The Harvard Chinese Life Sciences Conference is the most influential annual event of HMS-CSSA and HSPH-CSSA, which attracts ~500 participants from both the US and China. The conference covers basic research, translational medicine and biopharmaceutical industries, with the goal of encouraging open dialogue and exploring potential collaborations.
Registration https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-harvard-chinese-life-science-symposium-tickets-15969700805
Opening Remarks
Dr. Edward Benz CEO of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Technology Innovation
Xiaoliang Xie Professor, Harvard University, Member of National Academy of Sciences
Life at the Single Molecule Level
Yi Zhang Professor, Harvard Medical School, Investigator of Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Understanding Active Demethylation and SCNT through Tool Development
Feng Zhang Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Genome Editing Technologies and Applications
Peng Yin Associate Professor, Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School
DNA Probes for Highly Multiplexed Super-resolution Imaging
Cancer Research and Therapeutics
Lieping Chen Professor, Director of Cancer Immunotherapy, Yale University
A Perspective in Immune Modulation Therapy of Cancer
Jean Zhao Associate Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Targeting the PI3K/PTEN Pathway in Cancer: from Mouse Genetics to Human Therapies
Translational Medicine
David Williams Professor, Director of Clinical and Translational Research, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Update on Use of Gene Therapy for Monogenic Diseases: the Bad, the Good and the Future
Dr. Guangping Gao Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Viral Vector-Based In Vivo Gene Therapy
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9:00am – 9:20am |
Registration and Light refreshment |
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9:30 am – 9:45 am |
Opening Remarks
Dr. Edward Benz CEO, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School (Facilitator: Dr. Jin Zhang) |
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Technology innovation drives development in Medicine (Facilitator: Dr. Shirley Liu) |
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9:45 am – 10:30 am |
Life at the Single Molecule Level.
Dr. Xiaoliang Xie Mallinckrodt Professor, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University |
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10:30 am – 11:15 am |
Understanding active demethylation and SCNT through tool development Dr. Yi Zhang Professor, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
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11:15 am – 12:00 pm |
Intersectional genetic mapping of spinal microcircuits processing mechanical pain
Dr. Feng Zhang Assistant Professor, Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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12: 00 pm – 12:45 pm |
DNA probes for highly multiplexed super-resolution imaging
Dr. Peng Yin Associate Professor, Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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12:45 pm – 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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Cancer Research (Facilitator: Dr. Jiping Wang) |
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1:15 pm – 2:00 pm |
A perspective in immune modulation therapy of cancer.
Dr. Lieping Chen Professor, Yale University Director, Cancer Immunology Program at Yale Cancer Center |
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2:00 pm – 2:45 pm |
Targeting the PI3K/PTEN pathway in cancer: from mouse genetics to human therapies
Dr. Jean Zhao Associate Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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2:45 pm – 3:00 pm |
Tea Break |
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Translational Medicine (Facilitator: Dr. William Pu) |
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3:00 pm – 3:45 pm |
Update on use of gene therapy for monogenic diseases: the bad, the good and the future
Dr. David Williams Professor, Director of Translational Medicine Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
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3:45 pm – 4:30 pm |
Viral Vector-Based In Vivo Gene Therapy
Dr. Guangping Gao Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
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4:30 pm – 5:15 pm |
TBA
Dr. Nathanael Gray Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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5:15 pm – 6:00 pm |
2014 Harvard Chinese Life Science Distinguished Research Award Ceremony |
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6:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
Reception (Invited only) |
Here’s the video presentation of 2015 annual symposium:
Section 1, From 9:30 am – 12:25 pm:
http://video.dfcionline.org/accordent/HCLSSymposiumA032815
Section 2, From 1:30 – 3:20 pm:
http://video.dfcionline.org/accordent/HCLSSymposiumB032815
Section 3, From 3:35 – 5:50 pm:
http://video.dfcionline.org/accordent/HCLSSymposiumC032815
Please also see the agenda of 2015 symposium
