The FEBS-IUBMB-ENABLE 2024 conference programme
Wednesday,
4th of DecemberThursday,
5th of DecemberFriday,
6th of December08:00 – 08:30 Registration
Morning Coffee/Tea Reception
08:30 – 09:00 Official welcome
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Lecture: Prof. Joseph Sung
Metabolic Diseases Population & Global Health
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote: Dr. Jingmei Li
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote: Prof. Reiko Tanaka
Skin Disease & Wound Repair
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30 Panel Discussion
11:30 – 11:45 Flash talks
11:45 – 12:15 Short talks
12:15 – 12:30 Conference picture
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break and poster session
Respiratory and Infectious diseases
14:00 – 14:45 Keynote: Prof. Namkug Kim
14:45 – 15:00 Flash talks
15:00 – 15:30 Short talks
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:45 Keynote: Asst. Prof. Xiaotao Shen
16:45 – 17:00 Flash talks
17:00 – 17:30 Short talks
08:30 – 08:55 Welcome
Morning Coffee/Tea Reception
Skin Disease & Wound Repair
09:00 – 09:45 Keynote: Prof. Zongyuan Ge
09:45 – 10:00 Flash talks
10:00 – 10:30 Short talks
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 – 11:45 Keynote: Prof. Jason Pitt
Metabolic Diseases Population & Global Health
11:45 – 12:00 Flash talks
12:00 – 12:30 Short talks
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break and poster session
Neuroscience & Mental Health
14:00 – 14:45 Keynote: Prof. Woo-Young Ahn
14:45 – 15:00 Flash talks
15:00 – 15:30 Short talks
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 16:45 Keynote: Asst. Prof. Parul Verma
16:45 – 17:00 Flash talks
17:00 – 17:30 Short talks
18:30 – 21:00 Gala Dinner
08:30 – 08:55 Welcome
Morning Coffee/Tea Reception
08:55 – 9:10 Career day introduction
09:10 – 10:00 FEBS Breakout Lecture: Dr. Chen Jinmiao
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:30 Parallel Workshops
1. NTU Wellbeing Office (Tommy Ng) – True Colours for a Vibrant Career and Well-being Workshop
2. Horizon Europe/Euraxess – Individual Development Plan (Career planning & Funding opportunities under Horizon Europe)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 Career sharing sessions – The Next Chapter: Career Paths Beyond the PhD
1. Dr Chan Kuan Rong – The art of threading the middle path between wet-lab and computational biology
2. Dr Chia Xin Wei – From Neuroscience to Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Homeland Security/ Dr Marlies Wakkee – Navigating Post-graduate life
3. Dr. Fung – A meaningful career as an academic mentor: Teaching, Research, Service
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:00 Panel Discussion – “Translating Academic Research into Industry Innovations and Startups”
Hugo Saavedra – Chief Executive Officer Kyan Technologies
Samantha Wong – Director and External Partnerships at Nucleate Singapore
Too Heng-Phon – Cofounder and Chief Scientific Advisor
Torsten Wuestefeld – Cofounder and Advisor at Lerna Biopharma
Harshyaa Makhija – Cofounder & Director at LambdaGen Pte Ltd
Moderator: Dr Ashwati Vipin
17:00 – 18:00 Closing Ceremony & Prizes
Tuesday, 3rd of December
Outreach activities
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16:00 – 17:30 LKC Natural History Museum 📍 2 Conservatory Dr, Singapore 117377
17:30 – 19:00 Tour around Utown, NUS
19:00 – 22:00 Trivia Night 📍 Supply and Demand, LKC Clinical Science Building
Wednesday, 4th of December
08:00 - 08:30 Registration and morning coffee/tea reception | 📍Lobby, Level 4
08:30 - 09:00 Official welcome and opening remarks | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
09:00 - 10:30 Artificial Intelligence in biomedical research | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
09:00 – 09:30 Opening Keynote Lecture: Prof. Joseph Sung, LKCMedicine Dean | AI in Medicine: Ethics, legal and social perspectives
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jingmei Li | Putting the “爱” in AI
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote Speaker: Prof. Reiko Tanaka | From Mechanisms to Prediction: Designing Personal Treatment Strategies for Atopic Dermatitis
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break | 📍Lobby, Level 4
11:00 - 12:15 Metabolic Diseases Population & Global Health-1 | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
11:00 – 11:30 Panel discussion – “How is AI reshaping our lives and jobs in Biomedical & Healthcare Research”
Professor Joseph Sung (LKCMedicine Dean), Dr. Jingmei Li (GIS, A*STAR) and Prof. Reiko Tanaka (ICL, UK)
11:30 – 11:45 Flash Talks
FT001: Kathy, Hui Ying Wong | Automatic quantification of cardiac magnetic resonance biomarkers based on artificial intelligence for cardiac digital twins
FT-002: Amrita Sinharay | Integrating AI with In-Silico Aptamer Design for Advanced Aptamer Technology: Accelerating Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutic Tools
FT003: Claudia Bigas | Unraveling the connection between maternal overnutrition and higher risk of liver disease in offspring
FT-004: Kye Siong Leong | Midkine-mediated neovascularization in pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
11:45 – 12:15 Short Talks
OT-001: Akingbade Tomilola | In Silico Discovery of Potential BTK Inhibitors from Macleaya cordata Using Machine Learning and Molecular Modeling
OT-002: Tanakamol Mahawan | Navigating the Complexity of Batch Effect Correction in Machine Learning Workflows: A Study on Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker Discovery
12:15 - 12:30 Conference picture 📸 | 📍 Lobby, Level 4
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break and Poster Session (odd numbers) | 📍Lobby, Level 4
14:00 - 15:30 Respiratory and Infectious diseases-1 | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
14:00 – 14:45 Prof. Namkug Kim | Medical Foundation Model and Surgical Twin
14:45 – 15:00 Flash Talks
FT-005: Hyeyoung Lee | Platelets aggregate in tuberculomas and augment NETs and MMPs to worsen CNS-TB immunopathology: Data from human, murine and 3-dimensional cell culture model
FT-006: Rupany Selvam | Development of novel antibacterial aptamers targeting essential outer membrane protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
FT-007: Andrea Aguado-Marín | Integrating Genomic and Clinical Data to Enhance Disease Prognosis and Viral Evolution Insights: A Machine Learning Study on SARS-CoV-2
FT-008: Ernest Hoang | Enhancing the patient journey for lung function tests using large language model-powered chatbots
15:00 – 15:30 Short Talks
OT-003: Emily Xi Tan | Noninvasive and Point-of-Care Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)-Based Breathalyzer for Mass Screening of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) under 5 min
OT-004: Brandon Cheah | Machine Learning for Infectious Disease management and considerations for model deployment
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break | 📍Lobby, Level 4
16:00 - 17:30 Respiratory and Infectious diseases-2 | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
16:00 – 16:45 Asst. Prof. Xiaotao Shen | Multi-omics and its application in precision medicine and biomedical study
16:45 – 17:00 Flash Talks
FT-009: Adamu Auwal | Co-administration of N-Acetyl-L-Carnitine with Vitamins A and E Ameliorates Hepatic and Splenic Lesions associated with Plasmodium berghei Infection in vivo
FT-010: Isha Karnik | Development of an Improved Humanized Mouse Model for Investigating Tumour-Immune Interactions and Immunotherapy in Soft Tissue Sarcoma
FT-011: Verónica Miguel | Metabolic Rewiring of Epithelial Cells and Myofibroblasts During Kidney Fibrosis
FT-012: Baloyi Itumeleng | α-Glucosidase inhibitory potential of Citrus reticulata peel-derived flavonoids – a prelude for the management of type 2 diabetes
17:00 – 17:30 Short Talks
OT-005: Dr Yee Gary Ang | Enhancing the patient journey for lung function tests using large language model-powered chatbots
OT-006: Joey Wei Yee Ha |Survival Analysis of Home Ventilation Patients Enabled by Timeline Visualisation and Potentially ChatGPT
Thursday, 5th of December
08:30 - 08:55 Welcome and morning coffee/tea reception | 📍Lobby, Level 4
09:00 - 10:30 Skin Disease & Wound Repair-1 | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
09:00 – 09:45 Prof. Zongyuan Ge | Modern Medical AI
9:45 – 10:00 Flash Talks
FT-013: Chalwa Temwani | Enhanced bioenergetic cellular activity with metabolic switch to aerobic glycolysis in Keloid and Folliculitis Keloidalis Nuchae
FT-014: Abhay Tharmatt | Inhibiting psoriasis angiogenesis by targeting VEGF-A with hyaluronic acid-coated CRISPR/Cas9 nanoplexes
FT-015: Gowtham s/o Subramanian | From Molecules to Medicine: The Epigenetic Puzzle of Psoriasis
FT-016: Guillem Posas | The role of Schwann cells in aging – dependent tissue decline
FT-017: Mthembu Sinenhlanhla | Antioxidant-Rich Aspalathin and Sulforaphane Exhibit Cardioprotective Properties Against Palmitic Acid Induced Myocardial Damage
10:00 – 10:30 Short Talks
OT-007: Jia Wei Lee | Integrative multi-omics and AI-driven approach for risk prediction of eczema in early life
OT-008: Karla Valdivieso | Induction of rapid-onset senescence is integral to healing and is independent of transcription
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break | 📍Lobby, Level 4
11:00 - 12:30 Metabolic Diseases Population & Global Health-2 | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
11:00 – 11:45 Prof. Jason Pitt | Leveraging artificial intelligence for conditional generation of cancer genomics profiles
11:45 – 12:00 Flash Talks
FT-018: Jia Fan Sun | Artificial Intelligence for Protein–Ligand Interaction Prediction: A Comprehensive Review on Principles, Current Applications, and Emerging Trends
FT-019: Tran The Hung Nguyen | Improving genetic ancestry prediction using machine learning: Incorporating regional reference genome (GenomeAsia100K) into global reference (1000 Genomes Project)
FT-020: Ching-Hui Sia | Artificial Intelligence Powered Point-of-Care Echocardiographic Imaging Solution for the Early Detection of Cancer Therapy-Related Cardiac Dysfunction
FT-021: Ignazio Restivo | Comparison of Cytotoxicity of Tobacco Smoke and Vapor/Aerosol Extract Derived from Next-generation Products on Erythrocytes
12:00 – 12:30 Short Talks
OT-009: Dr Hong Sheng Cheng | MegaMASLD: An interactive platform for exploring stratified transcriptomic signatures in MASLD progression
OT-010: Madhu Harkesh Choubey | In Silico Strategies for microRNA based Predictive Diagnosis of Cancer: Revolutionizing Diagnostics and Therapeutics
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break and Poster Session (even numbers) | 📍Lobby, Level 4
14:00 - 15:30 Neuroscience and Mental Health-1 | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
14:00 – 14:45 Prof. Woo-Young Ahn | Toward building a decision-making paradigm for dynamic and real-world addictive behaviors
14:45 – 15:00 Flash Talks
FT-022: Dr Massimo Pezzolato | The Use of Artificial Intelligence to Predict and Support Medication Adherence in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review
FT-023: Le Wei Wong | Prostate cancer prediction using machine learning: Integrating FTIR spectra from urinary extracellular vesicles (EVs) with clinical data
FT-024: Suleiman Nasiru | Anti-Stroke Effects of Arginine Extracted from Beniseed on the Hypothalamus-Pituitary Axis in Stroke-Induced Rats
FT-025: Dr Andrea Gobbo | The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Oncological Decision-Making: A Survey of General Population Perceptions
15:00 – 15:15 Short Talks
OT-011: Ming Ann Sim | Comparison of the Additive Value of Circulating and Retinal Biomarkers to Clinical Features in Predicting Cognitive Decline using Supervised Machine Learning
15:15 – 15:30 Handover Meeting
Scientific Organizing Committee 2024 hands over the ENABLE flag to Scientific Organizing Committee 2025
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break | 📍Lobby, Level 4
16:00 - 16:30 | Neuroscience and Mental Health-2 | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
16:00 – 16:45 Prof. Parul Verma | Bridging the gap between neuroimaging and neuroscience using computational modeling
16:45 – 17:00 Flash Talks
FT-026: Aleksandra Skweres | The Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter (MCU) may support the unique resistance of hippocampal CA2 neurons to excitotoxicity
FT027: Xuan Nguyen | A novel drug target for brain diseases – Mfsd7c as BBB choline transporter
FT028: Josh Raine | chrna3 modulates the biphasic response to alcohol
FT029: Yi Xie (Carissa) | scPanel: A tool for automatic identification of sparse gene panels for generalizable patient classification using scRNA-seq datasets
17:00 – 17:30 Short Talks
OT-012: Dora Kolić | Profiling quinuclidinium and imidazolium derivatives as potent reactivators of inhibited butyrylcholinesterase using virtual reality
OT-013: Yakov Mokin | Bioinformatics Analysis of Actin Binding Proteins
18:30 - 21:00 Gala Dinner | 📍Multi-Purpose Hall, Level 8
Friday, 6th of December
08:30 - 08:55 Welcome and morning coffee/tea reception | 📍Lobby, Level 4
08:55 - 09:10 Career Day Introduction | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
09:10 - 10:00 FEBS Breakout Lecture | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
Dr. Chen Jinmiao | Harnessing AI for Spatial Omics Analysis
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break | 📍Lobby, Level 4
10:30 - 12:30 Parallel Workshops | 📍Multiple Locations
10:30 – 12:30 Tommy Ng, NTU | True Colours for a Vibrant Career and Well-being Workshop | 📍Seminar Room 7-2, Level 7
10:30 – 12:30 Horizon Europe/Euraxess | Individual Development Plan | 📍Seminar Room 5-1, Level 5
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break | 📍Lobby, Level 4
14:00 - 15:30 Career Sharing Sessions | 📍Multiple Locations
14:00 – 15:30 Dr Chan Kuan Rong, Duke-NUS Medical School | The art of threading the middle path between wet-lab and computational biology | 📍Seminar Room 5-1, Level 5
14:00 – 15:30 Dr Chia Xin Wei, Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX) | From Neuroscience to Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Homeland Security & Dr Marlies Wakkee, Erasmus MC | Navigating Post-graduate Life |📍HQ Seminar Room Level 2
14:00 – 15:30 Dr Fung Fun Man, University College Dublin | A meaningful career as an academic mentor: Teaching, Research, Service | 📍Seminar Room 7-2, Level 7
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break | 📍Lobby, Level 4
16:00 - 17:00 Panel Discussion: Translating Academic Research into Industry Innovations and Startups | 📍Auditorium, Level 4
Hugo Saavedra – Chief Executive Officer Kyan Technologies
Samantha Wong – Director and External Partnerships at Nucleate Singapore
Too Heng-Phon – Cofounder and Chief Scientific Advisor of Mirxes
Torsten Wuestefeld – Cofounder and Advisor at Lerna Biopharma
Harshyaa Makhija – Cofounder & Director at LambdaGen Pte Ltd
Moderator: Dr Ashwati Vipin