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   Part Three: Frontier of Emerging Biotechnologies

Track 1: Genomics

Time

Activity

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 1-1: Next Generation of Genomics

Chair

Dr. Om P. Rajora, Director, Canadian Genomics and Conservation Genetics Institute; Professor and Senior Canada Research Chair in Forest and Conservation Genomics and Biotechnology, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Co-Chair

Dr. Mark Schena, President, Arrayit Corporation, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Microarrays Pave the Way for the Next Generation of Genomics
Dr. Mark Schena,
President, Arrayit Corporation, USA

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Title: Inference from Genomic Data and Multiple Merger Coalescent Processes
Dr. Bjarki Jonsson Eldon,
Harvard University, USA

14:50-15:15

Title: Structural and Functional Genomics for Deciphering the Response and Adaptation of Plants to Climate Change
Dr. Om P. Rajora, Director, Canadian Genomics and Conservation Genetics Institute; Professor and Senior Canada Research Chair in Forest and Conservation Genomics and Biotechnology, University of New Brunswick, Canada

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: Camel genome Project: A Saudi Initiative
Dr. AbdulAziz M. AlSwailem,
Director, Natural Resources and Environment research
institute, Chairman, National Bioethics Committee, Saudi Arabia

16:20-16:45

Title: Future Role in Healthcare and Diagnostics
Dr. Simmi Kharb, Professor, Biochemistry, Pt BDS PGIMS, India

16.45-17:10

Speech Opportunity Available

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)

13:30-17:35

Track 1-2: Genes, Chromosomes and Diseases (Part 1)

Chair

Dr. Srikanth Pendyala, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care,
Center For Integrative Sciences, The University Of Chicago, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. XinJing Tang, Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, China

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Advances in Research into Alkaptonuria
Dr. Lakshminarayan Rao Ranganath, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

14:00-14:25

Title: Regulating Gene Expression Using Caged Oligonucleotides in Vitro and in Vivo
Dr. XinJing Tang, Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, China

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Title: Nrf2 Regulation of Hyperoxia-Mediated Nox4 Expression. Genome Wide Responses
in Acute Lung Injury
Dr. Srikanth Pendyala, Assistant Professor, Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care,
Center For Integrative Sciences, The University Of Chicago, USA

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Importance of E xercise and PGC1 A lpha  G ene in the P revention of  C hronic D isease
Dr. Yuichiro Nishida,
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University , Japan

15:55-16:20

Title: Gene Expression Profiling in Prostate Cancer
Dr. Jose M. Arencibia,
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain

16:20-16:45

Title:Ribosome Biogenesis and the p53 Ttumor Suppression Pathway
Dr. Yanping Zhang, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, The University of North Carolina, USA

16.45-17:10

Title: The Surprising Genetic Background of Parkinson's Disease in Ashkenazim
Dr. Avi Orr-Urtreger, Director, Genetic Institute, Israel

17:10-17:35

Panel Discussion

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00

Track 1-2: Genes, Chromosomes and Diseases (Part 2)

Chair

Dr. Yi E. Sun, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Speech Opportunity Available

09:00-09:25

Title: Deciphering Rett Syndrome, the genomic function of MeCP2
Dr. Yi E. Sun, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA

09:25-09:50

Title£ºGenetic Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Dr. Xiayi Ke, Centre for Integrated Genomic Medical Research (CIGMR), School of Medicine, University of Manchester, UK

09:50-10:15

Title: Developmental Genomics and Stem Cell Pluripotency
Dr. Thomas LUFKIN, Senior Group Leader, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Tumor Breakpoint Regions Co-localize with Evolutionarily Plastic Regions on Chromosome 3
Dr. Eva Darai-Ramqvist, Karolinska Institutet , Sweden

10:55-11:20

Title: Heterogeneity of Endothelial Cells Reflected in Transcriptional Regulation of Endothelial-specific Genes
Dr. Nadia Jahroudi, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine/Nephrology, University of Alberta, Canada

11:20-11:45

Speech Opportunity Available

11.45-12:10

Panel Discussion

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00

Track 1-3: Genomics Tools for Biological Discovery to Clinical Utility

Chair

Dr. Ruian Xu, Professor and Director, Engineering Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education & Institute of Molecular Medicine, Huaqiao University, China

Co-Chair

Dr. Kelly Li, Senior Staff Scientist, Genomic Assays R&D, Life Technologies, Applied Biosystems Ltd, USA

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Speech Opportunity Available

09:00-09:25

Title: Reducing de Novo Capsid Synthesis from Replication Competent AAV Contamination in the Targeting Tissue.
Dr. Ruian Xu,
Professor and Director, Engineering Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education & Institute of Molecular Medicine, Huaqiao University, China

09:25-09:50

Title: Medical Applications for Next Generation GenomeSequencing in Immunogenetics
Dr. Christian Gabriel, Medical Director, Red Cross Transfusion Service of Upper Austria & Austrian Cluster of Tissue Regeneration, Austria

09:50-10:15

Title: Genome to Drug
Dr. Ulf Nehrbass, CEO of Institut Pasteur Korea, Korea

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: TBD
Dr. Kelly Li, Senior Staff Scientist, Genomic Assays R&D, Life Technologies, Applied Biosystems Ltd, USA

10:55-11:20

Speech Opportunity Available

11:20-11:45

Title: Bypass of PCR Amplification Step for Direct Detection of the Genes on Human Genome
Dr. Mohammad Saeid Hejazi,
Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Research Center; Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Iran

11.45-12:10

Panel Discussion

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00

Track 1-4: Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine

Chair

Dr. Yihong Yao, Head of Pharmacogenomics and Bioinformatics group , MedImmune, Inc., USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Keith Candiotti, Vice Chairman, Clinical Research, University of Miami , USA

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: Genomics Delivering on the Promise of Personalized Medicine
Dr. Anthony Johnson, President and CEO, Empire Genomics, LLC , USA

09:00-09:25

Title: From Proteomics to Genomics Toward Personalized Medicine in the 21st Century
Dr. Giulio Pasinetti, Director, Brain Institute Center of Excellence for Novel Approaches to Neurotherapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

09:25-09:50

Title: Genomics and Acute Pain
Dr. Keith Candiotti, Vice Chairman, Clinical Research, University of Miami , USA

09:50-10:15

Title: From Bench to Bedside: Anti-IFN-¦Á Antibody Potential in Rheumatic Diseases
Dr. Yihong Yao,
Head of Pharmacogenomics and Bioinformatics group , MedImmune, Inc., USA

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Cytokine Genetics and Inflammatory Disease Susceptibility in Koreans
Dr. Jae-Young Um, Professor, Department of Pharmacology, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Korea

10:55-11:20

Title: TBD
Dr. Bingfang Yan, Full Professor, University of Rhode Island; Director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics and Molecular Therapy, USA

11:20-11:45

Speech Opportunity Available

11:45-12:10

Speech Opportunity Available

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30

Track 1-5: Chemical Genomics, Synthetic Biology and Molecular Medicine  

Chair

Call for Chair

Co-Chair

Dr. Frederic Pio, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Bioinformatician System Biology
Dr. Philippe Youkharibache, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Genomatix Software GmbH, USA

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Title: A Synthetic Biology Approach to Identification of Potential Therapeutics for
Combined Therapy with Proteasome Inhibitors
Dr. Youming Xie,
Associate Professor, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State
University School of Medicine, USA

14:50-15:15

Speech Opportunity Available

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Regulatory Network in Breast Cancer
Dr. Victor X Jin, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Ohio State University,
USA

15:55-16:20

Title: Integrating Structural Bioinformatics and Proteomics Approaches to Discover New
Genes, Protein Families, and Function in Apoptosis and Inflammation
Dr. Frederic Pio, Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada

16:20-16:45

Speech Opportunity Available

16.45-17:10

Speech Opportunity Available

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

 

Track 1-6: Population Genomics

Chair

Dr. Om Rajora, Professor and Senior Canada Research Chair, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

5 Minutes

Chair's Introduction

25 Minutes

Keynote Speech:Dr. Om Rajora, Professor and Senior Canada Research Chair, University of New Brunswick, Canada

25 Minutes

Speech Opportunity Available

25 Minutes

Speech Opportunity Available

25 Minutes

Speech Opportunity Available

 

Coffee Break

25 Minutes

Speech Opportunity Available

25 Minutes

Speech Opportunity Available

25 Minutes

Speech Opportunity Available

25 Minutes

Speech Opportunity Available

Track 2: Proteomic

Time

Activity

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 2-1: New Proteomic Technologies

Chair

Call for Chair

Co-Chair

Dr. Patrick Schaeffer, Lecturer, James Cook University, Australia

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Speech Opportunity Available

14:00-14:25

Title: Large Scale Protein Study and Leukemia Biomarkers Discovery
Dr. Dragan Radulovic,
Associate Professor, Florida Atlantic University, USA

14:25-14:50

Title: TBD
Dr. Brian Clark, Professor, Aarhus University , Danmark

14:50-15:15

Title: Single-molecule Stochastic Sensing of Proteins with Engineered Nanopores
Dr. Liviu Movileanu, Department of Physics, Syracuse University, USA

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Protein-DNA Interactions in Termination of DNA Replication and their Applications in Molecular Diagnostics
Dr. Patrick Schaeffer,
Lecturer, James Cook University, Australia

15:55-16:20

Title: Using Single-Molecule Manipulation to Probe Protein and DNA Properties
Dr. Ching-Hwa Kiang, Assistant Professor, Rice University, USA

16:20-16:45

Speech Opportunity Available

16.45-17:10

Title: TBD
Dr. Mingzhong Sun,
Professor, Dalian Medical University , China

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 2-2: Protein Structure, Function and Sequence Analysis (Part One)

Chair

Call for Chair

Co-Chair

Dr. Nobuhiko Asada, Professor, Department of Zoology Faculty of Science Okayama University of Science, Japan

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Speech Opportunity Available

14:00-14:25

Title: Protein Folding, Structure and Flexibility: Studies of Antimicrobial Peptides and Amyloid Fibrils by Solid- and Liquid-State NMR, MD, and MRI
Dr. Niels Christian Nielsen, Professor, University of Aarhus, Denmark

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Title: Activation and N-Terminal Sequence of Thermolabile Variant of Prophenol Oxidase in Drosophila Melanogaster
Dr. Nobuhiko Asada, Professor, Department of Zoology Faculty of Science Okayama University of Science, Japan

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Evolutionary Design of Predictive Functions for Protein Structure Estimation
Dr. Ivan Zelinka, Head of department MBCS CIPT; Associate Editor of MSE, Hindawi; Editorial Council of Security Revue; Editorial board - Journal of Computer Science; Faculty of Applied Informatics, Tomas Bata Univercity in Zlin, Czech Republic

15:55-16:20

Title: Structural Basis of Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Proteins
Dr.  Kornelius Zeth, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany

16:20-16:45

Title: On-Resin NMR: A New Approach to Investigate Protein Structure and Function using GST-Fusion Techniques
Dr. Chojiro Kojima,
Associate Professor, Nara Institute of Science and Technology , Japan

16:45-17:10

Title: Secondary Structure Prediction of BChE
Dr. Allam Appa Rao, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30
Track 2-2: Protein Structure, Function and Sequence Analysis (Part Two)

Chair

Call for Chair

Co-Chair

Ms. xiaodan li, Group leader, Paul Scherrer Institut , Structural Biology Group, Biomolecular Research, Life Sciences Department, Switzerland

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Speech Opportunity Available

14:00-14:25

Title: Completing the Genetic Code: The Concept of Proteomic Code & RNA Assisted Protein Folding
Dr. Jan C Biro, Professor, CEO Homulus Foundation, USA

14:25-14:50

Title: Unravelling Allosteric Cooperativity in Protein Kinase a Using NMR Spectroscopy
Dr. Gianluigi Veglia, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, USA

14:50-15:15

Title: Liquid Chromatography of Biomacromolecules at Critical Conditions: a New Way for Sequence Specific Data Mining Complementary to MS Based Protein Identifications
Dr. Victor V. Evreinov, Professor, Laboratory of Liquid Phase and Interphase Processes, The Department of Polymers and Composites, N.N. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: Forces Determining Protein Structure
Dr. Easwaran Kokiladevi, Assistant Professor, DPMB& Biotechnology, CPMB, TNAU, India

16:20-16:45

Title: Characterization of Outermembrane Vesicles(OMV) Proteins of an Antarctic Bacterium Pseudomonas Syringae Lz 4W
Dr. Medicharla V Jagannadham, Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India

16.45-17:10

Title: Recombinant Dengue Antigens Production for Development of Dengue Biosensor System
Dr. Vanny Narita, Group Leader, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), Indonesia

17.10-17:35

Title: Binding Properties of a Modular Chitin Binding Protein Cbp50 and Its Role in Chitinolytic Activity of Bacillus Thuringiensis Subsp. Konkukian
Dr. Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic
Engineering, Pakistan

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00  

Track 2-3: Proteomics and Cancer Biomarker Discovery  

Chair

Dr. William CS Cho, Professor, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Speech Opportunity Available

09:00-09:25

Title: Cell Secretion Analysis of Breast Cancer Cells using Next Generation Magnetic Particles and High Sensitive Mass Spectrometry
Dr. Jochen F. Peter, CEO, SensScreen Technologies GmbH; Heinz Nixdorf Chair for Medical Electronics, Assistant Professor, Technical University of Munich; Germany

09:25-09:50

Title: Proteinprofiling for Identification of Breast Cancer Biomarkers in Tear Fluid and Serum
Dr. Antje Lebrecht, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, German

09:50-10:15

Title: Proteomic Analysis of Protein Networks in Human Cells Using High Throughput Protein Complementation Systems
Dr. Zhou Songyang, Lodwick T. Bolin Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Speech Opportunity Available

10:55-11:20

Title: Proteomics and Cancer Biomarker Discovery
Dr.
William Chi-shing Cho , Professor, Queen Elizabeth Hospital , Hong Kong, China

11:20-11:45

Title: TBD
Dr. Danai Tiwawech, Chief of Cancer Biology Section, Research Division, National Cancer Institute, Ministry of Public Health,Thailand

11.45-12:10

Title: TBD
Dr. Kumaresan Ganesan, professor, Dept of Genetics, Genomics Program, Centre for Excellence in Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, India

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00  

Track 2-4: Glycoproteomics and Biomarker Development

Organized by Omics Publishing Group

Session Chair:

Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, Chief- Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, National Cancer Institute, USA

Co-Chair:

Invited

08:30-08:35

Welcome: Session Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: TBD
Dr. Sudhir Srivastava,
Chief- Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, National Cancer Institute, USA

09:00-09:25

Title: TBD
Dr. Helmut E. Meyer, Professor, Chair-HUPO BPP, Medical Proteome-Center, Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany

09:25-09:50

Speech Opportunity Available

09:50-10:15

Title: Differential Cell Surface Glycan Profiling and Glycosyltransferase Gene Expression in Metastatic Human HCC cell Lines
Dr. Yinkun Liu, Vice Chairman and Lab. Director; Professor of Biochemistry, Liver Cancer Institute, Zhong Shan Hospital, Fudan University, China

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Speech Opportunity Available

10:55-11:20

Title: TBD
Dr
. J. Michael (Hawkeye) Pierce, Director, UGA Cancer Center, University of Georgia, USA

11:20-11:45

Title: TBD
Dr. Margaret E. Huflejt,
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, USA

11.45-12:10

Speech Opportunity Available

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30 

Track 2-5: Proteomics and Drug Discovery  

Chair

Dr. Zygmunt Derewenda, Professor, University of Virginia, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Ashok R. Amin, Professor and Vice President of Research, Carilion Clinic and Virginia T, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Keynote Speech
Title: TBD
Dr. Andrzej Joachimiak, Midwest Center for Structural Genomics and Structural Biology Center, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

14:00-14:25

Title: Engineering X-ray Quality Protein Crystals for Structural Studies
Dr. Zygmunt Derewenda, Professor, University of Virginia, USA

14:25-14:50

Title: Genome and Proteome. A Tale of Two Cities in Identifying Biomarkers in Complex Inflammatory Diseases for Personalized Medicine in Health Care
Dr. Ashok R. Amin,
Professor and Vice President of Research, Carilion Clinic and Virginia T, USA

14:50-15:15

Title: TBD
Dr. Myung Hee Kim, Division of Biosystems Research, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Korea

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: Quatitative Phosphoproteomics Reveals the Global Effects of Kinase Inhibitors on Signaling Networks
Dr. Cuiping Pan,
Department of Proteomics and Signal Transduction, Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Germany

16:20-16:45

Title: Discovery and Validation of Novel Cell Signaling Events in Innate Immunity with the Use of Quantitative Subcellular Proteomics or Discovery and Validation of Novel Palmitoylproteins with the Use of Targeted Affinity Proteomics
Dr. Michael B. Fessler,
Principal Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, USA

16.45-17:10

Title: Mycobacterium Abscessus Infections in Taiwan and the Useful Drugs
Dr. Jiann-Hwa Chen,Professor, Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30 

Track 2-6: Applied Clinical Proteomics

Chair

Dr. Meng Fatt HO, Principal Investigator, National Cancer Centre, Singapore

Co-Chair

Dr. John E. Wiktorowicz, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Director, Proteomics Section, and Assistant Director, Biomolecular Resource Facility; Senior Scientist, Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: TBD
Dr. J. Alberto Fernandez-Pol,
President, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Metalloproteomics, LLC , USA

14:00-14:25

Title: Biomarker Discovery in Gastric Cancer Using Proteomics Approaches
Dr. Meng Fatt HO, Principal Investigator, National Cancer Centre, Singapore

14:25-14:50

Title: Candidate Biomarkers for Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Dr. John E. Wiktorowicz, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Director, Proteomics Section, and Assistant Director, Biomolecular Resource Facility; Senior Scientist, Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA

14:50-15:15

Title: Hpv Vaccination: Up Date of Impact Comprehensive Proteomic Analysis of Human Cervical-Vaginal Fluid Using Colposcopy Samples
Dr. Wiebren.Tjalma, Professor, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: TBD
Dr. Jennifer Van Eyck, The Hopkins NHLBI Proteomics Center,Director, Bayview Proteomics Group,Professor Medicine, Division of Cardiology,Biological Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering,Johns Hopkins University-Bayview Campus,USA

16:20-16:45

Title: TBD
Dr. Helmut E. Meyer, Direktor, Medical Proteom-Center, Ruhr-University of Bochum Universit?tsstr, Germany

16.45-17:10

Title: Blood Proteins as Markers and Predictors of Cognitive Deficit in Mental Pathologies
Dr. Irina Boksha, Mental Health Research Center RAMS, Russia

17:10-17:35

Title: The Chromosomes Morfology and Quantifitiation Following Application of Biologic and Cytotoxic Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Diseases
Dr. Sekib Sokolovic, Associate Professor, University of Sarajevo Clinics, Bosnia and Herzegovina

December 4, 2009 (Friday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 2-9: Array for Proteomics

Chair

Call for Chair

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Utility of Panorama Antibody Arrays in Protein Profiling
Dr. Dorit Zharhary, Director of Research & Development, Sigma-Aldrich Israel Ltd., Israel

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Speech Opportunity Available

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: TBD
Dr. Yaojiong Wu,
Professor, University of Alberta, Canada

16:20-16:45

Speech Opportunity Available

16.45-17:10

Speech Opportunity Available

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

Track 3: Bioinformatics

Time

Activity

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 3-1: Bioinformatics Applied for Functional Protein and Gene Analysis

Chair

Dr. Colinge Jacques, Head, Bioinformatics, Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title:Conditional Dominant Lethals - A New Class of Mutations in Drosophila
Dr. Boris Chadov,
Academician of RANS, Russia

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Title: Generation and Use of Protein Physical Interaction Data Either in Proteomics Track or Bioinformatics Track
Dr. Colinge Jacques, Head, Bioinformatics, Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

14:50-15:15

Speech Opportunity Available

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: Overnight Elaboration of Databases of Homologous Proteins Implicated on any Gicen Subject
Dr. J Miguel Ortega,
Departament de Bioqu¨ªmica e Imunologia, ICB-UFMG, Brazil

16:20-16:45

Title: Bioinformatics for Resolving Complex Traits
Dr. K. Ulaganathan, Professor, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology, Osmania University, India

16.45-17:10

Title: TBD
Dr. Ganesh Chandra Sahoo , Scientist, BioMedical Informatics Division, Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, India

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 3-2: Bioinformatics and Computational Structure Biology

Chair

Call for Chair

Co-Chair

Dr. Hui Yang, Assistant Professor, Center for Computing for Life Sciences(CCLS), Department of Computer Science, San Francisco State University, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Towards Building a Structure-based Protein Folding Energy Landscape
Dr. Hui Yang, Assistant Professor, Center for Computing for Life Sciences (CCLS), Department of Computer Science, San Francisco State University, USA

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Title: Amyloidogenic Potential of Transthyretin Variants: Insights from Structural and Computational Analyses
Dr. Antonio Trovato,
Department of Physics, University of Padova, Italy

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Mathematical modelling of a plant development on the different levels
Dr. Ilya Akberdin,
visiting scientist, Institute of Cytology and Genetics of SB
RAS, Russia

15:55-16:20

Title: Mapping of the Binding Ability of Neuropeptide f (NPF) form Moniezia Expansa
Dr. Virendra Gomase, Department of Bioinformatics, Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil University, India

16:20-16:45

Title: Computer Modeling of Enzymatic Reactions
Dr. Toyokazu Ishida, Researcher, Research Institute for Computational Sciences (RICS) ; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

16.45-17:10

Title: Voronoi-Delaunay Tessellation in Protein-Protein, Protein-DNA and Protein-Ligand Structure Analysis
Dr. Anastasya Anashkina, scientist, Institute of Molecular Biology Russian Academy of Science, Russia

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00 

Track 3-3: Bioinformatics in Analysis of Gene Expression and Microarrays  

Chair

Dr. Arndt Benecke, Professor, CNRS-IHES, France

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: Probability landscapes for Integrative Genomics - Multiscale Analysis of
Genome Activity during Host-Pathogen Interactions
Dr. Arndt Benecke,
Professor, CNRS-IHES, France

09:00-09:25

Speech Opportunity Available

09:25-09:50

Speech Opportunity Available

09:50-10:15

Title: Pathway-based Analysis of Microarray
Dr. Dougu Nam,
Senior Researcher , National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Korea

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Modeling Set-wise Coexpression Relationship in Gene Expression Microarray Data
Dr. Sung Bum Cho, Researcher, Ewha women ' s university, school of medicine , Republic of Korea

10:55-11:20

Speech Opportunity Available

11:20-11:45

Title: Fundamentals and Application of Integrated Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses
Dr. Weiwen Zhang,
Associate Professor, Center for Ecogenomics, Biodesign Institute; Affiliate Professor, School of Life Sciences, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, USA

11.45-12:00

Panel Discussion

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30 

Track 3-5: Data Mining in Proteomics

Organized by Omics Publishing Group
13:35-14:00
Title: Integration and Mining of Glycoproteomics Data
Dr. Srinubabu Gedela,
Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA
14:00-14:25
Title: Application of Random Forest to building Proteomics Multi-analyte Classifier
Dr. Qinghua Song,
Senior Biometrician, Biometrics Department, Merck, USA
14:25-14:50
Title: TBD
Dr. Serge B. Emaleu,
Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, USA
14:50-15:15

Title: Data Mining Role in Biomarker Identification
Dr Siva Prasad Akula, Prof & HOD, SVP Engg. College, Visakhapatnam, India

Track 4: Biochips

Time

Activity

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 4-1: Technology Breakthrough in Biochips  

Chair

Dr. V. Lakhno, Professor, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Speech Opportunity Available

14:00-14:25

Title: DNA-based Electronic Nanobiosensors and Nanobiochips
Dr. V. Lakhno, Professor, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Title: TBD
Dr. Yutaka Yamagata,
RIKEN, Japan

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Collection and Analysis of Bioaerosols with Ultra-Sensitive Rapid Immunoassay Technique
Dr. Victor N. Morozov,
Principal Scientist, Lab. Director, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

15:55-16:20

Title: Entire "on-a-chip" BIA-MS Processing Leading to the Biomarkers Identification at Low Femtomole Level in Plasma
Dr. W. Boireau, Clinical-Innovation Proteomic Platform, FEMTO-ST Institute, France

16:20-16:45

Title: Approaches To Development Of Sensors Based On DNA Conductivity
Dr. Dmitry Klinov,
Associate Professor, IBCh, Russia

16.45-17:10

Title: Ultrasensitive Biochips Based on Magnetic Translocation
Dr. CheolGi Kim, Professor, Chungnam National University, South Korea

17:10-17:35

Panel Discussion

December 1, 2009 (Tuesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 4-2: Biochips in Gene Expression  

Chair

Dr. Muriel Brengues, Biodesign Researcher, Center for Applied NanoBioscience, Arizona State University, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Yanhong Liu,  Research Microbiologist, Eastern  Regional Research Center, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Speech Opportunity Available

14:00-14:25

Title: TBD
Dr. Atul Butte, Professor, Stanford University, USA

14:25-14:50

Title: Bionano and Biomems: Novel Biochips for Genes and Proteins
Dr. Samir M. Iqbal, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA

14:50-15:15

Title: Biodosimetry on Small Blood Volume Using Gene Expression Analysis
Dr. Muriel Brengues, Biodesign Researcher, Center for Applied NanoBioscience, Arizona State University, USA

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: Gene Expression Analysis of Listeria Monocytogenes in a Liquid Food Matrix
Dr. Yanhong Liu, Research Microbiologist, Eastern  Regional Research Center, USA

16:20-16:45

Title: Transcriptional Networks in Embryonic and Trophoblast Stem Cells
Dr. Benjamin L. Kidder,
Reproductive Biology, EMD Serono Research Institute, USA

16.45-17:10

Title: Natural Anti-Cancer Drugs Descovery and Gene Array Analysis in Breast Cancer Cells
Dr. Majed Alokail,
Associate Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00  

Track 4-4: Microarray and Cancer Gene Profiling  

Chair

Dr. Tao Xie, Research Fellow, Rosetta Inpharmatics, A wholly owned subsidiary of Merck and Co. Inc., USA

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Speech Opportunity Available

09:00-09:25

Speech Opportunity Available

09:25-09:50

Title: Standardized Genetic Alteration Score for Predicting Recurrence Status of Gastric Cancer
Dr. Mijung Kim,
Professor, Yonsei University , Korea

09:50-10:15

Title: Integrative Genomics Approach for Disease Network Reconstruction in Cancer
Dr. Tao Xie, Research Fellow, Rosetta Inpharmatics, A wholly owned subsidiary of Merck and Co. Inc., USA

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Integrated Genome Analysis in Paediatric Cancer
Dr. Gian Paolo Tonini, Unit of Translational Pediatric Oncology, National Institute for Cancer Research (IST), Genoa , Italy

10:55-11:20

Title: Development Of Physico-Chemical Model Of Hybridization For High-Resolution
Microarray Analysis
Dr. Chikara Furusawa,
Associate Professor, Osaka University, Japan

11:20-11:45

Speech Opportunity Available

11.45-12:10

Speech Opportunity Available

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30 

Track 4-5: MEMS and Lab-On-Chip for Chemistry, Biology and Drug Discovery  

Chair

Dr. Rabah Boukherroub, Professor, Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRI), France

Co-Chair

Dr. Jeung Sang Go, Associate Professor, Pusan National University, Korea

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Phenotype analysis of living cells
Dr. Joachim Wiest,
CEO, Cellasys GmbH, Germany

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Title: Modular Microfluidic Components for the applications of PCR amplification
Dr. Ping-Hei Chen,
Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University ; Director, Thermal, Fluid, and Energy Division, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National Science Council, Taiwan

14:50-15:15

Title: Droplet-Based Microfluidics for Mass Spectrometry Analysis
Dr. Rabah Boukherroub, Professor, Interdisciplinary Research Institute (IRI), France

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: Micro/Nano Particle Separation Using the Microfluidic Scale Effect
Dr. Jeung Sang Go, Associate Professor, Pusan National University, Korea

16:20-16:45

Title: Iterative DNA Sequencing on Microarrays: a NextGen Biotechnology for High-throughput Evolutionary Genomics
Dr. Steven M Carr,
Professor of Biology, Department of Biology. Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

16.45-17:10

Title: PDMS for DNA to Whole Organism
Dr. Sudip Mondal,National Centre for Biological Sciences, India

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30 

Track 4-6: Lab-On-Chips for Clinical Diagnostics Development

Chair

Dr. Klaus Stefan Drese, Professor, Institute for Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH, Germany

Co-Chair

Dr. Robin Liu, Director of System Development, Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Lab-on-chip-based Clinical Multiparameter POC Diagnostics
Dr. Carlo Effenhauser, Director, Enabling Technologies, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Germany

14:00-14:25

Title: Advanced Lab-on-a chip system for sensitive detection of infectious diseases
Dr. Chang Ming Li ,
Head, Bioengineering Division, Director, Center for Advanced Bionanosystems , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

14:25-14:50

Title: Lab-on-a-chip for the Isolation and Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells
Dr. Klaus Stefan Drese, Professor, Institute for Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH, Germany

14:50-15:15

Title: Integrated Microfluidic System for Detection of Biomarkers in Biological Samples
Dr. Hsiang-Yu Angie Wang,
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: ESensor®: An Electrochemical Detection Based DNA Microarray Technology Enabling Sample-to-Answer Clinical Diagnostics
Dr. Robin Liu, Director of System Development, Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics, USA

15:55-16:20

Speech Opportunity Available

16:20-16:45

Title: An Optical Biochip for Sepsis Analysis Based on Fluorescence Anisotropy
Dr. Francesco Baldini, Senior Researcher, IFAC-CNR, Italy

16.45-17:10

Title: MIcrochip-based Multianalyte Assay for Home Medical Diagnosis
Dr.Madoka Takai, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of  Tokyo, Japan

17:10-17:35
Panel Discussion

Track 5: Small RNAs

Time

Activity

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00 

Track 5-3: ncRNA and mRNA and Diseases  

Chair

Dr. Hans-Peter Deigner, Director of Biomarker Research, BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, Austria

Co-Chair

Dr. Martin Teichmann, Professor, Universit¨¦ Victor Segalen, France

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: The Evolution of RNA Degradation and Polyadenylation Pathways, Relations to Gene Expression and Diseases
Dr. Gadi Schuster,
Dean, Faculty of Biology Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

09:00-09:25

Title: miRNA Pattern in Animal Models of Inflammation
Dr. Ralf Claus,
University Hospital of Jena , German

09:25-09:50

Speech Opportunity Available

09:50-10:15

Title: ncRNA as Biomarkers in Complex Diseases
Dr. Hans-Peter Deigner,
Director of Biomarker Research, BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG, Austria

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Regulation of Human RNA Polymerase III Transcription during Cellular Transformation
Dr. Martin Teichmann,
Professor, Universit¨¦ Victor Segalen, France

10:55-11:20

Title: TBD
Dr. Evgeny Nudler,
Julie W. Anderson Professor of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, USA

11:20-11:45

Title: Second Generation Sequencing Reveals Small RNAs from Parasitic Protists
Dr. Lesley Collins,
Research Fellow, Allan Wilson Centre, New Zealand

11.45-12:10

Title: miRNAs and mRNA-binding Proteins as A Regulator in Plant Defense against Abiotic and Biotic Stresses
Dr. Hunseung Kang,
Professor, Chonnam National University, Korea

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

08:30-12:00 

Track 5-4: miRNAs in Inflammation and Cancers  

Chair

Dr. Qing-Sheng Mi, Director of Henry Ford Immunology Program, Director of Research, Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health System; Associate Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Jan Oxholm Gordeladze, Professor, University of Oslo, Norway

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: microRNAs and Immune Regulation\
Dr. Qing-Sheng Mi, Director of Henry Ford Immunology Program, Director of Research, Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health System; Associate Professor, Wayne State University School of Medicine, USA

09:00-09:25

Speech Opportunity Available

09:25-09:50

Title: Estrogens, miRNA and Breast Cancer
Dr. Wah Chin Boon, Head, Steroid Neurobiology, Howard Florey Institute, University of
Melbourne, Australia

09:50-10:15

Title: New miRNA Target Class
Dr. Inhan Lee, Research Investigator, University of Michigan Medical School, USA

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Cellular Interactions in Osteoarthritic Joints: Potentials for microRNAs in Chondrocytes and T cells
Dr. Jan Oxholm Gordeladze, Professor, University of Oslo, Norway

10:55-11:20

Title: Real-time Monitoring of miRNAs using Fluorescent Protein Reporters in Living Cells
Dr. Yoshio Kato, Research Scientist, Research Institute for Cell Engineering, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan

11:20-11:45

Title: NPC Associated miRNAs
Dr. Xin Li,
Professor, Cancer Research Institute, Southern Medical University, China

11.45-12:10

Title: MicroRNA Regulations in Cancer Research: Databases and Tools
Dr. Hsien-Da Huang, Associate Professor, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

12:10-12:35

Title: miRNA and Apoptosis: their Interwined Relationship
Dr Neeru Saini, Scientist, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, India

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30 

Track 5-5: Delivery Technologies for Small RNAs  

Chair

Dr. Himanshu Brahmbhatt, Joint-CEO and Director, EnGeneIC Pty Ltd., Australia

Co-Chair

Dr. Waclaw Szybalski, Professor, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin Medical School, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Reversal of Drug Resistance and Treatment in Cancer: Dual Sequential Treatment with Targeted si/shRNA and Drug Packaged Nanocells
Dr. Himanshu Brahmbhatt, Joint-CEO and Director, EnGeneIC Pty Ltd., Australia

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Speech Opportunity Available

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Title: Retroviral Delivery of microRNA for Target Discovery and Validation
Dr. Wenjun Chen, Sr. Director of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Shanghai Genomics, Inc., China

16:20-16:45

Title: miRNA in Mammals
Dr. Yaou Zhang, Professor, Graduate school at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, China

16.45-17:10

Title: Tumor-targeting Delivery Systems of siRNA: From Design to Practice
Dr. Jiasheng Tu,
Professor, China Pharmaceutical University, China

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 3, 2009
(Thursday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 5-6: RNAi, mRNA and siRNA Therapeutics Development  

Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Peixuan Guo, Dane and Mary Louise Miller Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering; Director of NIH National Center of Phi29 DNA Packaging Motor for Nanomedicine; Director of Nanobiomedical Center of the University of Cincinnati, USA

Chair

Dr. Akira Kaji, Professor, Dept of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Faris Farassati, Associate Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-13:55

Keynote Speech:
Title: TBD
Dr. Peixuan Guo, Dane and Mary Louise Miller Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering; Director of NIH National Center of Phi29 DNA Packaging Motor for Nanomedicine; Director of Nanobiomedical Center of the University of Cincinnati, USA

13:55-14:15

Title: Rescue of Stalled Ribosomes by RRF (ribosome recycling factor)-Its Mechanism in Prokaryotes
Dr. Akira Kaji, Professor, Dept of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, USA

14:15-14:35

Title: The Development of a Drug for Hepatitis C Based on a Novel Form of Small Hairpin RNA (shRNA)
Dr. Brian Johnston, President and CEO, Somagenics, Inc.; Consulting Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

14:35-14:55

Title: The Therapeutic Potential of RNAi in Ataxia
Dr. Bing-wen Soong,
Professor, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

14:55-15:10

Coffee Break

15:10-15:30

Title: Gene Specific Silencing for EGFRvIII as a Novel Therapeutic Method against Cancer
Dr. Faris Farassati, Associate Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, USA

15:30-15:50

Title : Identification of a Small Molecule that Enhances RNA Interference and Promotes microRNA Processing
Dr. Ge Shan, Yale University, USA

15:50-16:10

Title: Nanoaerosol Delivery of SiRNA for Lung Cancer
Dr. Myung-Haing Cho, Professor, Seoul National University, Korea

16:10-16:30

Title: asiRNA: a novel, Effective siRNA Structure Platform with Reduced non-specific Effects
Dr. Dong-ki Lee, Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

16:30-16:50

Speech Opportunity Available

16:50-17:10

Title: RNAi Technology: from Drug Target Discovery to Validation
Dr. Demin Zhou,
Professor, The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, China

17:10-17:30

Title: RNAi and Adaptative Cell Imunity - are there non-coding RNAs
Dr. Marcella Faria, Center for Applied Toxinology CAT-CEPID, Butantan Institute, Brazil

Track 6: Molecular Biomarkers

Time

Activity

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 6-3: Biomarkers in Clinical Studies

Chair

Dr. Christine Bétard, Executive Director, Global Strategic Drug Development Unit Quintiles Consulting, France

Co-Chair

Dr. Kyongrae Kim, Associate Professor, Konkuk University, Korea

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Utilizing Biomarkers in Clinical Drug Development: How and When
Dr. Christine Bétard, Executive Director, Global Strategic Drug Development Unit Quintiles Consulting, France

14:00-14:25

Title: SERPINE 1: A Possible Biomarker Linked to Obesity and Diabetes
Dr. Punit Kaur,
Assistant Director, Functional Proteomics Core Facility Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic; The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, USA

14:25-14:50

Title: Imaging as a Biomarker in Clinical Trials
Dr. Onikepe Adegbola,
Deputy Director, US Medical Affairs Diagnostic Imaging, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, USA

14:50-15:15

Speech Opportunity Available

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Gene Expression Profiling of Colonic Serra ted Polyps by Using Oligonucleotide Microarray
Dr. Kyongrae Kim, Associate Professor, Konkuk University, Korea

15:55-16:20

Title: Metabolic Biomarkers Related to Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant and Bioenergetic Status in Saudi Autistic Children
Dr. Afaf El-Ansary,
Professor, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

16:20-16:45

Title: Prevalence of Undiagnosed Glucose Intolerance Changes According to Age and Gender in Japanese Middle Aged Working People
Dr. Hiroaki Kawano, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Saga University, Japan

16.45-17:10

Title: On the L ookout for the M ost R eliable B iochemical and G enetic M arkers for C oronary H eart D isease in Saudi P atient s
Dr. Arjumand Warsy,
Professor of Biochemistry , College of Science King Saud University , Saudi Arabia

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 2, 2009 (Wednesday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 6-4: Biomarkers in Molecular Diagnostics

Chair

Dr. Tao Chen, Professor, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Cheng Wang, Senior Neurobiologist, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: MicroRNA Biomarkers for Carcinogen Exposure in Rodents
Dr. Tao Chen, Professor, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Title: Cancer Risk and Selenium
Dr. Jan Lubinski,
Professor, Pomeranian Medical University, Poland

14:50-15:15

Title: Detection of Survivin-expressing Circulating Cancer Cells (CCC) Can Help
Identify Risk of Relapse in Cancer Patients
Dr. Shang-mian Yie,
Professor and Director of Core Laboratory, Sichuan Academy of
Medical Sciences, China

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5 in Enterocytes Promotes Mucosal Wound Healing: A Biomarker for the Assessment of Therapeutic Efficacy of Mucosal Inflammation
Dr. Xiaonan Han,  Assistant Professor of Pediatric, Director of LCM Core
Division of GastroenterologyCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), USA

15:55-16:20

Title: Targeting Erbb Receptors for Cancer Therapy: Translation of The New Findings
to the Clinical Application
Dr.Zhixiang Wang,
Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Canada

16:20-16:45

Title: Imaging Biomarkers for Diagnosis with Positron Emission Tomography
Dr. Irina Velikyan,
Scientist, Uppsala Appl ied Science Lab GEMS PET Systems AB, GE Healthcare, Sweden

16.45-17:10

Title: Ketamine-Induced Neurotoxicity and Changes in Gene Expression Profiling in
Developing Rat Brain
Dr. Cheng Wang,
Senior Neurobiologist, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA

17:10-17:30

Title£ºCancer Biomarker Selection by Analyzing Expression Data Using Machine Learning Methods
Dr. Xiaogang Ruan,
Professor, Beijing University of Technology, China

December 3, 2009 (Thursday)

13:30-17:30

Track 6-6: Biomarkers and Translational Medical Research
This session is kindly co-organized by Dr. Monika Ray

Chair

Dr. Monika Ray, University  of  California ,  Davis School  of Medicine, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Mihaly Hajos, Associate Research Fellow, Neuroscience Department, Pfizer Global Research and Development, USA

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Speech Opportunity Available

14:00-14:25

Title: Antigen/Biomarker Discovery Using High Throughput Proteomics Tool
Dr. Xiaowu Liang,
President & CEO, ImmPORT Therapeutics Inc.; dba Antigen Discovery Inc., USA

14:25-14:50

Title: Analysis of Gene Co-expression Networks in Alzheimer's Disease
Dr. Monika Ray,
University  of  California ,  Davis School  of Medicine, USA

14:50-15:15

Title: Integrating Behavioral and Pathological Markers of Alzheimer's Disease:Implications for Transcriptome Analysis
Dr. Eric Blalock,
Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, USA

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Endophenotypes as Drug Targets in Psychiatric Disorders: Connecting Genetics to Pathophysiology ?
Dr. Mihaly Hajos,
Associate Research Fellow, Neuroscience Department, Pfizer Global Research and Development, USA

15:55-16:20

Title: Electronic Nose Can Sniff Out Kidney Diseases In Breath Samples
Dr. Zaid Abassi, Professor of Physiology, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics; Faculty of Medicine, Technion, IIT, Haifa, Israel

16:20-16:45

Title: Lung Cancer Diagnosis with Gas Sensor Array
Dr. Giorgio Pennazza,
Faculty of Engineering, Universit¨¤ Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

16.45-17:10

Title: Analysis of Brain Regional Gene Expression Profiles in Response to Novel Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors: Understanding Efficacy and Enabling Novel Biomarker Development
Dr. Robin Kleiman, Senior Principal Scientist, Neurosciences Research Unit,Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton CT, USA

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

Track 7: Tissue Engineering

Time

Activity

December 4, 2009 (Friday)

13:30-17:30

Track 7-1: Scaffolding Materials and Bioreactor System in Tissue Engineering  

Chair

Dr. Paul Wooley,Director of Orthopaedic Research Institute; Chief Operation Officer of the National Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research, USA

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Development of Functional Polymeric Porous Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Dr. Guoping Chen,   Group Leader, Polymeric Biomaterials Group, Biomaterials Center, National Institute for  Materials Science, Japan

14:00-14:25

Title: TBD
Dr. Paul Wooley, Director of Orthopaedic Research Institute; Chief Operation Officer of the National Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopaedic Research, USA

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Title: TBD
Dr. Yang (Ted) D. Teng,
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School , USA

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title£ºTBD
Dr. Bora Mavis, Assistant Professor, Hacettepe University, Turkey

15:55-16:20

Title: Principle of "In-Vivo Bioreactor" and Its Application in Tissue Engineered Trachea Reconstruction
Dr. Qiang Tan, Attending Doctor, Shanghai Lung Tumor Clinic Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, China

16:20-16:45

Speech Opportunity Available

16.45-17:10

Speech Opportunity Available

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 4, 2009 (Friday)

13:30-17:30

Track 7-2: Biomaterial-based Tissue Regeneration  

Chair

Dr. Hae-Won Kim, Professor, Dankook University, Korea

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Novel Bio-Reactive Materials For Regenerating Dental Tissues
Dr. Hae-Won Kim, Professor, Dankook University, Korea

14:00-14:25

Speech Opportunity Available

14:25-14:50

Title: Molecular Mechanism  o f ES Cell Maintenance
Dr. Hiroshi Koide, Department of Stem Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, Japan

14:50-15:15

Title: Bone Engineering with Mesenchymal Stem Cell-seeded Dense Collagen Scaffolds
Dr. Chan Gao, McGill University, Canada

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Speech Opportunity Available

15:55-16:20

Speech Opportunity Available

16:20-16:45

Speech Opportunity Available

16.45-17:10

Speech Opportunity Available

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 5, 2009 (Saturday)

08:30-12:00

Track 7-3: Nanotech, Imaging/Tracking Technologies in Regenerative Medicine

Call for co-organizer

December 5, 2009 (Saturday)

13:30-17:30

Track 7-4: Angiogenesis and Growth Factor in Tissue Engineering  

Chair

Dr. Cai Dongqing, Professor and Vice-director, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Ji Nan University, China

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: Growth Factor-based Bioengineering for Tissue Engineering
Dr. Jun-Hyeog Jang, Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Inha University School of Medicine, Korea

14:00-14:25

Title: Cardiac vascular specific therapy for Regeneration of Infarcted Myocardium
Dr. Cai Dongqing,
Professor and Vice-director, Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Ministry of Education, Ji Nan University , China

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Speech Opportunity Available

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: SRF-A Fighter Against Ischemia-Caused Brain Damage
Dr. Jianyuan Chai,
Assistant Professor, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach and the University of California, USA

15:55-16:20

Title: Mechanisms Whereby Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Can Promote Angiogenesis
Dr. Jorge S Burns,
Assistant Professor, Laboratory for Molecular Endocrinology, KMEB ; Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Odense University Hospital, Medical Biotechnology Center, Denmark

16:20-16:45

Title: Angiogenesis- Its Importance in Tissue Healing
Dr. Mir Sadat-Ali,Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

16.45-17:10

Speech Opportunity Available

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

December 6, 2009 (Sunday)

08:00-12:00

Track 7-5: Gene Delivery for Tissue Regeneration  

Chair

Dr. Shang-You Yang, Sr. Research Scientist & Associate Professor, Orthopaedic
Research Institute, Via Christi Regional Medical Center; Department of Biological
Sciences, Wichita State University, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Chia-Ning Chang Sophia, Chief, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: Manipulation of Gene Expression Within the Developing Spinal Fusion Mass:
Delivery of Rnai Via AAV
Dr. Louis G. Jenis,
Clinical Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Tufts
University School of Medicine; Boston Spine Group, USA

09:00-09:25

Title: TBD
Dr. James G. Hecker, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, USA

09:25-09:50

Title: Gene Therapy for Debris-associated Periprosthetic Osteolysis
Dr. Shang-You Yang, Sr. Research Scientist & Associate Professor, Orthopaedic
Research Institute, Via Christi Regional Medical Center; Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, USA

09:50-10:15

Title: Molecular Imaging of HSV1-tk Reporter Gene Expression
Dr. Mian M. Alauddin, Associate Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Gene Delivery for Tissue Regeneration
Dr. Chia-Ning Chang Sophia, Chief, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan

10:55-11:20

Speech Opportunity Available

11:20-11:45

Title: Gene Therapy for Dyskeratosis Congenita, a Disorder of Telomere Insufficiency
Dr.
Frederick D. Goldman, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; Director, Pediatric Immune Disorders, USA

11.45-12:10

Speech Opportunity Available

December 6, 2009 (Sunday)

08:00-12:00  

Track 7-6: Nervous System and Hippocampal Neurogenesis Regeneration  

Chair

Call for Chair

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Speech Opportunity Available

09:00-09:25

Title£ºTissue Engineering: Application in Bone, Cartilage and Nerve Regeneration
Dr. Huan Wang,Senior Scientist, Department of Neurologic Surgery, Tissue Engineering and Polymeric Biomaterials Laboratory, Molecular Neuroscience Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, USA

09:25-09:50

Title: Hippocampal Regulation by Energy Regulatory Mechanisms
Dr.Stuart Maudsley,
National Institutes of Health, USA

09:50-10:15

Title: Genetic Control of Neural Stem Cell Specification and Differentiation in the Developing CNS of Drosophila
Dr. Gerhard Technau, Head, the Institute of Genetics, University of Mainz, Germany

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Health and Disease
Dr.Muddanna S. Rao, Department of Anatomy, Kasturba Medical College , Manipal University - Manipal , India

10:55-11:20

Title: Stem Cell Niches and Regulative Regeneration in the Embryonic Nervous System
Dr. Joel Glover,
Professor, Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo , Norway

11:20-11:45

Title: Human Stem Cells Transplanted to Nod-scid Mice Provide Conditions for Neurolfactory Tissue Regeneration after Permanent Damage Induced by Dichlobenil
Dr. Roberto P. Revoltella,
Foundation onlus Staminali e Vita; Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, CNR, Pisa, Italy

11.45-12:10

Speech Opportunity Available

December 7, 2009
(Monday)

08:30-12:00

Track 7-7: Cardiac and Vascular Tissue Engineering  

Chair

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Co-Chair

Dr. A. Ruchan Akar, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University, Turkey

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Speech Opportunity Available

09:00-09:25

Speech Opportunity Available

09:25-09:50

Title: Cell Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease
Dr. A. Ruchan Akar, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara University, Turkey

09:50-10:15

Title: Scalable Generation of Human ESC / iPS Cells and Cardiomyocytes in Bioreactors for Therapies, Tissue Engineering, and Pharmacology
Dr. Robert Zweigerdt, Principle Investigator, Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Roles of BMP Signaling during Valvulogenesis and in Valvular Engineering
Dr. Kai Jiao,
Assistant Professor, Division of Research, Department of Genetics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

10:55-11:20

Title: Discovery of the Novel Protein,  Milk Fat Globular EGF-8, and Arterial Diseases
Dr. Mingyi Wang, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging/NIH, USA

11:20-11:45

Title£ºNeovascularization Strategies for Functional Tissue Engineering
Dr. Murat Elcin, Associate Member of The Turkish Academy of Sciences; Ankara University, Faculty of Science and Biotechnology Institute, TURKEY

11.45-12:10

Speech Opportunity Available

December 7, 2009 (Monday)

08:30-12:00  

Track 7-8: Skin, Cartilage, Bone Tissue Engineering  

Chair

Dr. Swee-Hin Teoh, Professor and Director, Centre for Biomedical Materials Applications and Technology (BIOMAT); Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Co-Chair

Dr. Andrew Leask, Associate Professor, Division of Oral Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and DentistryUniversity of Western Ontario, Canada

08:30-08:35

Chair's Introduction

08:35-09:00

Title: Modulating Adhesive Signaling to Controlskin Regeneration and Repair
Dr. Andrew Leask, Associate Professor, Division of Oral Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and DentistryUniversity of Western Ontario, Canada

09:00-09:25

Speech Opportunity Available

09:25-09:50

Title: Challenges in Bone Tissue Engineering using stem cells, growth factor and bioreactor in 3D bioresorbable scaffolds
Dr. Swee-Hin Teoh, Professor and Director, Centre for Biomedical Materials Applications and Technology (BIOMAT); Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

09:50-10:15

Speech Opportunity Available

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: The Economic Impact of Regenerative Technologies and the Path to a Every Day Treatment Fpr Patients
Dr. Annekathrin Bigus, ABT-Consulting, Germany

10:55-11:20

Speech Opportunity Available

11:20-11:45

Speech Opportunity Available

11.45-12:10

Speech Opportunity Available

December 7, 2009 (Monday)

08:30-12:00

Track 7-9: Tendon and Muscle Tissue Engineering  

Call for co-organizer

December 7, 2009 (Monday)

13:30-17:30  

Track 7-10: Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Tissue Engineering  

Chair

Dr. Christian Morsczeck, Group Leader, University of Regensburg, Germany

Co-Chair

Call for Co-Chair

13:30-13:35

Chair's Introduction

13:35-14:00

Title: TBD
Dr. Han-Sung Jung, Anatomy & Biology, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Korea

14:00-14:25

Title: Apatites and Prolines ¨C Recipes and Design Principles from Nature's Enamel Cookbook
Dr. Thomas G.H. Diekwisch,
Professor and Head, Department of Oral Biology, Director, Brodie Laboratory for Craniofacial Genetics, UIC College of Dentistry, USA

14:25-14:50

Speech Opportunity Available

14:50-15:15

Speech Opportunity Available

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Cochlear Repair by Transplantation of Human Cord Blood CD133+ cells to nod-scid Mice Made Deaf with Kanamycin and Noise?
Dr. Roberto P. Revoltella,
Foundation onlus Staminali e Vita; Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, CNR, Pisa, Italy

15:55-16:20

Title: Biomineralization Molecules in the Reconstruction of Dental, and Craniofacial Tissues
Dr. Chunlin Qin,
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry; Texas A & M University System Health Science Center, USA

16:20-16:45

Speech Opportunity Available

16.45-17:10

Speech Opportunity Available

17:10-17:30

Panel Discussion

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