May 3-4, 2014
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
2014 Annual Harvard Chinese Life Science Research Symposium, Transforming Medicine through Innovative Integration, will be held at Harvard Medical School on May 3-4th, 2014. The Symposium, organized by Harvard Medical School Chinese Scholars and Scientists Association (HMS-CSSA) and Harvard School of Public Health Chinese Students and Scholars Association (HSPH-CSSA), is an event that attracts participants from Harvard Medical School and 17 affiliated institutions, major US medical and research institutions across the country, and Chinese medical science research community.
This year’s symposium will cover broader topics from Biomedical Research, (including neural science, cancer research and cardiovascular disease), Translational Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Industry, and feature guest speakers ranging from well-established professors and investigators, promising young post-doctorals, and prominent business leaders from biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. It provides participants with the opportunity to exchange exciting ideas and share research leads, and interact with a larger audience at the time when translational medicine is transforming the way we do with medical research.
Time:
9:30 – 5:30pm, Saturday, May 3th, 2014
10:00am – 6:00pm, Sunday, May 4th, 2014
Location:
Folkman Auditorium, Enders Building,
Boston Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Thank you for your participation and support
HMS-CSSA & HSPH-CSSA
[1] Free food and drinks will be reserved for the registered attendees. Free Registration on
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SVdaKsmwyJv98TrpjCU7TvjyUHs_lQd2IJvdRv7zQ0U/viewform.
Seats are limited. Please register ASAP!
[2] Detailed agenda is also available at : https://www.dropbox.com/s/t5lfhlt99lmc4ki/2014%20Agenda%20-2.pdf
Agenda
May 3rd, Saturday
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10:00 am – 10:30am |
Registration and Light refreshment |
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Session 1. Biomedical Research
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10:30 am – 10:45 am |
Opening Remarks
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Neuroscience and Imaging technology (Facilitator: Dr. Qiufu Ma) |
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10:45 am – 11:15 am |
CLARITY and beyond: towards integrative understanding of complex biological systems
Dr. Kwanghun Chung Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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11:15 am – 11:45 am |
Exploring the Network Anatomy of Visual Cortical Processing with In Vivo Multi-Photon Calcium Imaging and Large-Scale Electron Microscopy Dr. Wei-Chung Allen Lee Instructor, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School |
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11:45 am – 12:15 am |
Intersectional genetic mapping of spinal microcircuits processing mechanical pain
Dr. Qiufu Ma Professor,Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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12: 15pm – 12:30 pm |
Postdoc Talk |
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12:30 pm – 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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Cancer Research (Facilitator: Dr. XiaoleShirley Liu)
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1:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
The Evolutionary Landscape of CLL: Therapeutic Implications
Dr. Catherine Wu Associate Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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2:00 pm – 2:30 pm |
Exploiting Tumor-Specific Vulnerabilities Analysis of CCLE drug screens and GeCKO screens
Dr.Xiaole Shirley Liu Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School& Harvard School of Public Health |
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2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Single-cell proteomics technology reveals abnormal functions of “normal” hematopoietic cells in myeloproliferative malignancies
Dr. Rong Fan Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University |
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3:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Post-Doc Talk |
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3:15 pm – 3:30 pm |
Tea Break |
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Cardiovascular DiseasesResearch (Facilitator: William Pu) |
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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm |
Taking microRNAs to heart
Dr. Da-Zhi Wang Associate Professor,Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
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4:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
Regulation of Actin Dynamics Reactive Oxygen Species-Induced Actin Glutathionylation in Neutrophils
Dr. William Pu Associate Professor, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
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4:30pm –4:45 pm |
Post-Doc Talk |
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6:00 pm – 9:00 pm |
Reception(By invited only) |
May 4th, Sunday
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Session 2. Translational Medicine (Facilitator: Dr. Adam Bass) |
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10:30 am –11:00am |
Learning from the genome to combat gastroesophageal cancer
Dr. Adam Bass Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School& Broad Institute |
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11:00 am – 11:30 am |
Clinical translation of bromodomain inhibition
Dr. James E. Bradner Assistant Professor, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
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11:30 am – 12:00 am |
Immunotherapy in Gastrointestinal Malignancies: An Emerging Frontier
Dr. James M. Cleary Medical Oncologist, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
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12:00 am – 12:30 am |
Translational Pain Research
Dr. Jianren Mao Associate Professor, Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
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12:30 pm – 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
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Session 3. Pharma & BiotechIndustry (Facilitator: Dr. Jinshan Shen) |
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1:30pm – 2:00 pm |
To be or not to be – should you be an entrepreneur Dr. Kewen Jin Serial entrepreneur in the China life science industry |
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2: 00 pm – 2:30 pm |
Talk Title: TBA
Dr. O. Prem Das Chief Research Business Development Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
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2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
The Biopharmaceutical Path: The Road Less Traveled
Dr. Shui Ki Henry Seto Vice President, Global Safety, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc |
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3:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Tea Break |
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3:15 pm – 3:45 pm |
CRO, building partnership between technology and science
Dr. Yufang Shao Vice President, Novoprotein Scientific INC |
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3:45 pm – 4:15 pm |
Personalized medicine and efficacy-predictive biomarkers and the industry challenges in this area
Dr. Peter Blume Jensen Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer, Daiichi Sankyo Inc |
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Entrepreneurship – Panel Discussion (Moderator: Dr. Kewen Jin)
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4: 15 pm -4: 45 pm |
Dr. Kewen Jin, Dr. Peter Blume Jensen, Dr. Yufan Shao, Dr. Shui Ki Henry Seto, Dr. O. Prem Das, Dr. Luhan Yang |
2014 Harvard Chinese Life Science Annual Distinguished Research Award Recipient
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Affiliation |
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Fei Ann Ran |
Graduate Student |
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard University |
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Guoji Guo |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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Hui Yang |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Jianming Jiang |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Genetics Department, Harvard Medical School |
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Linfeng Huang |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
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Long Cheng |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
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Patrick David Hsu |
Graduate Student |
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard University |
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Penghui Zhou |
Instructor |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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Ruisheng Song |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
BCMP Department, Harvard Medical School |
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Tinghu Zhang |
Staff Scientist |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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Xiaofeng Wang |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
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Xingxing Kong |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School |
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Ying Liu |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
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Yuexiang Wang |
Instructor |
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School |
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Zhe Ji |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard |
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Cynthia X. Shi |
Graduate Student |
Harvard School of Public Health |
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Shanshan Li |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Harvard School of Public Health |
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Yuan Lu |
Graduate Student |
Harvard School of Public Health |
Organizing Committee Advisors
Biomedical Research
Dr. Xi He, ProfessorChildren’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Qiufu Ma, ProfessorDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Xiaole Shirley Liu, ProfessorDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Da-Zhi Wang, Associate Professor Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School
Dr. William Pu, Associate Professor Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School
Translational Medicine
Dr. Jiping Wang, Assistant ProfessorBrigham and Women’s Hospital. Harvard Medical School
Dr. Xiaole Shirley Liu, ProfessorDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
Pharma & BiotechIndustry
Dr. Kewen Jin, Managing DirectorNimbus Innoworks
Dr. Jinshan Shen, DirectorVertex Pharmaceuticals
Organizing Committee
Chinese Scientists and Scholars Association at Harvard Medical School
(CSSA-HMS)
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Wei Song; Jin Zhang; Sui Wang; Shaokun Shu; Zhe Ji; Qing Li;Ming Liu; Shaojun Tang; Xueying Wang; Dongpo Cai; James Chen; Yilai Shu; Xiaofeng Wang; Jun Huang; Shubai Liu; Shiqian Shen; Xiaohui Han; Chunyao Wei; Haoxuan Tong; Ping Lu; Zhiqiang Lin; Qiming Sun; Xingxiing Kong; Hongguang Xia; Yanfei Gao; Jiaren Liu; Min Tan; Hongliang Ren; Jing Wang; Wenyu Song |
Harvard School of Public Health Chinese Students and Scholars Association
(HSPH-CSSA)
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Xindi Hu; Yizhen Lai; Jing Sheng; Jing Zhao; Zhaozhong Zhu |
