Program ScheduleUpdated as 21 Mar 2017 Venue: IAS1038, 1/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST19 Mar | 20 Mar | 21 Mar | 22 Mar | 23 Mar 19 Mar (Sun)
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| Time | Event |
| 18:00-20:30 | Dinner Reception (For invited participants only) |
20 Mar (Mon)
| Time | Event |
| 09:00-09:15 | Program Registration |
| 09:15-09:30 | Welcoming Remarks |
| Session 1 | |
| 09:30-11:00 |
"Droplet Microfluidics for Single Cell Studies" David Weitz (Harvard University) (Venue: IAS Lecture Theater, G/F) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Group Photo and Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 |
"Simplifying Single-molecule Measurement of DNA Bending Dynamics" Deborah Fygenson (University of California at Santa Barbara) |
| 12:30-14:30 | Welcoming Lunch (Venue: Lounge, 5/F, IAS Building) |
| 14:30-15:30 |
"Developing Nanofluidic Optical Mapping Techniques for
Single-cell Genetic/Epigenetic Profiling" Shuhuai Yao (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:00 |
"Ferrocenylnaphthalene Diimide as Novel Tetraplex DNA Ligand: Application to Cancer Diagnosis and Cancer Therapy" Shigeori Takenaka (Kyushu Institute of Technology) |
| 17:00-18:00 |
"Development of Multifunctional DNA-based Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications" Peggy Lo (City University of Hong Kong) |
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21 Mar (Tue)
| Time | Event |
| Session 2 | |
| 10:00-11:00 |
"Electrochemical Aptamer-based Sensors for the Real-time Measurement of Specific Molecules in the Living Body" Kevin Plaxco (University of California at Santa Barbara) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 |
"DNA Nanotechnology-enabled Organization for Biomedical Applications" Chunhai Fan (Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch (Self-arranged) |
| 14:30-15:30 |
"Enzyme-free Molecular Diagnostics Utilizing Thermodynamics and Kinetics of DNA Self-assembly Reactions" I-Ming Hsing (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:00 |
"Application of Nucleic Acid Circuitry to Molecular Diagnostics" Bingling Li (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
| 17:00-18:00 |
"Assembly of DNA Nanostructures for Effective Intracellular Delivery" Jonathan Choi (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| 18:00-20:30 | Dinner (For invited participants only) |
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22 Mar (Wed)
| Time | Event |
| Session 3 | |
| 10:00-11:00 |
"Effects of Confinement on DNA Hybridization Kinetics Using Capillary Electrophoresis" Sumita Pennathur (University of California at Santa Barbara) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 |
"DNA Nanowalkers beyond Burn-bridge Approach" Zhisong Wang (National University of Singapore) |
| 12:30-14:30 | Lunch (Self-arranged) |
| 14:30-15:30 |
"Luminescent Strategies for Sensing DNA Modifying Enzyme
Activity" Chung Hang Leung (University of Macau) |
| 15:30-16:30 |
"Novel DNA Technology in Medical Diagnosis" Annie Ho (National Taiwan University) |
| 16:30-17:30 | Poster Session and Coffee Break (Venue: IAS Lobby, G/F) |
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23 Mar (Thu)
| Time | Event |
| Session 4 | |
| 10:00-11:00 |
"Hybridization Biosensors Relying on Electrical Properties of Nucleic Acids" Elena Ferapontova (Aarhus University) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:30 |
"Nanomaterials for Colorimetric DNA Detection" Thomas Lee (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
| 12:30-12:45 | Closing Remarks |
| 12:45-14:30 | Lunch (Self-arranged) |
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