Schedule
(Update as of October 30, 2024)
Important notes:
| 1. | Unless specified, this symposium 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 ias2024scb@ust.hk. | |
Venue: Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee shau Kee Campus, HKUST
November 12, 2024 (Tue)
Time
Event
| 08:00 - 08:20 |
Registration |
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| 08:20 - 08:30 |
Opening Ceremony and Welcoming Address Ting XIE (HKUST) |
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Session 1 |
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| Venue: Kaisa Group Lecture Theater (IAS LT), G/F | ||
| 08:30 - 09:30 |
Germline Immortality: The Little Studied Process that Gave the World Animals [Abstract] Allan C. SPRADLING (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Carnegie Institution of Science) |
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| 09:30 - 10:30 |
Molecular Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Function [Abstract] Michael A. RUDNICKI (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute / University of Ottawa) |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break and Poster Session (Venue: 1/F Open Area) | |
| 10:45 - 11:45 |
Primate Model to Study Disease Mechanism and Cell-gene Therapy [Abstract] Weizhi JI (Kunming University of Science and Technology) |
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| 11:45 - 12:45 |
Reversing Back to Totipotency through Chromocenter and 3D Genome Remodeling [Abstract] Duanqing PEI (Westlake University) |
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| 13:00 - 15:30 | Lunch (For registered participants only; Venue: UniBistro, Lo Ka Chung University Center) | |
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Session 2 |
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| Venue: IAS1038, 1/F | ||
| 15:30 - 16:30 |
[Online via Zoom] Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Healthy and Diseased Skin [Abstract] Fiona M. WATT (European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg) |
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| 16:30 - 17:30 | Coffee Break and Poster Session (Venue: 1/F Open Area) | |
| 17:30 - 18:00 |
Concluding Remarks / Poster Prize Award |
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| 18:00 - | Conference Dinner | |