Program ScheduleUpdate as of 13 Jan 2017 Venue: IAS Lecture Theater, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST14 Jan | 15 Jan | 16 Jan | 17 Jan | 18 Jan 14 Jan (Sat)
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16 Jan (Mon)
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| 08:30 | Pick-up at Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
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Session 1: DNA Damage and Responses Session Chair: Tone Tønjum (Oslo University Hospital) |
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| 09:00-10:00 |
"Non-canonical Aspects of ATM and p53 Signaling Pathways" Michael Kastan (Duke University) |
| 10:00-10:30 |
"Mitochondrial Function Regulates Nucleotide Metabolism and Affects
Genomic Stability: Mechanisms and Biomarker for Cognitive Function" [Abstract] Lene Juel Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-11:30 |
"DNA Damage in Ageing and the Role of Non Coding RNAs" Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna (IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation and the Institute of Molecular Genetics [IGM] - Italy National Research Council [CNR]) |
| 11:30-12:00 |
"Epigenomics and Cellular Function" Danny Leung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch at G/F Chinese Restaurant (By Invitation Only) |
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Session 2: Genome Dynamics in Homeostasis Session Chair: Lene Juel Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen) |
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| 14:00-14:30 |
"Polynucleotide Kinase-phosphatase and Neurogenesis" Peter McKinnon (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) |
| 14:30-15:00 |
"Protein Interaction in DNA Damage Response" Junjie Chen (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) |
| 15:00-15:30 |
"Dynamics Neuro-glio-cerebellar Networks" Ari Barzilai (Tel Aviv University) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
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Session 3: Stem Cells and Single Cells Session Chair: Lene Juel Rasmussen (University of Copenhagen) |
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| 16:00-16:30 |
"Muscle Stem Cells" Tom Cheung (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 16:30-17:00 |
"Spontaneous ATM Gene Reversion in A-T iPSC to Produce an Isogenic Cell Line" [Abstract] Ronald Hart (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) |
| 17:00-17:30 | Discussion |
| 17:40 | Pick-up at IAS to dining venue by coach |
| 18:30-20:30 | Dinner at Tsim Sha Tsui (By Invitation Only) |
| 20:30 | Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East from dining venue by coach |
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17 Jan (Tue)
| Time | Event |
| 08:30 | Pick-up at Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
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Session 4: Nervous System I Session Chair: Michael Huen (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 09:00-10:00 |
"Recurrent DNA Break Cluster Genes in Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells" [Abstract] Frederick Alt (Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School) |
| 10:00-10:30 |
"The Response of Neural Stem Cells to Radiation Exposure" Penny Jeggo (University of Sussex) |
| 10:30-11:00 |
"Ploidy of the Neuronal Nucleus" Jerold Chun (Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:00 |
"A Genome Wide Search for DNA Breaks in Neurons" Andre Nussensweig (National Cancer Institute, U.S. National Institutes of Health) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch at Lounge, 5/F, IAS Building (By Invitation Only) |
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Session 5: Aging Session Chair: Zhongjun Zhou (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 14:00-15:00 |
"Genome Dynamics, Cellular Senescence and Age-related Neurodegeneration" [Abstract] Judith Campisi (The Buck Institute for Research on Aging) |
| 15:00-15:30 |
"DNA Damage: Impact on Aging and the Effect of Nutritional Interventions on
Neurodegeneration" [Abstract] Jan Hoeijmakers (Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam) |
| 15:30-16:00 |
"Linking Genome Stability, Neurodegeneration and Aging: ATM and
Colleagues" Yosef Shiloh (Tel Aviv University) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 16:30-17:00 |
"When Transcription and Replication Collide: A BRD4-TopBP1 Interaction Controls Activation of the ATR-Chk1 Pathway During Transcription-Replication Collision Events in Oncogenic Cells" [Abstract] Fred Lam (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| 17:00-17:30 |
"Nuclear to Mitochondrial DNA Damage Signaling in Neurodegeneration" [Abstract] Vilhelm Bohr (National Institute on Aging, U.S. National Institutes of Health) |
| 17:30-18:00 | Discussion |
| 18:10 | Pick-up at IAS to dinning venue by coach |
| 19:00-21:00 | Dinner Banquet at Causeway Bay (By Invitation Only) |
| 21:00 | Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East from dining venue by coach |
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18 Jan (Wed)
| Time | Event |
| 08:30 | Pick-up at Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
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Session 6: Neurodegenerative Disease Session Chair: Yosef Shiloh (Tel Aviv University) |
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| 09:00-10:00 |
"Aberrant DNA Damage/Repair and Neuronal Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease" Lennart Mucke (Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease & University of California at San Francisco) |
| 10:00-10:30 |
"Neuroinflammation Contributes to the Neuronal Phenotype in Ataxia-telangiectasia:
A Rat Model of Ataxia-telangiectasia" [Abstract] Martin Lavin (The University of Queensland) |
| 10:30-11:00 |
"The Brain-Gut Axis: Differential Expression of DNA Repair Pathways in Brain and
Mucosal Gut Tissue" [Abstract] Tone Tønjum (Oslo University Hospital) |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:00 |
"DNA Damage in Neurodegenerative Diseases – Beyond Neurons" Karl Herrup (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 12:00-12:30 | Wrap up and Final Discussion |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch at G/F Chinese Restaurant (By Invitation Only) and Departure |
| 14:15 | Return to Crowne Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon East by coach |
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