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Day 1 (Friday) 11/04

Time Friday,  11/04
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-09:00 Opening Ceremony
09:00-09:50

Keynote Speech 1    Moderator:  Dr. Mien-Chie Hung  

Nobel Laureate Dr. Michael Rosbash: The circadian story: past, present and future (40 min + 10 min Q&A) (online presentation)
09:50-10:20 Photo Op and Coffee Break 
   
10:20-12:05
Session 1: From Cancer Biology to Prevention and Treatment  Moderator: Dr. John S. Kuo
  1. Dr. Raymond DuBois: Cancer prevention/interception: modulation of immune envasion in pre-cancer (30 min + 5 min Q&A) (online presentation)
  2. Dr. Nancy Davidson:  Insights in biology of metastatic breast cancer (30 min +5 min Q&A) (online presentation)
  3. Dr. Ann-Lii (Andrew) Cheng: Drug therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: What have we learned so far? (30 min + 5 min Q&A)
12:10-13:40
Luncheons / Poster viewing
13:40-15:25
Session 2: Therapeutic Innovation   Moderator: Dr. Lu-Hai Wang
  1. Dr. Anil Sood: Capitalizating on adaptive changes in the tumor microenvironment (30 min + 5 min Q&A)
  2. Dr. Hideyuki Saya: A new therapeutic strategy for resistant cancer cells by enhancing ferroptosis (30 min + 5 min Q&A)
  3. Dr. Mien-Chie Hung: Signaling molecules as cancer therapeutic targets  (30 min + 5 min Q&A)
15:25-15:40 Coffee Break (Poster viewing)
15:40-17:40
Session 3:   Insights into Cancer Progression and the Utility of Big Data and AI in Modern Medicine  Moderator: Dr. Tien Hsu
  1. Dr. Kai-Cheng Hsu:  Cancer precision medicine in the era of artificial intelligence (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
  2. Dr. Chin-Chi Kuo: Harnessing cancer big data to decipher cancer therapy related cardioRenal toxicity (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
  3. Dr. Muh-Hwa Yang: EMT-regulated non-apoptotic cell death in cancer progression (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
  4. Dr. Tai-Lung Cha: Harnessing cancer metastasis and immunity in host protection against cancer (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
18:30-20:00 Dinner Reception

Day 2 (Saturday) 11/05        HERO Symposium

Time Saturday, 11/05 
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:50
HERO Symposium Keynote Speech   Moderator: Dr. Mien-Chie Hung

Dr. Chi Van Dang: MYC versus Clock: Challenges in targeting cancer metabolism (40 min + 10 min Q&A) (online presentation)
09:50-10:10 Coffee Break (Poster viewing)
10:10-11:10



 
11:10-12:10
Session 4: Ins and Outs of Publishing in the Top-rated Journals   Moderator:  Dr. Shao-Chun Wang
 
1. Cancer Cell: Dr. Steve Mao (25 min +5 min Q&A)
2. Nature: Dr. Angela Eggleston (25 min +5 min Q&A)
 
 
Meet-the-Editor special session
 
1. Short presentations for CMU research programs ( 20 min + 15 min comments)
2. Q&A from general audience (25 min)

 
12:10-13:30 Lunch Break (Poster viewing)
13:40-16:30
Session 5:  Deciphering Cancer Mechanisms and their Applications  Moderator: Drs. Shih-Chieh Hung and Alice Chang 
 
1.Dr. Liuqing Yang: Mechanisms and management of cancer immunotherapy-induced myocarditis and resistance (30 min +5 min QA) (online presentation)
2. Dr. Dung-Fang Lee: Possibilities of patient-derived iPSCs in cancer modeling and target therapy (30 min + 5 min Q&A)
3. Dr. Ruey-Hwa Chen:  Ubiquitin chains drive metabolon assembly to support cancer growth and survival  (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
4. Dr. Li-Jung Juan: How much do we know about protein N-α-acetylation? (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
5. Dr.Yi-Ching Wang: Recent advances of vesicular secretion pathways in the tumor microenvironment and cancer immunotherapy  (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
6. Dr. Kuo-Juey Wu: Epigenetic regulation of hypoxia-induced epithelia-mesenchymal transition and metastasis (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
16:30-17:00  
Poster Award Ceremony
17:00-17:30 Closing Remark
   
   

  Day 3 (Sunday) 11/06

   Cultrual exercusion and departure for international speakers.