14:00-18:30

Register, collect the conference pass and meal tickets

Day 1 (17 May 2025)
Lecture hall, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology

08:30-09:00

Opening Ceremony
Welcome addresses by Co-organizers:
Prof. Wei Zhao, Vice Rector, SUAT (5 min);
Prof. Wei Ge, Vice Rector, UM (5 min);
Prof. Chenli Liu, Dean, SIAT (5 min);
Prof. Xianen Zhang, Dean, SUAT (5 min);
Prof. Chuxia Deng, Dean, UM (5 min).

Prof. Qizhou Lian
Prof. Ren-He Xu

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Session Ⅰ: Open Keynote Speeches

Moderators:
Prof. Qizhou Lian
Prof. Ren-He Xu

09:00-09:30

Prof. Chuxia Deng
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
Title: Reflections and Prospects on Cancer: Challenges, New Strategies and Better Outcomes

09:30-10:00

Prof. Fuqiang Xu
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Title: Research and Application of Viral Vectors

10:00-10:25

Tea Break

Session Ⅱ: Emerging Technologies and AI for Medicine

Moderators:
Prof. Yong Zhao

10:25-10:45

Prof. Chunming Wang
University of Macau, Macau, China
Title: Engineering Glycan Biomaterials for Tissue Repair-Sweet Recipes for Our Sour Body

10:45-11:05

Prof. Andrew P. Hutchins
Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Title: Relaxing nuclear structure drives pluripotent stem cells to an earlier embryonic stage

11:05-11:25

Prof. Chuanbin Mao
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Title: Phage-Based Tissue Regeneration

Session Ⅲ: Stem Cell and Synthetic Biology

Moderators:
Prof. Yongguang Yang

11:25-11:45

Prof. Xingguo Liu
Guangzhou Institutes of Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Mitochondrial Unfolded Protein Response Regulates Stem Cell Fate

11:45-12:05

Prof. Qi Zhang
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Title: Clinical application of cell therapy in liver transplantation

12:05-12:25

Prof. Ping Wei
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Modular Design of T Cell Signaling for Cancer Immunotherapy

12:25-14:00

Lunch Break

Session Ⅳ: Ethic, Stem Cell Biology

Moderators:
Prof. Gang Li

14:00-14:20

Prof. Yaojin Peng
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Building a Responsible Innovation Framework: Ethical and Regulatory Developments for Stem Cell Research in China

14:20-14:40

Prof. Jonathan Yuin-Han LOH
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IMCB), A-STAR, Singapore
Title: Rewiring Naive, Primed, and Expanded Pluripotency through Transcription Factor-Transposable Element Interactions

14:40-15:00

Prof. Zhonghua Gao
The Pennsylvania State University, America
Title: Canonical PRC1 activates bivalent genes via 3D chromatin reorganization during stem cell differentiation

15:00-15:20

Prof. Hung-fat Tse
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Title: Therapeutic Application of  Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Session Ⅴ: Stem Cell and  Regenerative Medicine

Moderators:
Prof. Peng Zhang

15:20-15:40

Prof. Gang Li
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of  Sciences, China
Title: Cranial Bone Micromovement for the Management of AD: Mechanistic Studies

15:40-16:00

Prof. Yongguang Yang
The First Bethune Hospital of Jilin University, China
Title: Human hematopoietic stem cell engraftment and differentiation in immunodeficient pigs

16:00-16:25

Tea Break

16:25-16:45

Prof. Bon-Kyoung KOO
Institute for Basic Science, Deajeon, South Korea
Title: From Organoid genetics to mosaic genetics

16:45-17:05

Prof. Shuangyin Wang
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Transforming Human Healthcare with Single-Cell Genomics

Session Ⅵ: Translational Medcine and New Instruments

Moderators:
Prof. Gang Li

17:05-17:25

Prof. Ren-He Xu
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China
Title: Phase I/IIa Clinical Trial on Multiple Sclerosis with hESC-Derived T-MSC: Preliminary Findings

17:25-17:45

Prof. Tadao Maeda
Kobe Research Institute, Japan
Title: Advances and Future Perspectives in iPSC-Derived Retinal Cell Therapy for Retinal Degeneration

17:45-18:05

Prof. Jinyong Wang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Hypoimmunogenic CAR-iNK Cells Derived from Pluripotent Stem Cells

18:05-18:25

Prof. Pilhan Kim
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea
Title: Real-time IntraVital Microscopy (IVM): In Vivo Cellular-level Imaging of Internal Organs in a Live Animal

18:25-21:30

Dinner for Invited Speakers, Guests and Faculty Members

Day 2 (18 May 2025)
Lecture hall, Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology

Session Ⅶ: Clinical Gene And Immunological  Therapy

Moderators:
Prof. Ren-He Xu

09:00-09:20

Prof. Ng Shyh-Chang
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Acetyl-CoA metabolism maintains histone acetylation for syncytialization of human placental trophoblast stem cells

09:20-09:40

Prof. Junjiu Huang
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Title: Gene editing innovative drugs for Thalassemia

09:40-10:00

Prof. Hanjie Li
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Discovery, Development Function and Evolution of Peripheral Microglia

10:00-10:25

Tea Break

10:25-10:45

Prof. Weidong Han
General Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, China
Title: Epigenetically Reprogrammed CAR-T

Session Ⅷ: Young Scientists'  Presentations

Moderators:
Prof. Yong Zhao

10:45-11:05

Undetermined, selected from outstanding abstracts/posters

11:05-11:10

Undetermined, selected from outstanding abstracts/posters

11:10-11:15

Undetermined, selected from outstanding abstracts/posters

11:15-11:20

Undetermined, selected from outstanding abstracts/posters

11:20-11:25

Undetermined, selected from outstanding abstracts/posters

Session Ⅸ: Closing Keynote Speeches

Moderators:
Prof. Gang Li
Prof. Ren-He Xu

11:25-11:55

Prof. Qizhou Lian
Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology, China
Title: Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Inherited Lipid Storage Diseases: A 10 Year Journey from Disease Model Development to Clinical Translation

11:55-12:25

Prof. Huji Xu
The Affiliated Hospital of the Naval Medical University, China
Title: Allogeneic CAR-T in autoimmune diseases

12:25-12:35

Closing Ceremony

12:35-14:00

Lunch