Schedule

08:45 - 09:30

Registration and Poster Setup

09:30 - 09:35

Opening Remarks

09:35 - 10:35

Student Oral Presentation Session I:

Yang, WU (HKUST)
" RPGR regulates motile cilia by interfering with actin dynamics"
Jingchun, MA (HKU)
"Semi-automated IT-scATAC-seq reveals multifaceted immunosenescence profiles of progeroid peripheral blood"
Ying Lam, LUI (CUHK)
"Dysregulation of the YY1-Wnt10b Signaling Axis in Purkinje Neuron Development as a Driver of Cerebellar Ataxia"

10:35 - 10:45

Break

Keynote Speech by Prof. Yukihide Tomari (The University of Tokyo)

"How Competition Between Nearby piRNA Ping-Pong Shapes Their Production and Ability to Silence Target Transposons"

10:45 - 11:45

12:00 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

Student Oral Presentation Session II:

Tingyu, JIN (HKUST)
"The Role of Testis-Specific H2B Variant H2B.W2 in Fertility and Telomere Dynamics"
Suling, DUAN (HKU)
"Mechanistic insights into chromatin modulation by the "orphan" remodeler ATRX"
Yulin, LI (HKUST)
"Ectopic mouse TMC1 and TMC2 alone form mechanosensitive channels that are potently modulated by TMIE"

14:30 - 15:30

Tea Break and Student Poster Presentation Session

15:30 - 16:30

Student Oral Presentation Session III:

Yuting, CHEN (HKU)
"The Role of PD-1 and Its Isoform in T Cell Function During Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Tumor Development"
Zher Yee, OOI (HKU)
"Dietary intervention as novel cancer therapeutics: Targeting the methionine dependence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
Tiffany Ching-Yun, YU (HKU)
"GPD1L supports glycerol-3-phosphate and triacylglycerol synthesis and promotes tumor progression in hepatocellular carcinoma"

Closing Remarks and Award Presentation

16:30 - 17:00