Program Schedule

16 Dec | 17 Dec | 18 Dec | 19 Dec
Last updated: 18 December 2015

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Time	Session and Speaker(s)
9:00-9:15	Opening Remarks by Prof Tony F Chan, President of HKUST
9:15-9:30	Introductory Remarks by Bik Tye (HKUST) & Jessica Downs (University of Sussex)
Session Chair: Randy Y.C. Poon (HKUST)
	Session: Replication and Recombination Repair
9:30-9:50	Johanne Murray (University of Sussex)
9:50-10:10	Antony Carr (University of Sussex)
10:10-10:30	Alessandro Bianchi (University of Sussex)
10:30-11:00	Photo-taking Session & Coffee Break (Location: Open Area, 2/F)
	Session: Useful Tools for Studying DNA Replication
11:00-11:20	Toyotaka Ishibashi (HKUST)
11:20-11:40	Hyokeun Park (HKUST)
11:40-12:00	Fatima Pardo (HKUST)
	Session: Recombination and Repair
12:00-12:20	Jonathan Baxter (University of Sussex)
12:30-14:00	Lunch (Location: Conference Lodge)
	Breakout sessions
14:00-15:00	"Microscopy Methodology" "Single Molecule Technologies"
15:00-16:00	Poster session (Location: Open Area, 2/F)
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break (Location: Open Area, 2/F)
	Plenary Lecture (Location: Wong Chak Chui Lecture Theater, LSKG012, Lee Shau Kee Business Building)
16:30-18:00	“Challenge and Opportunity: The New Era of cryo-EM” Ning Gao (Tsinghua University)
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Time	Session and Speaker(s)
Session Chair: Jessica Downs (University of Sussex)
	Session: Chromosome Segregation and the Cell Cycle
9:00-9:20	Tom Hiu Tung Cheung (HKUST)
9:20-9:40	Karen Wing Yee Yuen (The University of Hong Kong)
9:40-10:00	Kok-Lung Chris Chan (University of Sussex)
10:00-10:20	Helfrid Hochegger (University of Sussex)
10:20-10:40	Robert Z. Qi (HKUST)
10:40-11:00	Coffee Break (Location: Open Area, 2/F)
	Session: DNA Repair and Disease
11:00-11:20	Angela Wu (HKUST)
11:20-11:40	Penny Jeggo (University of Sussex)
11:40-12:00	Michael Shing-Yan Huen (The University of Hong Kong)
12:00-12:20	Matt Neale (University of Sussex)
12:30-14:00	Lunch (Location: Conference Lodge)
	Breakout sessions
14:00-15:00	"Outstanding Questions in DNA Replication - Asymmetric Chromosome Segregation" Tom Hiu Tung Cheung (HKUST) "Novel Approaches - Single Cell Epigenomic and Genomic Tools" Angela Wu (HKUST)
15:00-16:00	"Chromosome Organization (Conformation/Territories/Architecture)" "Replication and Chromatin Dynamics"
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break (Location: IAS Lobby, G/F)
	Plenary Lecture (Location: IAS Lecture Theater, G/F)
16:30-18:00	“3D Chromatin Organization and Long-range Control of Gene Expression” Bing Ren (University of California at San Diego)
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Time	Session and Speaker(s)
Session Chair: Danny Chi Yeu Leung (HKUST)
	Session: Chromatin and Epigenetics
9:00-9:20	Jessica Downs (University of Sussex)
9:20-9:40	Kui Ming Chan (City University of Hong Kong)
9:40-10:00	Zhongjun Zhou (The University of Hong Kong)
10:00-10:20	Philip Yung (HKUST)
10:20-10:40	Guang Zhu (HKUST)
10:40-11:00	Coffee Break (Location: Open Area, 2/F)
	Session: Tools for Studying Epigenetics
11:00-11:20	Steve Sweet (University of Sussex)
11:20-11:40	Danny Chi Yeu Leung (HKUST)
11:40-12:00	Ning Li (HKUST)
12:00-12:20	Wei Xie (Tsinghua University)
12:30-14:00	Lunch (Location: IAS Lobby, G/F)
	Breakout sessions
15:00-16:00	"Potential Collaborative Efforts and Projects" Zhongjun Zhou (The University of Hong Kong)
16:00-16:30	Coffee Break (Location: IAS Lobby, G/F)
	Plenary Lecture (Location: IAS Lecture Theater, G/F)
16:30-18:00	“Protective Packaging for DNA: The Role of the PBAF and INO80 Chromatin Remodelling Complexes in Maintaining Genome Stability” Jessica Downs (University of Sussex)
19:30	Banquet (By invitation and transport provided)
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Time	Session and Speaker(s)
Session Chair: Karl Herrup (HKUST)
	Session: Cancer Biology and Aging
9:30-9:50	Bik Tye (HKUST)
9:50-10:10	Chengmin Qian (The University of Hong Kong)
10:10-10:30	Yuanliang Zhai (HKUST; Junior Fellow of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study)
10:30-10:50	Randy Y.C. Poon (HKUST)
10:50-11:10	Coffee Break (Location: Open Area, 2/F)
	Session: Drug Discovery
11:10-11:30	Simon Ward (University of Sussex)
11:30-11:50	Antony Oliver (University of Sussex)
11:50-12:10	Chun Liang (HKUST)
12:10-12:30	Karl Herrup (HKUST)
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