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University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas
| Biography Dr. Wa Xian received her Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from Nankai University in China and Ph.D. degree in Molecular Genetics at the University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Houston. Dr. Xian’s postdoctoral studies with Prof. Jeffrey Rosen are at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2008, she moved to Harvard Medical School under the direction of Prof. Christopher Crum, to study the origin and evolution of ovarian cancer. There she continues to work on the origins and chemotherapy resistance problem in high-grade ovarian cancer. In 2009, she was appointed as the Principal Investigator at the Institute of Medical Biology in Singapore. In 2013, Dr. Xian returned to the US and initiated multiple projects related to inflammatory diseases and cancer. In 2015, she received the Rising Stars Award from the CPRIT and was recruited to the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University Of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Research Interest
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Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
| Biography Sonia Kapoor isAssistant Professor,Amity institute of Molecular Medicine and Stem Cell Research, AMITY University, Noida, India.Previously she worked as Assistant Professor at UIET, Panjab University, Chandigarh. She CSIR, India and American Society for Cell Biology, USA. She has authored over 12 research articles in international received her PhD in Biotechnology from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India in 2014. DrKapoor has received the prestigious Young Scientist Award in New Biology, 2016, by Indian Science Congress Association, India. She has also received Young Scientist Research Grants from UGC, DST (Early Career Research Award), and DBT (Women’s BioCARE grant) New Delhi, India, She is a recipient of International Travel award from DST, peer-reviewedjournals and several book chapters. She has co-authored one textbook and edited one book as an associate editor Research Interest
Her research focuses on the role of spatio-temporalregulation of cytoskeleton dynamics in polarization and migration of tumor cells.Her recent interest lies in understanding the microtubule-cytoskeleton dependent-mechanisms that contribute to metastasis and drug resistance in tumor microenvironment and to develop new approaches to restrict the same. Her work takes an interdisciplinary approach combining nanotechnology, biomaterials and modern cell biology tools.
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Anderson Cancer Center, Univ. of Texas, Houston, Texas
| Biography Dr. Tiwary received her Ph.D. in Genetics from University of Rochester in May 2015. During her Ph.D. work, she elucidated the roles of two oncogenic signaling pathways. Her work provides proof of principle for ERBB3 and FZD7 to be a therapeutic target in both BRAF mutant and wild-type melanomas. Her Ph.D. work resulted in two first author papers in the peer-reviewed journal. In May 2015, she joined the Dept. of Neurosurgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston-TX, as a Postdoctoral Fellow.Her work on blood-brain barrier in brain metastasis and the protein regulating it was recently published. Currently,she is investigating the roles of m6A methylation in breast cancer brain metastasis and modulatory effect of oncogenic signals on T-cell infiltration in glioblastoma in CNS metastasis. Additionally,she has mentored many undergraduate students and junior postdoctoral fellows. Her publication records, productivity, and mentoring ability are outstanding. She has contributed significantly to the file of cancer biology and continues to take up challenging projects. Research Interest Dr. Tiwary has extensive expertise in the field of cancer biology and tumor cell signaling. Her interest lies in understanding the bi-directional communication between the tumor cell and the immune compartment within the tumor and identify targetable vulnerabilities for therapeutic purpose, in advanced cancers. |  |
Institute of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Taiwan
| Biography Dr. Chia-Lin Chen received her Ph.D. degree in Genetics, Molecular and Cellular Biology from University of Southern California in 2016. In 2008, she studied the underlying mechanism of differentiation of embryonic stem cells into pancreatic progenitors in California. This investigation makes a promising therapeutic potential for diabetes patients and the result was published in Assay Drug Development Technology in 2010.In 2010, she moved to University of Southern California and switched her research gears to cancer biology. During her Ph.D. training, she focused on cancer stem cells and cancer metabolism. Her research results were published inJCI in 2013,Cell metabolism in 2016,Nature Communications in 2017, etc. she also received the California Institute forRegenerative Medicine (CIRM) Traineeship in 2014 and 2015.She currently works as a postdoctoral research fellow at National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan. Her research is focused on cancer metabolism, epigenetics and long non-coding RNA. She received the 3-Year Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Independent Postdoctoral Research Funding in 2017. Research Interest
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
| Biography Dr. Yanxin Li obtained B.S. Degree at Hebei AgricultureUniversity in 1997, and completed M.S. and Ph.D. with Prof. Jianqin Xv and Prof. Ning Li at China Agriculture University in China in 2001 and 2004 respectively. She completed postdoctoral training in Prof. Tao Cheng’s group at University of Pittsburgh,and then joined Shanghai Children’s Medical Center in 2013. Her current research is focused on the somatic cell reprogramming and celluar differentiation. Research Interest
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The City University of New York, U.S.A.
| Biography Dr. Yang is currently a research assistant professor in the School of Engineering at the City University of New York – the City College. He received a Bachelor of Science (B.S., 2003) degree in Mathematics from National Taiwan University, a Master of Science (M.S., 2006) in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D., 2013) degree in Biomedical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Before accepting the current faculty position at the City College of New York in 2014, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He has unique expertise in the areas of biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, and stem cell engineering. The objective of his research is to develop innovative engineering technologies in order to create models that help understand the pathophysiology of disease and optimize bioprocessing strategies toward regeneration of human tissues. Research Interest
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University of Genoa, Italy
| Biography As a Clinical Orthopedist I've been focusing my research on the bone system, seen both as a rigid organ that supports, protects the various organs of the body and enables motility, and as a living organ full of vessels and nerves, that physiologically can produce red and white blood cells, hormones, store minerals.Bone physiology and stem cells are tightly intertwined with one another, so my laboratory has been focusing in the past 15 years on the following areas of interests:(i) The usage of adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), derived from bone marrow (BMC) and adipose tissue (ASCs) in regenerative medicine. (ii) The role of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in the formation of bone metastasis from primary tumors (lung tumor, breast, prostate cancers) and in particular the interaction between bone niche and immune system. Research Interest
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University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil
| Biography Collaborative professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) Medical School. Post-Doctorate at Tissue Bioengineering. Researcher of Bioengineering and Cell Therapy for articular cartilage at Hospital Sírio-Libanês. Member of the Project Evaluation Committee and Ad Hoc Advisor FAPESP. Sandwich Doctorate Program (PDSE) - Harvard Medical School. Orthopedist Assistant of the Sports Medicine Group, Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hospital das Clínicas, Medical School, USP. Scientific Coordinator of Sports Medicine Center at Sírio-Libanês Hospital. ISAKOS Young Investigator Fellowship and Mentoring Program Award - 2016.“ISAKOS Ostheoarthritis Research Grant - 2018".Doctorate and Master of Science Program at University of São Paulo Medical School. Graduated by the Faculty of Medicine - USP, 2003. Specialist title by the Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology. Specialist degree by the Brazilian Society of Exercise Medicine and Sport. Specialist title by the Brazilian Society of Knee Surgery. Member of the AAOS, 2012. Member of the ISAKOS, 2017 - current. Member of the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS), 2016 - current. Research Interest
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Medical College of National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
| Biography Dr. Kuo-Shyang Jeng is currently the Vice-superintendent of Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan. He graduated from Medical College of National Taiwan University in 1977 and became Professor of Surgery at the National Cheng Kung University in 2001. His expertise includes hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, liver transplantation and research of liver cancer. In addition to a busy clinical practice, he is an active researcher with 120 research publications focusing primarily on hepatic cancer, liver surgery and liver transplantation. He also serves on the editorial board of various medical journals. Research Interest
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Govt. Medical College (GMC) Srinagar , India.
| Biography Dr. Showkat Ahmad Bhat has done his masters from University of Kashmir in Clinical Biochemistry and Ph.D. from BU, Ajmer Rajasthan in Department of Biochemistry during his PhD program he had the position as JRF of J&K DST sponsored project. Also, he has Post Doctoral research fellowship experience from the Department of Biochemistry F.V.Sc and AH SKUAST-Kashmir, funded by Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR New Delhi. He received many awards and fellowships in his career.He has published fifty papers in international and national high repute journals and also has large number of conference proceedings and twenty book chapters and a book to his name. Since 2014 he has been co-supervising PG students of different universities during their project work. Currently Dr. Bhat is working as Demonstrator, Department of Biochemistry, (GMC), actively involved in importing knowledge to MBBS, BDS and DMLT students. Besides he is actively involved in guiding the M. Phil and PhD scholars. Currently Dr. Bhat is involved in Cancer biology research Research Interest
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Newcastle University, England.
| Biography For the last ten years, I have made major contributions to the field of ion channel biophysics and pharmacology in relation to neuronal and cardiovascular physiology and pathology. My background was in vascular physiology. I have explored the changes which occur in myometrium vasculature in late pregnancy and studied myo-endothelial interactions in systemic resistance vasculature. I investigated the effects of the gasotransmitters. I explored stoichiometry and kinetics of PI(4,5)P2 interaction with human Kv7.2/7.3 (M) channels and discovered ability of non-inositol phospholipids (NIPs) to stimulate opening of M-channel. I researched biophysical and physiological aspects of neurodegeneration in Huntington's Disease. I have an emerging reputation in the stem cell studies and developmental biology. I have particular attention to the mechanisms of neuronal and odontoblast differentiation in induced human pluripotent stem cell.. After the new recent employment I have established a new independent neuroscience laboratory at Newcastle University School of Dental Sciences and at the current stage I am working towards developing new adequate cell models. Research Interest I am interested in physiological aspects of neuronal differentiation, maturation, degeneration and pain. The aim of my research is to provide rational basis for the new therapeutic approaches for functional rescue of impaired neurons at persistent orofacial pain, neurodegeneration, inflammation and aging. In my research I concentrate on the mechanisms of prevention and/or relieve from pathological long-term conditions and prolonging a period of healthy and active living. |  |
Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
| Biography Dr. Chiung-Fang Chang is currently a Researcher at Far Eastern Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. She graduated from National Taiwan University. She received her Ph.D. degree in the Division of Biological Sciences at University of California, San Diego, USA. Her expertise includes cancer stem cells, immunology, cell biology and molecular biology. Her current research projects focus on the cancer stem cells and immune responses in hepatocellular carcinoma and breast cancer. Research Interest
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Massachusetts Medical School, USA
| Biography Dr. Niraj Kumar Nirala, currently working as a research scientist in the laboratory of Prof. Tony Ip, at University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA. His research area focused on adult intestinal stem cell homeostasis and tissue regeneration. He obtaine his PhD in plant biotechnology from Hamdard University, India.As a postdoctoral research associate at University of Massachusetts Medical School, he explored his interest in understandingmolecular and physiological functions of sphingolipids and their metabolites in cellular metabolism using Drosophila (fruit fly) and mouse as a model organisms. During this study he identified two novel lipases that are potentially implicated in type-2 diabetes and discovered their indispensible role in survival of animals, his research work also demonstrated the novel connection between sphingolipid ceramide and NAD+ metabolism. Later he joined Riken Center for Developmental Biology, Japan, as a research scientist, where he studied mechanical control of epithelial invagination via junctional protein α-catenin. He has more than nine years of research experience in the field of sphingolipid, cellular metabolism, epithelial morphogenesis, stem cell and regeneration biology. Dr. Nirala’s works have been published in many highly respected journals such as Dev Cell, JCB, PLoS Genetics etc. He is a member of various scientific society (GSA, ASCB, JSDB, JSCB, ISSCR). He served as a peer reviewer for several scientific journals (International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, American Journal of Molecular Biology, Stem Cells Investigation, Journal of Advances in Molecular Biology, PloS One, Metabolism). Research Interest March 2016 – Present: Research specialist in the laboratory of Prof. Tony Ip, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
December 2013 – February 2016:Research Scientist in the laboratory Dr. Yu-Chiun Wang, Riken Center for Developmental Biology (Riken CDB), Kobe, Japan.
November 2009 – November 2013:Postdoctoral research associate at University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA in the laboratory of Dr. Usha Acharya.
September 2004 – September 2008:Research scholar in the laboratory of Prof. Kailash C. Upadhyaya, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India,
October 2000 – August 2004:Part time guest lecturer in M. S. Degree College affiliated to Dr.B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra, India. |  |
