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Day 1: Monday, August 10, 2026 1:30-2:00pm – Opening Remarks 2:00-3:00pm – Keynote Speech 1 Prof. Dennis Lo, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Lasker Award and Future Science Prize laureate) To pic: The ins and outs of circulating DNA Symposium 1: Precision medicine Plenary Talks 1-5 (3:00-6:00pm) 1) Prof. Chuxia Deng, Dean of Faculty of Health Science, Macau University, Macau Topic: Precision breast cancer therapy Time: 3:00-3:30pm
2) Prof. Mien-Chie Hung, China Medical University, Taiwan Topic: Marker-guided precision cancer therapy Time: 3:30-4:00pm Tea break (4:00-4:30pm)
3) Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Tohoku University, Japan Topic: The KEAP1-NRF2 pathway and neurodegenerative diseases Time: 4:30-5:00pm
4) Prof. Julia Horsfield, University of Otago, New Zealand Topic: The cohesin complex balances cell fate and cell proliferation in zebrafish development Time: 5:00-5:30pm 5) Prof. Niranjan Nagarajan, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore Topic: Tackling the global spread of antimicrobial resistance using genome-resolved metagenomics and AI Time: 5:30-6:00pm |
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Day 2: Tuesday, August 11, 2026 Concurrent Sessions 1-5 (8:30-10:30am) Concurrent Session 1: Gene regulation, chromatin and epigenetics Concurrent Session 2: RNA biology Concurrent Session 3: Metabolism and lipid research Concurrent Session 4: Host-pathogen interactions Concurrent Session 5: Proteins and proteomics The 2026 FAOBMB Award of Research Excellence Lecture (10:30-11:10am) Professor Noboru Mizushima, University of Tokyo, Japan Topic: Molecular mechanism of autophagy Poster Session 1 and lunch (11:10am-1:00pm) Plenary Talks 6-10 (1:00-4:00pm) 6) Prof. Kwok-Yung Yuen, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Future Science Prize laureate) Topic: Understanding coronaviruses to prepare for the next pandemic Time: 1:00-1:30pm
7) Prof. Susan R. Weiss, University of Pennsylvania, USA Topic: Coronavirus activation and antagonism of interferon signaling pathways Time: 1:30-2:00pm
8) Prof. Stanley Perlman, University of Iowa, USA Topic: Long term sequelae in SARS-CoV-2-infected mice and humans Time: 2:00-2:30pm Tea break (2:30-3:00pm) 9) Prof. Shan-Lu Liu, Ohio State University, USA Topic: Mechanism and regulation of viral entry and membrane fusion Time: 3:00-3:30pm
10) Prof. Lisa Ng, A*STAR, Singapore Topic: Chikungunya virus pathogenesis and vaccine development Time: 3:30-4:00pm
Concurrent Sessions 6-10 (4:00-6:00pm) Concurrent Session 6: Genome integrity, repair and replication Concurrent Session 7: Enzymes Concurrent Session 8: Molecular cell biology Concurrent Session 9: Molecular immunology Concurrent Session 10: Synthetic biology |
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Day 3: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Concurrent Sessions 11-15 (8:30-10:30am) Concurrent Session 11: Molecular microbiology Concurrent Session 12: Genomics Concurrent Session 13: Developmental biology Concurrent Session 14: Computational biology and artificial intelligence Concurrent Session 15: Molecular cancer research Keynote Speech 2 (10:30am-11:30am) Prof. F. Ulrich Hartl, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany (Lasker Award laureate and Shaw Prize recipient) Topic: Molecular chaperones for protein folding and cellular health Plenary talks 11 and 12 (11:30am-12:30pm) 11) Prof. Mingjie Zhang, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Topic: Phase separation in synapses Time: 11:30am-noon
12) Prof. Arun Kumar Shukla, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India Topic: Structure, function, and modulation of G protein-coupled receptors Time: noon-12:30pm Poster Session 2 and Lunch (12:30pm-2:00pm) Plenary talks 13 and 14 (2:00pm-3:00pm) 13) Prof. Jae Bum Kim, Seoul National University, South Korea Topic: Adipose tissue plasticity and energy homeostasis Time: 2:00-2:30pm
14) Prof. Baoliang Song, Wuhan University, China Topic: Nutritional regulation of cholesterol metabolism Time: 2:30-3:00pm
The 2026 FAOBMB Entrepreneurship Award Lecture (3:00-3:40pm) Professor Etsuo Susaki, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan Topic: Regulatory mechanisms of multicellular system Tea break (3:40-4:00pm)
Concurrent Sessions 16-20 (4:00-6:00pm) Concurrent Session 16: Nanotechnology Concurrent Session 17: Signal transduction Concurrent Session 18: Molecular and precision medicine Concurrent Session 19: Genome engineering Concurrent Session 20: Molecular plant science and Chinese medicine Public Lecture (4:30-5:30pm) |
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Day 4: Thursday, August 13, 2026
Concurrent Sessions 21-25 (8:30-10:30am) Concurrent Session 21: Structural biology Concurrent Session 22: Mechanism of diseases Concurrent Session 23: Molecular neuroscience Concurrent Session 24: Stem cell biology Concurrent Session 25: Molecular pharmacology and gene therapy Tea break (10:30-11:00am) Concurrent Session 26-30 (11:00am-1:00pm) Concurrent Session 26: Biochemical education Concurrent Session 27: Special session for research postgraduate students: Future technology platforms in biochemistry and molecular biology Concurrent Session 28: Special session for Macanese biochemists: Precision cancer therapy Concurrent Session 29: FAOBMB President’s Session: Glycobiology and microbiome Concurrent Session 30: Special session for Chinese biochemists: Frontiers in molecular and gene therapy Lunch (1:00pm-2:30pm) Symposium 4: Stress biology and innate immunology Plenary Talks 15-17 (2:30-4:20pm) 15) Prof. Feng Shao, National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China (Future Science Prize laureate) Topic: Gasdermin-mediated pyroptosis: from antibacterial to antitumor immunity Time: 2:30-3:00pm Tea break (3:00-3:20pm) 16) Prof. Si Ming Man, Australian National University, Australia Topic: Molecular mechanisms and regulation of inflammasome activation and signaling Time 3:20-3:50pm 17) Prof. Prof. Ling-Ling Chen, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, China Topic: Circular RNAs: Biogenesis, characterization and therapeutic applications Time: 3:50-4:20pm
Poster Awards and Closing Remarks (4:20-4:40pm) |