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Program
     
 

October 23 (Thu)
(Council Meeting & Education Program)

09:10~10:00

Council Meeting Part 1
512 Meeting Room, Library Building, NYMU

10:00~10:20

Coffee Break

10:20~12:00

Council Meeting Part 2
512 Meeting Room, Library Building, NYMU

12:00~14:00 Lunch Break
14:00~15:30
Parallel Session

Woman in Science
Venue:1st Conference Room, Convention Center, NYMU

Moderator:
Prof. Zxy-Yann Jane Lu
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

(14:00~14:30) 
Dr. Neelam Kumar
National Institute of Science in India, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), India

(14:30~15:00) 
Dr. Bahiyah dato' Hj. Abdul Hamid
Head, Center for Gender Research,
Faculty of Social Science & Humanities,
Univ. of Kebangsaan, Malaysia

(15:00~15:30) 
Dr. Li-Ling Tsai

Graduate Institute of Gender Education; National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan

Bioinformatics and Systems Approaches for Disease Study
Venue:2nd Conference Room, Convention Center, NYMU

Moderator:
Prof. Ueng-Cheng Yang
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

Dr. Ueng-Cheng Yang
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

15:30~15:50
   Coffee Break
15:50~16:50

(15:50~16:20) 
Dr. Wati Hermawati
UNESCO project director, Indonesia

(16:20~16:50) 
Dr. Susan Hamilton
School of Molecular and Microbial Science, Faculty of Biological &  Chemical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia

Dr. Ueng-Cheng Yang
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

09:00-18:30
Registration & Posters up
18:30-21:00
Welcoming Reception

 

October 24,(Fri) 2008

08:00~08:50
Registration
08:50~09:00

Opening Address
Vice President:
Vincent C. Siew

09:00~09:10
Welcoming Address
FAOBMB President:
Masamitsu Futai, (Iwate Medical University, Japan)
09:10~12:00  
Plenary Session
Venue:Performance Hall, Convention Center, NYMU

Moderator:
Dr. Cheng-Wen Wu
(National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)

 (09:10~10:00)
Dr. Kenneth K. Wu
(National Health Research Institutes)
New Mechanistic Insights into the Yin-Yang Biological Functions of COX-2

Moderator:
Dr. Chiaho Shih
(Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

 (10:00~10:50)
Dr. Peter Sarnow
(Stanford University, USA)
Enhancement of hepatitis C virus replication by liver-specific microRNA miR-122

(10:50~11:10)  Coffee Break

Moderator:
Che-Kun James Shen
(Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

(11:10~12:00)
Dr. Edisn Tak-Bun Liu
(Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore)
Systems Strategies in Cancer Biology

12:00~14:00  
Lunch

14:00~16:50

Parallel Session

Systems Biology
Venue:1st Conference Room, Convenion Center, NYMU

Coordinator:
Dr. Ming Ta Hsu
&
Dr. Chia Lin Wei
 
(14:00~14:25)
Dr. A Piero Carninci
(RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Japan)

 (14:25~14:50)
Dr. Ruan Yijun
(Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore)

(14:50~15:15)
Dr. Sean Grimmond
(Univ Queensland, Australia)

Cell Signaling and Development
Venue:2nd Conference Room, Convenion Center, NYMU

Coordinator:
Dr. Ruey-Hwa Chen
&
Dr. Anming Meng

(14:00~14:25)
Dr. Anming Meng
(Tsinghua University, China)

(14:25~14:50)
Dr. Wanjin Hong
(Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore)

(14:50~15:15)
Dr. Chin Ha Chung
(Seoul National University, Korea)

Host-microbes interactions
Venue:3rd Conference Room, Convenion Center, NYMU

Coordinator:
Dr. Ching-Len Liao
&
Dr. Yuen Kwok Yung

(14:00~14:25)
Dr. Kunitada Shimotohno
(Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan)

(14:25~14:50)
Dr. Yuen Kwok Yung
(University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

(14:50~15:15)
Dr. Jeak L Ding
(National University of Singapore, Singapore)

(15:15~15:35) Coffee Break

(15:35~16:00)
Dr. Sun Young Rha
(Yonsei Univ College of Medicind, Korea)

(16:00~16:25)
Dr. Chia Lin Wei
(Genome Technology & Biology, Singapore)

(15:35~16:00)
Dr. Zhen-Ge Luo
(Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

(16:00~16:25)
Dr. Ruey-Hwa Chen
(Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

(16:25~16:50)
Dr. Yi-Chun Wu
(National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

(15:35~16:00)
Dr. Yu-Sun Chang
(Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chang-Gung University, Taiwan)

(16:00~16:25)
Dr. George Fu Gao
(Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

(16:25~16:50)
Dr. Ching-Len Liao(National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan)

17:00-18:30
Poster Session (Presenting authors requested to present)
19:00-21:30
Symposium Banquet

 

October 25(Sat)

08:30~09:10
Registration
09:10~12:00 
Plenary Session
Venue:Performance Hall, Convention Center, NYMU

Moderator:
Ann-Shyn Chiang
(National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

(09:10~10:00)
Dr.
Mu-Ming Poo
(UC Berkeley, USA)
Development and Maintenance of Neuronal Polarity

Moderator:
Dr. Yau-Huei Wei
(National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)

(10:00~10:50)
Dr.
Yuan-Tsong Chen
(Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Genomic Medicine to Improve Patient Care and Safety

(10:50~11:10)  Coffee Break

Moderator:
Dr. Jung-Yaw Lin
(National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

(11:10~12:00)
Dr.
Yoshihide Hayashizaki
(RIKEN, Japan)
The New Phase of Transcriptome Analysis

12:00~14:00
Lunch

14:00~16:50

Parallel Session

Biotechnology
Venue:1st Conference Room, Convention Center, NYMU

Coordinator:
Dr. Yu-Chan Chao
&
Dr. Nadhipuram V. Bhagavan

(14:00~14:25)
Dr. Joel MacKay
(The University of Sydney, Australia)

(14:25~14:50)
Dr. Garth Cooper
(University of Auckland, New Zealand)

(14:50~15:15)
Dr. Nadhipuram V. Bhagavan(University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA)

RNA biology and Gene regulation
Venue:2nd Conference Room, Convention Center, NYMU
Coordinator:
Dr. Woan-Yuh Tarn
&
Dr. Haruhiko Siomi
(14:00~14:25)
Dr. Haruhiko Siomi
(Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan)

(14:25~14:50)
Dr. Mikiko C Siomi
(Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan)

(14:50~15:15)
Dr. Dong-Yan Jin

(The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Neuroscience
Venue:3rd Conference Room, Convention Center, NYMU

(14:00~14:25)
Dr. Bill Chia
(Temasek Life Sci. Lab., Singapore)

 (14:25~14:50)
Dr. Irene Han-Juo Cheng
(National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)

(14:50~15:15)
Dr. Ann-Shyn Chiang
(National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

(15:15~15:35) Coffee Break

(15:35~16:00)
Dr. Samuel Sai-ming Sun
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

(16:00~16:25)
Dr. Yau-Heiu Hsu
(National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)

(16:25~16:50)
Dr. Pattamaporn Kittayapong
(Mahidol University, Thailand)

(16:50~17:15)
Dr. Yu-Chan Chao (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

(15:35~16:00)
Dr. Woan-Yuh Tarn
(IBMS, Acdemia Sincia, Taiwan)

(16:00~16:25)
Dr. Soo-Chen Cheng
(IMB, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

(16:25~16:50)
Dr. Sung Key Jang
(
Chonbuk National University)

(15:35~16:00)
Dr. Chou Po Hung
(National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan)

17:10-18:00 

Closing Ceremony
Travel Award
Poster Award

 
     
 
All enquiries to : The Secretariat, 20th FAOBMB Symposium Committee c/o Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University
No.155, Sec. 2, Linong St., Beitou District, Taipei City 112, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Fax : +886 2 2826 0084 ; Tel : +886 2 2826 7258 ; Mail to : jjlin@ym.edu.tw
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