Mechanism of Mitochondrial Membrane-protein Quality Control by ATAD1 Lan WANG (HKUST) |
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| 10:55 - 11:10 |
Unconventional Secretion of Alpha-synuclein in Parkinson’s Disease Shenjie WU (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| 11:10 - 11:35 |
Moving Lipids across Lipid Membranes: A Matter of Life and Death Xiao-Wei CHEN (Peking University) |
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| 11:35 - 12:00 |
Investigating Protein Sorting in the Secretory Pathway Using an in Vitro Vesicle Formation Assay Yusong Guo (HKUST) |
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| 12:00 - 12:10 |
Closing Remarks Guojun BU (Head of Life Science, HKUST) |
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| 12:00 - 13:10 | Lunch (By Invitation; UniQue, Conference Lodge) | |