Tentative Scientific Program (Current up to 10/22/07)
8 June 2008, Sunday
5:00-7:00 pm
Registration
8:00-9:00 pm
Reception
9 June 2008, Monday
8:30-9:00 am
Opening Ceremony
9:00-10:00 am
Keynote Speech
10:00-10:30 am
10:30 am-12:30 pm
Coffee Break
Medical Genetics I
12:30-2:00 pm
2:00-3:00 pm
3:00-3:30 pm
3:30-5:30 pm
5:30-6:30 pm
Remarks: Lap-Chee Tsui*, HKU
Margaret Chan, MD, WHO
Zhu Chen, MD, Minister of Health, China
HKSAR Representative (XXX)
ACGA President (Min-Xin Guan)
HKSMG President (Stephen Lam)
James Watson: Double Helix (invited) or
Eric Wieschaus: Developmental Genetics of Body Patterning
Sponsored by Dr. Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation
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
Kathryn Cheah*, HKU
Genetics and
Tian Xu, Yale
Genomics
Fanyi Zeng*, SJTU
Zi-jiang Chen*, ShangDong
Bruce Lahn, Chicago/Guangzhou
Cancer Genetics and
Suet-Yi Leung*, HKU
Genomics
Zhong Chen*, Utah
Edison Liu*, Singapore
Constantine Stratakis*, NIH
Lunch with Industrial Presentation
Keynote Speech
Zhu Chen, PRC (invited)
Coffee Break
Genomic Medicine
Huanming Yang*, BGI
Tin-Lap Lee*, NIH
Pak Sham*, HKU
Hannah Hong Xue*, HKUST
Mitochondrial
Lee Jun Wong*, Baylor College
Genetics
Yan A Su*, George Washington U
Min-Xin Guan*, U of Cincinnati
Pu Dai*, PLA General Hospital, China
Poster presentation: Yidong Bai, Restoration of mtochondrial deficiency.
Genetic Therapeutics Savio Woo*, Mount Sinai
Esther Chang*, Georgetown
Ida Hiroyuki*, Tokyo, Jikei U, enzyme replacement therapy
Poster Session I
10 June 2008, Tuesday
8:00-9:00 am
Keynote Speech
9:00-9:30 am
Coffee Break
9:30-11:30 am
Reproductive
Genetics
Prenatal and Preimplantation
Diagnosis
Eric Lander, Broad Institute (invited)
Chris Lau*, UCSF
Shu-Zhen Huang*, SJTU
Pauline Yen*, Academica Sinica
Peter Koopman*, Queensland
Dennis Lo*, HK
Joe Leigh Simpson*, Florida, Intact Fetal Cells and Cell Free DNA in Maternal Blood.
Xueming Bian, PUMC
Medical Genetics II
11:30 am-12:30 pm
12:30-1:45 pm
2:00-3:00 pm
3:00-3:30 pm
3:30-5:30 pm
7:30-9:30 pm
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.
Poster Session II
Societies of Human/Medical Genetics of the Pacific Rim
HKSMG – Stephen Lam*
CSMG – Lin He
ASHG – Aravinda Chakravarti*
ACGA – Min-Xin Guan*
Keynote Speech
Owen Rennert*, NIH
Coffee Break
Clinical Genetics
Zhang Xue, 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
Conference Banquet to honor the achievements of Dr. Yuet-Wai Kan
11 June 2008, Wednesday
8:00-9:00 am
Keynote Speech
9:00-9:30 am
Coffee Break
9:30-11:30 am
Environment Gene
Interaction
Population Genetics
Aravinda Chakravarti*, JHMI
Suk-Mei Ho *, Cincinnati
Zhang Ting, CIP
Xiaoying Zheng*, PU
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
11:30-1:30 pm
1:30-2:30 pm
2:30-3:00 pm
3:00-5:00 pm
Paul Tam*, HKU
Jin-Xiong She*, Medical College of Georgia
Augustine Kong, deCode Genetics
Jia Chen*, Mount Sinai
Lunch with Industrial Presentations
Richard Myers, Genomic Technologies in the Post Genomic Era (invited)
Keynote Speech
Coffee Break
Genomic
Hideki Kambara*, Hitachi Institute
Technologies in the
Baback Gharizadeh*, Stanford Human Genome Technology Center
Post Genomic Era
Joachim Schorr*, Qiagen
Jian Han*, Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnologies
Genetics of Emerging Stephen Tsui*, CUHK
Diseases
Kwok-Yung Yuen*, HKU
Joseph JY Sung*, CUHK, Hepatitis B Viral Genomes and HCC
Ui-Soon Khoo*, HKU
Stem Cells and
Rocky Tuan*, NIH
Tissue Engineering
Chi-Chung Hui*, Toronto
Oscar K Lee*, Yang-Ming U, Taiwan, mesenchymal stem cells
Faye YY Tsang*, CUHK, embryonic stem cell and the heart
5:00-6:00 pm
Closing Ceremony
* indicates confirmed speakers.
Co-Chair: Paul Tam*, HKU
Co-Chair: Bai-Lin Wu*, ACGA
Remarks: ACGA
HKSMG
CSMG
Poster Award Presentation (Chair of judging committee)
Presentation of gifts to major sponsors:
HKU representative
Stanley Ho Medical Development Foundation
Acknowledgement of local organizers