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Day 1 (Friday) 10/25

Time Friday,  10/25
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-09:00 Opening Ceremony
09:00-09:50

Keynote Speech:                                         Moderator: Dr. Mien-Chie Hung
Dr. Joseph Schlessinger: Cell Signaling By Receptor Tyrosine Kinases: From Basic Mechanisms to Targeted Therapies
09:50-10:20 Photo Op and Coffee Break 
10:20-12:00 Session 1: Biochemical Pathways of Immunity         Moderator: Dr. Shih-Chieh Hung
1. Dr. Zhijian “James” Chen: Igniting inflammation with cGAS (30 min+10min Q&A)
2. Dr. Mien-Chie Hung: ( 30 min+5min Q&A)
3. Dr. Ruey-Hwa Chen: Bro 1 proteins govern a MVB fate switch to regulate exosome secretion, metastasis and tumor immune evasion (20 min+5min Q&A)
12:00-13:10
Lunch Break / Poster Viewing
13:10-14:50

Session 2:   Cancer Metabolism                    Moderator: Dr. Ing-Ming Chiu
1. Dr. Ashok Venkitaraman: Metabolic triggers for cancer evolution (30 min + 5 min Q&A)
2. Dr. Hsing-Jien Kung: Metabolic modulation of ferroptosis to overcome therapy resistance (30 min+5 min Q&A)
3. Dr. Jer-Yen Yang: Exploiting Cancer's Metabolic Vulnerability for Development of New Therapy (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
   
14:45-15:15 Coffee Break (Poster viewing)
15:15-16:40

Session 3: Translational Cancer Research     Moderator: Dr. Yen-Liang Liu
1.Dr. Yi-Ching Wang: PTM matters: PD-1 abundance in T-cell functions within the tumor microenvironment (20 min + 5 min Q&A) 
2. Dr. Wei-Chien Huang: A new insight into HER2 function and drug development (20 min+5 min Q&A)

3. Dr. Shih-Hsien Hsu: A Novel Axis driven by Homeobox Gene-ISX Exacerbates Chronic Liver Disease Progression (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
4.Dr. Tang-Long Shen: Exosome in precision medicine (20 min + 5 min Q&A)

 

16:40-17:30

17:30-20:00

Poster viewing 

Transportation/Dinner reception in Millennium Hotel for international guests

Day 2 (Saturday) 10/26       

Time Saturday, 10/26
08:00-08:30 Registration
08:30-08:45 Remark from Officer of NSTC
08:45-09:35
Special Lecture                       Moderator:  Dr. John S. Kuo
Dr. Jenny Pan-Yun Ting:  Innate immune receptors in adaptive and innate immunities (40 min + 10 min Q&A) 
 
09:35-09:45 Coffee Break (Poster viewing)
09:45--11:15



 
 
Session 4: T-star Projects    Moderator:  Dr. Mien-Chie Hung
      1.  Dr. Muh-Hwa Yang: Deciphering and targeting resistance to anticancer immunotherapies (20 min+5 min Q&A)

2.  Dr. Li-Tzong Chen: Discovery in earlyphase clinical trials: preliminary efficacy vs on-target adverse events (20 min + 5 min Q&A)

3. Dr. Wen-Hao Yang: Investigating cancer cell-mediated T-cell dysfunction in the tumor microenvironment (15 min + 5 min Q&A) 

4.  (15min + 5 min Q&A)

 
11:15-12:35

Short talks from selected abstracts     Moderator: Drs. Alan Yu and Yi-Wen Chen

8x (8 min+2 min Q&A)
12:35-13:35 Lunch Break /Poster viewing/
13:35-15:35
 Session 5: Meet the Editors      Moderator: Dr. Shao-Chun Wang
1. Dr. Steve Mao: Cancer Cell (20 min + 5 min Q&A)

2. Dr. Angela Eggleston: Nature (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
3. Dr. Priscilla Kelly: Science (20 min + 5 min Q&A)
4. Dr. Abul Arif: Cell Reports Medicine (20 min + 5 min Q&A)

 
15:35-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:30 Abstract Awards and Closing Remark
16:30- Meeting Adjourn