| 8:15 - 8:45 am |
Registration |
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| 8:50 - 9:00 am | Welcome & Opening Remarks by HOD |
| SESSION 1: Neuroscience & Mental Health
Chair: Soong Tuck Wah |
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| 9:00 - 9:45 am |
Keynote Speaker Zoltán Molnár Altered transient circuits as an underlying cause of cognitive dysfunctions University of Oxford |
| 9:45 - 10:15 am |
Tea Break |
| 10:15 - 10:45 am |
Yong-Seok Lee Circuit mechanisms of social memory consolidation in mice Seoul National University |
| 10:45 - 11:05 am |
Jai Santosh Polepalli A novel medial amygdala (MeA) to nucleus accumbens (NAc) circuit mediates social reward NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| 11:05 - 11:35 am |
Yan Li The Thalamic Reticular Nucleus: A Pivotal Node for Social Memory Processing Center for Brain Science, Xi'An Jiaotong University |
| 11:35 - 11:55 am |
Mythily Subramaniam Psychological Distress in Young People: Current Insights and Research Gaps Institute of Mental Health Singapore |
| Chair: Yong-Seok Lee | |
| 11:55 - 12:30 pm |
Special Lecture Min ZhuoCortical mechanisms for chronic pain and anxiety University of Toronto |
| 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
| Chair: Sajikumar Sreedharan | |
| 1:30 - 2:15 pm |
Keynote Speaker
Barry Halliwell Ergothioneine – a diet-derived compound that protects against age-related diseases? NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| SESSION 2: Healthy Longevity/ Reproductive longevity
Chair: Rong Li |
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| 2:15 - 2:45 pm |
Sue Jones Neuronal plasticity at puberty in hypothalamic neurons controlling fertility University of Cambridge |
| 2:45 - 3:05 pm |
Zhongwei Huang Understanding the implications of Reproductive Ageing for Healthy Longevity NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| 3:05 - 3:15 pm |
Sponsor Talk 1 The power of spatial multiomics to decipher complex tissues: RNAscope™ HiPlex Pro on COMET™ SingLab Technologies Pte Ltd |
| 3:15 - 3:45 pm |
Tea Break |
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| 3:45 - 4:05 pm |
Tsuyoshi Hirashima Revealing hidden dynamics in the male reproductive tract: How epithelial forces drive sperm behavior NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| 4:05 - 4:40 pm |
Special Lecture Bill Colledge Kiss1 neurons as central regulators of the mammalian reproductive axis and puberty University of Cambridge |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm |
Dinner (by invitation only) |
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End of Day One |
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Day 2Thursday, 25 September 2025 |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
Registration |
| SESSION 3: Joint Symposium with University of Macau
Chair: Anthony Khong |
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| 9:00 - 9:30 am |
Edwin Cheung Regulation of Prostate Cancer Progression and Immunosuppression by the AR-Coregulator Transcriptional Network Faculty of Health Science, University of Macau |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am |
Gang Li Identifying Novel AMPK Substrates: Phosphorylation of SPHK2 by AMPK Faculty of Health Science, University of Macau |
| 10:00 - 10:20 am |
Shuo-Chien Ling Decipher gilal TDP-43 function and neuron-glia crosstalk NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| 10:20 - 10:50 am |
Tea Break |
| Chair: Andrew Tan Yong Yi | |
| 10:50 - 11:20 am |
Wakam Chang Ameliorating Aging-Induced Cell Polarity Defects Through Extrinsic Regulation Faculty of Health Science, University of Macau |
| 11:20 - 11:40 am |
Lina Lim Resistance to Membrane Damage Enhances Metastatic Potential of Breast Cancer Cells via Dysregulated Phospholipid Profiles and Annexin-Mediated Repair NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| 11:40 - 12:10 pm |
Qiang Chen CDH3-AS1 lncRNA drives pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression through TGFβ activation Faculty of Health Science, University of Macau |
| 12:10 - 12:40 pm |
Tapas Kumar Kundu Epigenetic Regulation of Oral Cancer: Role of p53 and Histone Chaperone Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research |
| 12:40 - 1:00 pm |
John Chua FEZ1 deletion disrupts human brain development by altering the ratio of outer radial glial cell subpopulations NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| 1:00 - 1:10 pm |
Sponsor Talk 2 Synergistic effects of dietary peptides in neuroprotection Suntory Beverage & Food Asia Ptd Ltd |
| 1:10 - 2:10 pm |
Lunch |
| Chair: Ajay Sriram Mathuru | |
| 2:10 - 2:30pm |
Victoria Leong The parent-child interactome Nanyang Technical University |
| 2:30 - 3:30 pm |
Flash Talks |
| 3:30 - 9:00 pm |
Social Evening & Dinner (by invitation only) |
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End of Day Two |
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Day 3Friday, 26 September 2025 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
Registration |
| SESSION 4: Cancer
Chair: Derrick Ong |
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| 9:00 - 9:45 am |
Keynote Speaker Justin LathiaSex differences in glioblastoma Cleveland Clinic Main Campus |
| 9:45 - 10:15 am |
Tea Break |
| 10:15 - 10:45 am |
Lee Wong Onco-histone mutations in paediatric high-grade glioma: molecular mechanisms and implications for therapy Monash University |
| 10:45 - 11:05 am |
Yvonne Tay Widespread alterations in 3’UTR processing regulate oncogene expression and cancer development Cancer Science Institute, National University of Singapore |
| Chair: Thai Tran | |
| 11:05 - 11:35 am |
Ruiyu Xie The TET3/GATA6 Axis Drives Lipid Metabolism in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Faculty of Health Science, University of Macau |
| 11:35 - 11:55 am |
Shazib Pervaiz Redox Conundrum in Cancer Cell Fate Decisions NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| 11:55 - 12:15 pm |
Qiang Yu Targeting T Cell Reprogramming against Solid Tumor Genome Institue of Singapore, A*STAR |
| 12:15 - 1:15 pm |
Lunch |
| Chair: Herbert Schwarz | |
| 1:15pm - 1:45pm |
Sung Hee Baek Epigenetic Code in Health and Disease Seoul National University |
| 1:45pm - 2:05 pm |
Polly Chen The involvement of endogenous dsRNA species in the evasion of tumor immune responses Cancer Science Institute, National University of Singapore |
| 2:05 - 2:25 pm |
Stephen Chong CD47-blockade induces necroptosis to circumvent resistance to BCL-2 inhibition in Lymphoid Malignancies NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore |
| 2:25 - 3:00 pm |
Closing Remarks, Best Flash Talk Award & Lucky Draw |
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End of Day Three |
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National University of Singapore
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
10, Medical Drive
Singapore 117597
CC24 Kent Ridge MRT station is the nearest MRT station to the venue.
