Life Science Session - Transformative Science for Human Biology and Health
13:30-13:35 Introduction by the Convener
- Tony Shu Kam Mok, Chairman, Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Honorary Secretary of the Board of Directors and Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024
13:35-14:05 Keynote Speech 1: Epigenetics - What Is It and Why Is It Important?
- Anne Ferguson-Smith, Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics, University of Cambridge; Executive Chair, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO); Member, UK Academy of Medical Science; Fellow, the Royal Society
14:05-14:35 Keynote Speech 2: Realizing the Potential of Biomedical AI
- Euan Ashley, Chair of the Department of Medicine and Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine and Professor of Genetics, of Biomedical Data Science and, by courtesy, of Pathology at Stanford University
14:35-14:40 Introduction by the Convener
- Kathryn Song Eng Cheah, Emerita Chair of Biochemistry and Professor, The University of Hong Kong; Member, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO); Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; Fellow, World Academy of Sciences; Member, Program Committee of the Future Science Prize Week 2024
14:40-15:10 Keynote Speech 3: Directing cell fate, developmental time, and brain repair using human stem cells
- Lorenz Studer, Director, the Center for Stem Cell Biology (CSCB); Member, the Developmental Biology Program at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
15:10-15:40 Keynote Speech 4: Uniting the Genome: The function of Piwi-piRNA Pathway in Genetic Regulation
- Haifan Lin, Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology, Yale University; Founding Director, the Yale Stem Cell Center; Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Science
15:35-16:00 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator:
- Tony Shu Kam Mok
- Kathryn Song Eng Cheah
Panelists: (Alphabetized by last name)
- Euan Ashley
- Anne Ferguson-Smith
- Haifan Lin
- Lorenz Studer
