BIT's 9th Annual World Congress of Molecular & Cell Biology (CMCB-2019)
★ Scientific Program
Preliminary Program
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Program Tracks
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Opening Ceremony and Keynote Forum
Theme 1: Breaking Research in Molecular & Cell Biology
Theme 2: Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Theme 3: Disruptive Technology for Molecular & Cell Biology
Theme 4: Molecular & Cell Biology in Drug R & D and Medicine

Program

Time: October 25-27, 2019

Venue: Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium, Singapore

 

Registration

Time: 09:00-21:00, October 24, 2019 (Thursday); Place: Hotel Lobby, 1st Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Opening Ceremony and Keynote Forum

Opening Ceremony

Time: 09:00-09:10, October 25, 2019 (Friday); Place: Atrium Ballroom, 4th Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Keynote Forum

Time: 09:15-11:50, October 25, 2019 (Friday); Place: Atrium Ballroom, 4th Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Moderator

Dr. Andrew Potter, Professor & Associate Vice President Research, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

 

09:15-09:20

Chair’s Introduction

09:20-09:50

Title: Exploring Biodata Behind Big, Open Data for WHealth
Dr. Hwa A. Lim, CEO, D'Trends, Inc., USA

09:50-10:20

Title: Plasma Gasification of Waste: A Case Study on Large and Small- scale Solutions

Mr. Richard J. Fish, President and CEO, Alter NRG Corp., USA

10:20-10:50

Title: Approaches to the Rapid Development of Vaccines for Human and Animal Infectious Disease

Dr. Andrew Potter, Professor & Associate Vice President Research, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

10:50-11:20

Title: Strain Development for Food Microbiology

Dr. Patrick M.F. Derkx, Vice President R & D, Chr. Hansen A/S, Denmark

11:20-11:50

Title: Can We Change the Coiling Direction of Snails What Determines It

Dr. Reiko Kuroda, Professor, Chubu University, Japan

 

Theme 1: Breaking Research in Molecular & Cell Biology

Theme 101: DNA Methylation, Chromatin and Epigenetics

Time: 13:30-14:55, October 25, 2019 (Friday) ; Place: Seletar Room 1, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Jayasri Nanduri, Professor, The University of Chicago, USA

 

13:30-13:35

Chair’s Introduction

13:35-13:55

Title: Unraveling Mitotic Chromosome Architecture

Dr. Maia Azubel, Stanford Medical School, USA

13:55-14:15

Title: Electromagnetic Field and Restricted Diet as a Potent Modulators in Female Reproduction – The Alterations at the Molecular Level

Dr. Anita Franczak, Professor, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

14:15-14:35

Title: Epigenetic Regulation of Redox State in the Pathophysiology of Sleep Apnea

Dr. Jayasri Nanduri, Professor, The University of Chicago, USA

14:35-14:55

Speech Opportunity Available 
Abstract and Biography: Submit Here

 

Theme 102: Protein Structure and Function

Time: 09:00-12:20, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Seletar Room 1, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Luigi Puglielli, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

 

09:00-09:05

Chair’s Introduction

09:05-09:25

Title: How Bacterial Proteins Accommodate and Exploit Lipids in Catalysis, Transcription and Virulence

Dr. Stephen W. White, President and Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Full and Endowed Member, Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, USA

09:25-09:45

Title: Possible Sources and Functions of L-homoarginine in the Brain

Dr. Hans-Gert Bernstein, Associate Professor, University of Magdeburg, Germany

09:45-10:05

Title: Endoplasmic Reticulum Acetylation and Proteostasis

Dr. Luigi Puglielli, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

10:05-10:20

Coffee Break

10:20-10:40

Title: A New Insight Into Corepressor Interaction From Novel Ternary Complex of Human RORγ

Mr. Keishi Yamaguchi, Research Scientist, JT Central Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Japan

10:40-11:00

Title: Protein Binders for Insoluble Fibrin Detection and Thrombus Visualization

Dr. Petr Maly, Head of Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV Research Center, Czech Republic

11:00-11:20

Title: Sertoli Cell-specific Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor Knockout Regulates Cell Adhesion and Gene Transcription via β-catenin Inactivation and Cdc42 Activation

Dr. Wing-Yee Lui, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

11:20-11:40

Title: Applications of valuable Chinese Medicine Edible Bird’S Nest (EBN) in Cosmetics

Dr. Gallant KL CHAN, Research Associate/Research Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Hong Kong, China

11:40-12:00

Title: Compartmentalization of Bacterial mRNA Decay

Dr. Harald Putzer, Director of Research CNRS, Université de Paris, France

12:00-12:20

Speech Opportunity Available 
Abstract and Biography: Submit Here

 

Theme 103: Signal Transduction and Cell Death

Time: 09:00-11:25, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Seletar Room 2, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Mark A. Sheridan, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA

 

09:00-09:05

Chair’s Introduction

09:05-09:25

Title: Environmental Contaminants Disrupt Cell Signaling Processes Associated with Animal Growth

Dr. Mark A. Sheridan, Professor, Texas Tech University, USA

09:25-09:45

Title: Systems Approaches to Study Nuclear Interpretation of BMP Signaling in Stem/Progenitor Cells

Dr. Danny Huylebroeck, Professor, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

09:45-10:05

Title: Distinct RanBP1 Nuclear Export and Cargo Dissociation Mechanisms Between Fungi and Animals

Dr. Qingxiang Sun,Associate Researcher, Sichuan University, China

10:05-10:25

Title: Atherogenic 7-oxysterols and Molecular Targets of Atherosclerosis in Our Research Work Since 2000

Dr. Xi-Ming Yuan, Associate Professor, Linköping University, Sweden

10:25-10:45

Title: Synthesis and Biological Profiling of Novel Carbocyclic C-nucleosides

Dr. Kamil Paruch,Associate Professor, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

10:45-11:05

Title: Gravity Sensing by Cells and Effects of Simultaneous Exposure of Cells to Microgravity and Irradiation on Chromosomes

Dr. Keigi Fujiwara, Professor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA

11:05-11:25

Speech Opportunity Available 
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Theme 104: Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Time: 13:30-15:30, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Seletar Room 1, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Samir A Ross, Professor, National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, USA

 

13:30-13:35

Chair’s Introduction

13:35-13:55

Title: Great Contribution of Molecular Approach to Plant Systematics: Some Case Studies in the family Campanulaceae

Dr. Qiang Wang,Associate Professor, Institute of Botany,The Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

13:55-14:15

Title: Anti-infective Agents from Natural Sources against Pathogenic Fungi, and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Dr. Samir A Ross, Professor, National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, USA

14:15-14:35

Title: Hypo-magnetic Field Down-regulates Gene Expression during Seed Germination in Arabidopsis thaliana

Dr. Yi Lyu, Researcher Assistant Professor, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

14:35-14:55

Title: Expression of β-1,3-glucanase and Other PR Genes and Their Enzyme Activities in Tomato Induced with Bacillus Subtilis CBR05

Drs. Se Chul Chun,Professor, Konkuk University, South Korea

14:55-15:15

Speech Opportunity Available 
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15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

 

Theme 2: Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine 

Theme 201: Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine 

Time: 11:25-12:30, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Seletar Room 2, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. László Homolya, Senior Scientist, Institute of Enzymology, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungary

 

11:25-11:30

Chair’s Introduction

11:30-11:50

Title: Human Stem Cell Pluripotency in Vivo and Immune Tolerance

Dr. John S. Pixley, J.T. and Margaret Talkington Endowed Chair,Professor and Chief, Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, USA

11:50-12:10

Title: New Criterion System for the Evaluation of Human Stem Cell-derived Hepatic Cells: The Importance of Membrane Transporters and Cell Polarization

Dr. László Homolya, Senior Scientist, Institute of Enzymology, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Hungary

12:10-12:30

Title: Self-Renewal of  Stem Cells  Cultured  on the Soft Hydrogel Substrates of Amphycultural Diffusion Capsules

Dr. Bilko Nadiia, Professor, National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine

 

Theme 3: Disruptive Technology for Molecular & Cell Biology

Theme 301: Disruptive Technology for Molecular & Cell Biology

Time: 09:00-11:40, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Seletar Room 3, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Toshifumi Tsukahara, Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Co-Chair

Dr. Jaishree Paul, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

 

09:00-09:05

Chair’s Introduction

09:05-09:25

Title: Application of Microarray in the Prediction of Disease Severity Using microRNA Expression Profiling

Dr. Jaishree Paul, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

09:25-09:45

Title: Genetic Code Restoration by Using Artificial RNA Editing for G-to-A mutated mRNAs.

Dr. Toshifumi Tsukahara, Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

09:45-10:05

Title: Artificial RNA Editing in (BFP) Blue Fluorescence Protein (Derivative of GFP) by Using AID Deaminase for Restoration of Genetic Code

Ms. Sonali Bhakta, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan

10:05-10:20

Coffee Break

10:20-10:40

Title: Highly Sensitive Diagnosis of Influenza by Digital Assay

Dr. Kazuhito Tabata, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan

10:40-11:00

Title: Enzymatic Sensor for Early Diagnosis of Inflammatory Diseases

Dr. Ivan Kochish, Chief Researcher, World's Poultry Science Association, Russian Branch, Russian National Research Medical University, Russia

11:00-11:20

Title: Enzymatic Sensor Detects Some Forms of Nitric Oxide Donors Undetectable by Other Methods in Living Tissues

Dr. Vladimir Titov, Chief Researcher, World's Poultry Science Association, Russian Branch , Russian National Research Medical University, Russia

11:20-11:40

Speech Opportunity Available 
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Theme 4: Molecular & Cell Biology in Drug R & D and Medicine

Theme 401: New Diseases Mechanism Research

Time: 15:35-18:00, October 25, 2019 (Friday) ; Place: Seletar Room 1, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Jayasri Nanduri, Professor, The University of Chicago, USA

Co-Chair

Dr. Hana Zelenková, Private Clinic of Dermatovenereology – DOST Svidník, Slovakia

 

15:35-15:40

Chair’s Introduction

15:40-16:00

Title: Integrin linked Kinase in Kidney Diseases: A Friend or a Foe

Dr. Guoping Zheng, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney, Australia

16:00-16:20

Title: Network Pharmacology-Guided Development of a Novel Integrative Regimen to Prevent Acute Graft-vs.-Host Disease

Dr. Yuxin Feng,Professor, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China

16:20-16:40

Title: Therapeutic Targeting of Carotid Body for Treating Sleep Apnea

Dr. Nanduri R. Prabhakar, Professor, The University of Chicago, USA

16:40-17:00

Title: Therapy with Immune Modulators (cyclosporine A) in Dermatology (Focusing on Psoriasis, Atopic Eczema, Allergic Vasculitis, And Chronic Urticaria)

Dr. Hana Zelenková, Private Clinic of Dermatovenereology – DOST Svidník, Slovakia

17:00-17:20

Title: Performance of First Trimester Biochemical Markers and Mean Arterial Pressure in Prediction of Early-onset Pre-eclampsia

Dr. Markku Ryynanen M, Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oulu University Hospital, Finland

17:20-17:40

Title: Gonocyte Transformation into Spermatogonial Stem Cells (SSC): The key to Understand Infertility and Malignancy of Cryptorchidism

Dr. Ruili Li, Senior Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; University of Melbourne, Australia

17:40-18:00

Title: Association of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines with QCT Measured Bone Mineral Density and its Gender Difference in Chinese Population
Dr. Yanping Gong, Associate Professor, The People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, China

 

Theme 402: Cell Biology and Translational Medicine

Time: 09:00-11:05, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Sentosa Room, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Warren Ladiges, Professor, University of Washington, USA

 

09:00-09:05

Chair’s Introduction

09:05-09:25

Title: Cellular Mechanisms of Sleep-deprived Learning Impairment and Intervention Strategies

Dr. Warren Ladiges, Professor, University of Washington, USA

09:25-09:45

Title: The Role of ABCA1/ ApoE/HDL Signaling Pathway in Stroke Restoration

Dr. Xu Cui, Assistant Scientist, Henry Ford Health System, USA

09:45-10:05

Title: Management of Cardiopulmonary Bypass-associated Coagulopathy in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Dr. Rania K. Abbasi, Assistant Professor, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health Indianapolis, USA

10:05-10:25

Title: Industry’s Giant Leap Into Cellular Therapy: Catalyzing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell (CAR-T) Immunotherapy

Dr. Stacie Ittershagen, Senior Director Scientific Alliances US Academic Medical Centers, Novartis, USA

10:25-10:45

Title: Sleep Epileptology: A Novel Diagnostic Approach to Abnormal Behaviors during Sleep
Dr. Shigeru Chiba,
Professor, Asahikawa Med University, Japan

10:45-11:05

Title: Long Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Acts as a Competing Endogenous RNA to Regulate Amadori-glycated Albumin-induced MCP-1 Expression in Retinal Microglia by a microRNA-124-dependent Mechanism

Dr. Ning Dong, Professor, Capital Medical University, China

 

Theme 403: Drug Targets, Biomarkers and Diseases Diagnosis

Time: 11:05-12:50, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Sentosa Room, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Esther Rabizadeh, Director, Tel Aviv University and Rabin Medical Center, Israel

 

11:05-11:10

Chair’s Introduction

11:10-11:30

Title: A Universal Artificial Intelligence Platform for Biomarker Discovery

Dr. Alexandru G. Floares, President, Solution of Artificial Intelligence Applications & Artificial Intelligence Expert, Romania

11:30-11:50

Title: Intranasal Immunization with Antigens Adjuvanted by Saponins Extracted from Pharmacopoeia Plants

Dr. Vasily Evseenko, Research Scientist, State Research Center of Virology & Biotechnology "Vector" Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Russia

11:50-12:10

Title: ��linical and Genetic Significance of Gene Polymorphisms in Patients with CHD and Chronical Heart Failure

Dr. A.Khokhlov, Professor, Yaroslavl Medical State University, Russia

12:10-12:30

Title: Fibrinogen-like Protein 2 (FGL2), A Liquid Biomarker for Monitoring & Follow up of Aggressive Lymphoma
Dr. Esther Rabizadeh, Director, Tel Aviv University and Rabin Medical Center, Israel

12:30-12:50 Title: Impact of Reproducibility and Artificial Intelligence on Structure Based Drug Discovery
Dr. Wladek Minor,
Professor, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA

 

Theme 404: Cancer Molecular & Cell Biology

Time: 13:30-16:30, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Seletar Room 2, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Zou Bin, Co-Founder and CEO, Shanghai Blueray Biopharma, Co. Ltd., China

 

13:30-13:35

Chair’s Introduction

13:35-13:55

Title: Discovery of EED Inhibitor BR554: Preclinical Candidate as Anti-Cancer Therapy
Dr. Zou Bin, Co-Founder and CEO, Shanghai Blueray Biopharma, Co. Ltd., China

13:55-14:15

Title: LncRNA-IDH1-AS1 Links the Functions of c-Myc and HIF1α to Regulate the Warburg Effect

Dr. Mian Wu, Professor, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, China

14:15-14:35

Title: Alternative Splicing in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions

Dr. Sebastian Oltean, Senior Lecturer, Institute for Biomedical & Clinical Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK

14:35-14:55

Title: Molecular Genetic Definition of FGFR1-driven Leukemogenesis

Dr. John K Cowell, Associate Center Director, Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta University, USA

14:55-15:15

Title: Anchorage of a GTP-bound Oncogenic K-Ras Protein at a Zwitterionic Cell Membrane

Dr. Jordi Martí, Assistant Professor, Technical University of Catalonia-Barcelona Tech, Spain

15:15-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:50

Title: Selinexor Reduces the Expression of DNA Damage Repair Proteins and Sensitizes Cancer Cells to DNA Damaging Agents
Mr. Trinayan Kashyap, Senior Scientist, Karyopharm Therapeutics, USA

15:50-16:10

Title: LncRNA NOC2L�\4.1functions as a Tumor Oncogene in Cervical Cancer Progression by Regulating the miR�\630/YAP1 Pathway

Dr. Yuanyuan Lyu, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, China

16:10-16:30

Title: Prognostic Biomarkers in Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Dr. Jack Phan, Associate Professor, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA

 

Theme 405: Cellular Neurobiology and Neurodegeneration

Time: 15:30-17:55, October 26, 2019 (Saturday) ; Place: Seletar Room 1, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Li Zhang, Professor, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

 

15:30-15:35

Chair’s Introduction

15:35-15:55

Title: Understanding Altered Heme Metabolism and Function in Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Li Zhang, Professor, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

15:55-16:15

Title: Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors as Mediators of Neurodegeneration/Neuroprotection – The Role of Electromagnetic Field

Dr. Justyna Rogalska, Associate Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

16:15-16:35

Title: Trio Haploinsufficiency Causes Neurodevelopmental Disease-Associated Deficits

Dr. Xiao Xiao, Associate Professor, Fudan University,China

16:35-16:55

Title: Transcriptional Dysregulation in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Who Tipped the Balance of Yin Yang 1 in the Brain

Dr. Zhefan Stephen Chen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford, UK

16:55-17:15

Title: The Role of Cholinergic Nicotine Receptors in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease

Dr. Zhi-Zhong Guan, Professor, Guizhou Medical University, China

17:15-17:35

Title: Retinoic Acid Recapitulates the Action of the Somites on Neural Differentiation of the Developing Caudal Neural Plate in Chick Embryo

Dr. Mohsen Sagha, Associate Professor, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences (ARUMS), Iran

17:35-17:55

Speech Opportunity Available 
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Theme 406: Hematology

Time: 09:00-10:45, October 27, 2019 (Sunday) ; Place: Seletar Room 1, 3rd Floor, Holiday Inn Singapore Atrium

 

Chair

Dr. Rahima Zennadi, Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center, USA

 

09:00-09:05

Chair’s Introduction

09:05-09:25

Title: Chronic Benign Neutropenia: Ethnicity, Prevalence and Importance
Dr. Srdjan Denic, Professor of Medicine, United Arab Emirates, UAE

09:25-09:45

Title: The Role of Red Blood Cell Reactive Oxygen Species and their Vicious Cycle in Sickle Cell Vasculopathy

Dr. Rahima Zennadi, Associate Professor, Duke University Medical Center, USA

09:45-10:05

Title: Sirt1-Sirt3 axis Regulates Human Blood-brain Barrier Permeabilityin Response to Ischemia

Dr. Tao Chen, Associate Professor, The 101th Hospital of PLA, China

10:05-10:25

Title: Characterization of Single Amino Acid Substitutions in the β2 Integrin Subunit of Patients with Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency (LAD)-1

Dr. S.K. Alex Law, Former Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

10:25-10:45

Speech Opportunity Available 
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Wayne State University 
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