Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The 3rd Ray Wu Symposium (2nd announcement)
Program

2012 Ray Wu Symposium

The Ray Wu Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that the 3rd Ray Wu Symposium will be held at Zhejiang University on November 8 and 9, 2012. This symposium series is dedicated to promoting the advancement of biological sciences in Asia and nurturing the careers of young scientists, two center pieces of Dr. Ray Wu’s life-long passion. Dr. Ray Wu was a true scholar and a strong advocate for life sciences throughout Asia. He developed the first method for DNA sequencing and pioneered recombinant DNA technology, and later devoted to genetic engineering of rice. The theme of the 2012 symposium is “Signal transduction and cancer”.

The Ray Wu Symposium is hosted annually by an institution in China or other parts of Asia. The symposium speakers include winners of the Ray Wu Prize, selected annually from graduate students in Asia, as well as world leaders in different fields of biological sciences.

Date:
November 8 and 9, 2012

Place:
Zijingang Campus, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (310058)

Address:
Research Bldg Conference Room, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, No. 886 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China.

 Co-organizers:
The Ray Wu Memorial Fund, Inc.
Zhejiang University

Organizing Committee:
Xin-Hua Feng, Xiang-Dong Fu, Jun-Lin Guan, Kun-Liang Guan, Yang Shi, Xiao-Hong Sun, Junying Yuan

Contact:
Dr. Xin-Hua FENG, email: xhfeng@zju.edu.cn, Tel: 86-571-8898-1337
Dr. Dajing XIA, email: dxia@zju.edu.cn, Tel: 86-571-8898-1223 or 137-5821-5008Ms. Ying LIU, email: lyzju@zju.edu.cn, Tel: 86-571-8898-1373 or 159-6714-0718

November 8

2:00 – 2:15     Welcome Remarks (Dr. Xin-Hua Feng)
2:15 – 3:30     Ray Wu Prize Award Ceremony

2:15 – 2:30      Dr. Xiao-Hong Sun, President, RWMF
2:30 – 3:00     Dr. Kenneth Fong, Chairman, Kenson Ventures LLC (Dr. Guo-Liang Yu Introduction)
3:00 – 3:30      Award Presentation (Dr. Junlin Guan)

Lifetime Contribution Award to Professor Xiaocheng Gu (Dr. Ming Luo)
Ray Wu Prize of Excellence to 17 recipients
Presenters: sponsors and others

3:45 – 5:30      Scientific Session 1 (Chair: Dr. Kunliang Guan)

3:45 – 4:00     Huang, Peng-Yu, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences （中国科学院生化与细胞所）
Conversion of somatic fibroblasts to functional hepatocyte-like cells
4:00 – 4:15     Wang, Chuan-Chao, Fudan University（复旦大学）
写在DNA里的历史
4:15 – 4:30     Hui Yang, Fudan University（复旦大学）
Metabolites in epigenetic control and tumorigenesis
4:30 – 5:30     Dr. Xiaodong Wang, National Institute of Biological Sciences (北京生命科学研究所)
The Biochemical Pathway of Programmed Necrosis

7:00 – 9:00     Banquet (invitation only, sponsored by Epitomics)

Location to be announced

November 9

8:30 – 10:00     Scientific Session 2 (Chair: Dr. Hong Ma)

8:30 – 9:00      Dr. Yi Zhang, Harvard Medical School
Regulation of DNA methylation during preimplantation and PGC development
9:00 – 9:15      Hui Yang, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences （中国科学院生化与细胞所）
Cellular reprogramming induced by mouse oocyte
9:15 – 9:30      Gu, Tian-Peng, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences （中国科学院生化与细胞所）
The role of Tet3 DNA dioxygenase in epigenetic reprogramming by oocytes
9:30 – 9:45      Kong, Say Li, National University of Singapore
An enhanceosome-mediated framework for the optimal transcriptional activation   and cellular proliferation in breast cancer cells
9:45 – 10:00    Ba, Zhaoqing, National Institute of Biological Science /Beijing Normal University（北京生命科学研究所/北京师范大学联合培养）
Small RNAs: the emerging key players in DNA double-strand break repair

10:00 – 10:30     Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00      Scientific Session 3 (Chair: Zengyi Chang)

10:30 – 11:00     Dr. Kunxin Luo, UC Berkeley
Signaling crosstalk in development, aging and cancer
11:00 – 11:15  Wang, Chao, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences （中国科学院生物物理所）
Structural dynamics of human protein disulfide isomerase for catalyzing oxidative protein folding
11:15 – 11:30 Mu, Yu, Institute of Neurosicence, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Science （中科院上海神经所）
Mechanism for visual modulation of audiomotor function
11:30 – 12:00 Dr. Xi He, Harvard Medical University
Understanding the Wnt Morphogen and Wnt Signaling

12:00 – 1:30    Lunch

1:30 – 3:00      Scientific Session 4 (Chair: Jun-Lin Guan)

1:30 – 2:00     Dr. Xiao-Fan Wang, Duke University Medical School
MicroRNA, Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis
2:00 – 2:15     Zhao,Yue, National Institute of Biological Science /Peking Union Medical College（北京生命科学研究所/协和医学院联合培养）
NAIPs: the inflammasome receptors for bacterial flagellin and type III secretion apparatus
2:15 – 2:30      Zhu, Shu, Institute of Health Science, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院上海健康所）
Molecular Mechanisms for the Regulation of Interleukin-17 Mediated Autoimmune Diseases
2:30 – 2:45     Feng, Feng, Tsinghua University（清华大学）
A novel modifier of plant immune protein from bacteria
2:45 – 3:00     Jiang, Xiao-Qian, Northwest A&F University（西北农林科技大学）
无性群体进化速率的研究 （The speed of evolution in asexual populations)

3:00 – 3:30      Coffee Break

3:30 – 12:00      Scientific Session (Chair: Dr. Min Han)

3:30 – 4:00     Dr. Yimin Zou, UC San Diego
Brain wiring and repair
4:00 – 4:15     Zhang, Li, National Institute of Biological Science /Peking Union Medical College（北京生命科学研究所/协和医学院联合培养）
Cysteine methylation disrupts ubiquitin-chain sensing in NF-κB activation
4:15 – 4:30     Du, Hao, Huazhong Agricultural University（华中农业大学）
Discovering various survival strategies under ever-changing environment in rice
4:30 – 4:45     Li, Zhong-Wei, Tsinghua University（清华大学）
Fine-tune of intrinsic ERK activity by extrinsic BMP signaling in mouse embryonic stem cells
4:45 – 5:15     Dr. Hongtao Yu, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Spindle Checkpoint

5:15-5:30      Closing remarks

6:00 – 7:00      Closing banquet

7:00- 9:00      After dinner program

Opinions and discussion on issues related to students’ research training, lab selection, cutting edge sciences, and academic career path Panelists: Drs. Min Han (Chair), Jianzhu Chen, Qiang Yu, Yimin Zou, Hongtao Yu, and Xiao-Hong Sun