News: Tentative 2008 Scientific Program
Posted Nov 14, 2007 - 09:29 AM
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Tentative Scientific Program (Current up to 11/07/07)
| 8 June 2008 , Sunday |
| 5:00-7:00 pm |
Registration |
| 8:00-9:00 pm |
Reception |
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| 9 June 2008 , Monday |
| 8:30-9:00 am |
Opening Ceremony |
Co-Chair: Wai-Yee Chan*
Co-Chair: Stephen Lam*
Remarks: ACGA President (Min-Xin Guan)
HKSMG President (Stephen Lam)
Lap-Chee Tsui*, HKU
Zhu Chen, MD, Minister of Health, China |
| 9:00-10:00 am |
Keynote Speech |
Paul Berg (invited)
Introduction by Yuet-Wai Kan
Sponsored by Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation |
| 10:00-10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am-12:30 pm |
Medical Genetics I |
Lin He , CSMG
Stephen Tsang* , Columbia, Principles of medical genetics illustrated by retinal/macular diseases Yao-Shan Fan*, Miami , Diagnosis of developmental disorders by array CGH
Taosheng Huang*, UCI, single gene defect of the heart |
| Developmental Genetics and Genomics |
Kathryn Cheah*, HKU
Tian Xu, Yale
Fanyi Zeng*, SJTU
Zi-jiang Chen* , ShangDong |
| Cancer Genetics and Genomics |
Suet-Yi Leung* , HKU
Zhong Chen*, Utah
Edison Liu*, Singapore
Constantine Stratakis*, NIH |
| 12:30-2:00 pm |
Agilent Lunch Time Seminar |
| 2:00-3:00 pm |
Keynote Speech |
Zhu Chen, PRC (invited) |
| 3:00-3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30-5:30 pm |
Genomics and Genomic Analyses |
Huanming Yang*, BGI
Tin-Lap Lee*, NIH
Pak Sham*, HKU
Hannah Hong Xue*, HKUST |
| Mitochondrial Genetics |
Lee Jun Wong*, Baylor College
Yan A Su*, George Washington U
Min-Xin Guan*, U of Cincinnati
Pu Dai*, PLA General Hospital, China
Jia Qu , Wenzhou |
| Genetic Therapeutics |
Savio Woo*, Mount Sinai
Esther Chang*, Georgetown
Ida Hiroyuki*, Tokyo, Jikei U, enzyme replacement therapy
Yidong Bai*, San Antonio |
| 5:30-6:30 pm |
Poster Session I |
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| 10 June 2008 , Tuesday |
| 8:00-9:00 am |
Keynote Speech |
Speaker from CDC (invited) or
Richard Myers , Hudson Alpha Institute/Stanford (invited) |
| 9:00-9:30 am |
Coffee Break |
| 9:30-11:30 am |
Reproductive Genetics
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Chris Lau*, UCSF
Shu-Zhen Huang*, SJTU
Pauline Yen*, Academica Sinica
Peter Koopman*, Queensland |
Prenatal and Pre-implantation Diagnosis
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Dennis Lo* , HK
Joe Leigh Simpson*, Florida, Intact Fetal Cells and Cell Free DNA in Maternal Blood.
Xueming Bian, PUMC
Gary Lu*, USA |
| Medical Genetics II |
Sau-Wai Cheung*, Baylor College
Marilyn Li*, Tulane, clinical application of microarray CGH
Cong-Yi Wang*, Georgia, defective gene responsible for the urofacial syndrome
Calvin Pang*, CUHK, Genetics of ARMD
Ming Qi*, Zhijiang U, testing of cardiovascular diseases, neuromuscular channelopathies. |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm |
Poster Session II |
| 12:30-1:45 pm |
Societies of Human/Medical Genetics of the Pacific Rim
Moderator: Bai-Lin Wu*
HKSMG – Stephen Lam*
CSMG – Lin He
ASHG – Aravinda Chakravarti*
ACGA – Min-Xin Guan* |
| 2:00-3:00 pm |
Keynote Speech |
Owen Rennert*, NIH |
| 3:00-3:30 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 3:30-5:30 pm |
Clinical Genetics |
Xue Zhang, PUMC
Virginia Kimonis*, UC Irvine
Tian-Jian Chen* , South Alabama
Shujuan Song*, PU |
| Molecular Genetics |
Nelson Tang*, CUHK
Yu-Lung Lau*, HKU – Molecular genetics of primary immunodeficiencies
Yuan-Tsong Chen*, Academica Sinica
Peng Jin*, Emory
Cecilia Lo* , NIH, A genome wide analysis of genes causing congenital heart disease |
| Medical Genomics |
James Lupski*, Baylor College
Bai-Lin Wu*, Harvard – New syndromes identified by aCGH
Wei Huang , CHGI
Biao Chen , BAI |
| 7:30-9:30 pm |
Conference Banquet (Honoring the achievements of Dr. Yuet-Wai Kan)
MC: Lap-Chee Tsui |
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| 11 June 2008 , Wednesday |
| 8:00-9:00 am |
Keynote Speech |
Aravinda Chakravarti*, JHMI |
| 9:00-9:30 am |
Coffee Break |
| 9:30-11:30 am |
Environment Gene Interaction |
Suk-Mei Ho *, Cincinnati
Zhang Ting, CIP
Xiaoying Zheng*, PU
Eric Moon-shong Tang*, NYU, impact on Cancer development |
| Population Genetics |
Li Jin*, Fudan U
Xuefan Gu* , SJTU
Hong-Wen Deng* , U Missouri
Jia-You Chu*, PUMC, Preservation of genome resource and study of genetic diversity study in Chinese population |
| Complex Disorders |
Paul Tam*, HKU
Jin-Xiong She*, Medical College of Georgia (Maggie Ng, CUHK) (Diabetes?)
Augustine Kong , deCode Genetics
Jia Chen* , Mount Sinai |
| 11:30-1:30 pm |
Lunch with Industrial Presentations |
| 1:30-2:30 pm |
Keynote Speech |
David Rimoin*, M.D., Ph.D., Ceders-Sinai |
| 2:30-3:00 pm |
Coffee Break |
| 3:00-5:00 pm |
Genomic Technologies in the Post Genomic Era |
Hideki Kambara *, Hitachi Institute
Baback Gharizadeh*, Stanford Human Genome Technology Center
Joachim Schorr*, Qiagen
Jian Han *, Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnologies |
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Genetics of Emerging Diseases |
Stephen Tsui*, CUHK
Kwok-Yung Yuen* , HKU
Joseph JY Sung*, CUHK , Hepatitis B Viral Genomes and HCC
Ui-Soon Khoo* , HKU |
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Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering |
Rocky Tuan*, NIH
Chi-Chung Hui*, Toronto
Oscar K Lee*, Yang-Ming U, Taiwan, mesenchymal stem cells
Faye YY Tsang*, CUHK, embryonic stem cell and the heart
Bruce Lahn , Chicago/Guangzhou |
| 5:00-6:00 pm |
Closing Ceremony |
Remarks: ACGA (Bai-Lin Wu)
HKSMG (XXX)
CSMG (XXX)
Poster Award Presentation (Chair of judging committee)
Presentation of gifts to major sponsors:
HKU representative
Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation
Acknowledgement of local organizers |
* indicates confirmed speakers.
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