Welcome Message
Dear colleagues,
On behalf of Hong Kong Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (HKSBMB), I want to extend a warm welcome to all of you who will come to Hong Kong for the 32nd FAOBMB Conference from August 10-13, 2026. The conference will be held in the beautiful medical campus of the University of Hong Kong.
Biochemistry and molecular biology are one of the most influential parts of modern science and technology. Advances in biochemistry and molecular biology in the past decades have not only changed our understanding of how life works, but also revolutionized how diseases are diagnosed, prevented and treated. Two keynote speakers of the 32nd FAOBMB Conference are Professor Dennis Lo from Chinese University of Hong Kong and Professor F. Ulrich Hartl from Max PlanckInstitute of Biochemistry. Professor Lo discovered cell-free fetal DNA in maternal blood and pioneered non-invasive prenatal testing. Professor Hartl is known for his groundbreaking work on chaperone-mediated protein folding, which has paved the avenue for discovery of drugs to treat neurodegenerative and other diseases in which protein folding goes wrong. Their speeches will inspire the next generation of biochemists and molecular biologists in Aisa and Oceania.
The 2026 FAOBMB Research Excellence Award Lecture will be given by Professor Noboru Mizushima from the University of Tokyo, who is a trailblazer of the study of autophagy. The 2026 FAOBMB Entrepreneurship Award Lecture will be delivered by Professor Etsuo Susaki from the Juntendo University who invented the CUBIC framework for cell-omics to study multicellular systems. We also have 17 plenary speeches to be given by international leaders, covering a wide range of interesting topics. In addition, 30 concurrent sessions will be held to accommodate a broad audience. The sessions will cover key areas of biochemistry and molecular biology ranging from gene regulation and genomics to stem cells, genome engineering and biotechnology. A special session organized by research postgraduate students will also be included. We are particularly excited that the topics covered at this conference are broad and well-integrated. Creativity and innovation arise from the clash of different perspectives, approaches and experiences. The conference will provide an excellent platform for transformative ideas and collaborations. Importantly, two speakers from each session will be selected from submitted abstracts. We strongly encourage early career investigators and trainees in our region to submit abstracts and register for the meeting. For all students and trainees, we offer an early-bird registration with deep discount by May 15, 2026.
The HKSBMB will work hard and closely with FAOBMB and FAOBMB constituent members to make the 32nd Conference a successful one. We look forward to welcoming all of you in HKUMed.
Dong-Yan Jin
President,
Hong Kong Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology