IMCB 40th Anniversary Scientific Symposium Programme

IMCB 40 th Anniversary Scientific Symposium Date: Thursday, 10 April 2025 Time: 8.00am – 6.00pm Venue: Hibiscus Ballroom, Level 3, Sands Expo and Convention Centre, 10 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018956 Dress code: Business Casual

Time

Programme

0800-0840 Registration

0840-0855 Welcome Address and Screening of Anniversary Video

0855-0905 Guest-of-Honour (GOH) Address Prof TAN Chorh Chuan

Permanent Secretary (National Research and Development) Permanent Secretary (Public Sector Science and Technology Policy and Plans Office), Prime Minister's Office

Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Chairman, MOH Office for Healthcare Transformation (MOHT) Chair, Healthier SG Implementation Office, MOH

0905-0935 Keynote 1: Adhesion-GPCR Signalling in Synapse Formation Chair: Chris TAN (Founding Director, IMCB)

Speaker: Thomas C. SÜDHOF Avram Goldstein Professor, Stanford University

0935-0955 Tea break

0955-1125 Session 1: Brain and Body Intertwined: A New Frontier for Metabolic and Brain Health Chair: ZENG Li (NNI) Speakers: LIM Kah Leong (NTU LKCMedicine), FU Yu (IMCB), HAN Weiping (IMCB), Rosa SO (I2R), Caroline WEE (IMCB).

Panel Discussion and Q&A with Keynote Speaker (Thomas C. SÜDHOF)

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Time Programme 1125-1155 Keynote 2: Road to Death: One-Way Street or Caspase Detour to Redemption? Chair: David LANE (Chugai)

Speaker: Vishva DIXIT Vice President, Genentech

1155-1300 Lunch

1300-1435 Session 2: Targeting Tumours: Breakthroughs in Cancer Research Chair: Kanaga SABAPATHY (NTU)

Speakers: WANG Xiao-Fan (Duke University), ANG Beng Ti (NNI), Rong LI (MBI), TEE Wei Wei (IMCB), Hai YAN (IMCB).

Panel Discussion and Q&A with Keynote Speaker (Vishva DIXIT)

1435-1505 Keynote 3: A New Generation of mRNA Drugs for Heart and Kidney Diseases Chair: LI Peng (Zhengzhou University)

Speaker: Kenneth CHIEN Emeritus Professor, Karolinska Institutet Co-Founder, Moderna

1505-1525 Tea break

1525-1655 Session 3: From Cell to Cure: Beyond Approved Cell Therapies Chair: LAM Kong Peng (SIgN)

Speakers: DENG Hongkui (Peking University), Antonio BERTOLETTI (Duke-NUS), Minh LE (NUS), Jonathan LOH (IMCB), LI Qi-Jing (IMCB).

Panel Discussion and Q&A with Keynote Speaker (Kenneth CHIEN)

1655-1740 Session 4: Panel Discussion – Beyond the Lab: New Paradigms for Industry Academic Partnerships Co-Chairs: NG Choon Peng (ImmunoScape) and Rosemary TAN (Leyden Labs Asia) Panellists: Vishva DIXIT (Genentech), Kenneth CHIEN (Moderna), David LANE (Chugai), Lisa OOI (A*STAR).

1740-1745 Closing Remarks

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End of Symposium

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