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Day 1 (Friday) 11/19

Time Day 1 (Friday) 11/19
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-09:00 Opening Ceremony
09:00-09:40 Keynote Speech 1    Moderator: Dr. Chen-Wen Wu        
Nobel Laureate Dr. William Kaelin Jr.: The VHL tumor suppressor gene, Bedside to Bench to Bedside (35 min + 5 min Q&A)
09:50-10:30 Keynote Speech 2    Moderator: Dr. Fu-Tong Liu 
Academician Dr. Chien-Jen Chen: Precision Health of Virus-related Cancers (40 min, recorded video)
10:40-10:50 Coffee break
10:50-12:30 Session 1: Cancer Metabolism  Moderator: Dr. Jacqueline Whang-Peng
  1. Dr. Pan-Chyr Yang: Lung cancer in never smoker: the etiology, oncogenesis and prevention (25 min + 5 min Q&A)
  2. Dr. Zhimin (James) Lu: Cancer Metabolism, an old bottle with new wine (25 min +5 min Q&A)
  3. Dr. Ethan Lan: Developing a synthetic microbial cell factory for the biosynthesis of hydroxymethylbutyrate (15 min + 2 min Q&A)
  4. Dr. Yen-Liang Liu: Applications of single-particle tracking in visualizing EGFR trafficking and assessing the metastatic potential of cancer cells (15 min + 2 min Q&A)
12:40-13:50 Luncheons / Poster
14:00-15:35 Session 2: Signal Transduction and Cancer    Moderator: Dr. Wen-Chang Chang
  1. Dr. Tony Hunter: New Signal Transduction Targets in Cancer (25 min + 5 min Q&A)
  2. Dr. Mien-Chie Hung: Signaling molecules as cancer therapeutic targets (25 min + 5 min Q&A)
  3. Dr. Heng-Hsiung Wu: Characterization of the distinct mechanisms for the IL-17 receptor B to participate in tumor promotion vs immune regulation and differentiation for developing IL-17RB-targeted anti-cancer agents (15 min + 2 min Q&A)
  4. Dr. Chu-An Wang: Targeting DUSP2-mediated extracellular vesical-VEGF-C secretion and pancreatic cancer metastasis (15 min + 2 min Q&A)
15:40-15:50 Coffee break
15:50-17:30 Session 3: Stem Cells    Moderator: Dr. Alice Lin-Tsing Yu
  1. Dr. Irving Weissman: Normal and Neoplastic Stem Cells (30 min, recorded video)
  2. Dr. Xiang-Dong Fu: In situ Neuronal Reprogramming as a Strategy to Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases (30 min, recorded video)
  3. Dr. Ruey-Jen Lin: B3GALT5 Knockout Alters Glycosphingolipid Profile and Facilitates Transition to human Naive Pluripotency (15 min + 2 min Q&A)
  4. Dr. Wei-Chien Yuan: Identification of epigenetic determinants in hepatocyte-to-ductal reprogramming (15 min + 2 min Q&A)
17:30-20:00 Transportation/Dinner reception

Day 2 (Saturday) 11/20

Time Day 2 (Saturday) 11/20
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:40 Keynote Speech 3    Moderator: Dr. Mien-Chie Hung
Nobel Laureate Dr. Randy Schekman: Membrane vesicular traffic in normal and neurodegenerative diseases (35 min + 5 min Q&A)
09:40-10:00 Coffee break
10:00-11:30 Session 4: Cancer Immunology    Moderator: Dr. Pei-Jer Chen  
  1. Dr. Zhijian James Chen: Revving up Immune Response with cGAS (25 min + 5 min Q&A)
  2. Dr. Nagahiro Minato: Cancer Microenvironment in Cancer Immunity (25 min + 5 min Q&A)
  3. Dr. Dihua Yu: New insights into anti-tumor immunity and cancer immunotherapy response (30 min, recorded video)
11:40-12:50 Luncheons / Poster
13:00-14:35 Session 5: Novel Technology and Translational Innovation    Moderator: Dr. Andrew H.-J. Wang
  1. Dr. Dinshaw Patel: CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complexes and Anti-CRISPR Action (25 min + 5 min Q&A)
  2. Dr. Chi-Huey Wong: Biological Glycosylation: from understanding to translational innovation (25 min + 5 min Q&A)
  3. Dr. Yunching Chen: Multifunctional Nanocarriers for Efficient Cancer Immunotherapy (15 min + 2 min Q&A)
  4. Dr. Hsing-Chen Tsai: Harnessing the potential of epigenetic therapy to empower γδ T-based immunotherapy (15 min  + 2 min Q&A) 
14:35-14:50 Coffee break
15:00-16:35 Session 6: Innovative Cancer Therapy    Moderator: Dr. Luhai Wang 
  1. Dr. Ronald DePinho: Targeting Tumor Biology (30 min, recorded video)
  2. Dr. Wenyi Wei: Opto-PROTAC: Add a light-induced switch on the degradation machine for cancer therapy (30 min, recorded video)
  3. Dr. Feng-Chiao Tsai: Deciphering the integrated cell migration system to achieve synthetic dismobility (15 min + 2 min Q&A)
  4. Dr. Yu-Ru Lee: Targeting PTEN dimerization and selective ubiquitination for cancer therapy (15min + 2 min Q&A)
16:35-17:00 Closing Remark
17:10- Meeting Adjourn

  Day 3 (Sunday) 11/21

   Cultrual Exercusion and Departure for International speakers.