Invited Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Ricky Johnstone

Executive Director Cancer Research

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

Wan Yue

Executive Director

Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR

Shu-Bing Qian

Professor

Cornell University, USA

Terrance P. Snutch

Professor

University of British Columbia, Canada

Takeshi Iwatsubo

Professor

University of Tokyo, Japan

Rickie Patani

Professor

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Speakers

Patrick Tan

Professor

Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Greg Wang

Professor

Duke Cancer Institute, USA

Wee Wei Tee

Associate Professor

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore

Marco Foiani

Senior Principal Investigator

Cancer Science Institute, National University of Singapore

Martin Bushell

Professor

Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Scotland

Anthony Khong

Assistant Professor

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Eleonora Leucci

Associate Professor

KU Leuven, Belgium

Jiangbo Wei

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore

Pedro Batista

Stadtman Investigator

National Cancer Institute, USA

Gerald Zamponi

Professor

University of Calgary, Canada

Emmanuel Bourinet

Professor

Institut de Genomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France

Tuck Wah Soong

Professor

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Zhenyu Hu

Senior Research Fellow

National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore

Jing Zhai

Senior Research Fellow

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Yousra El Ghaleb

Post Doctorate Fellow

Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

Christopher Chen Li-Hsian

Professor

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Marina Chekulaeva

Principal Investigator

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

Scientific Programme

Wednesday, 23 September 2026

8:20 - 8:45 am	Registration
8:45 - 8:50 am	Safety Briefing
8:50 - 9:00 am	Opening Remarks – Prof. Reshma Taneja (Head of Department, Department of Physiology)
SESSION 1 - Cancer Therapeutics
9:00 - 9:40 am	Keynote Speaker Ricky Johnstone Targeting transcriptional CDKs in Cancer University of Melbourne, Australia
9:40 - 10:10 am	Patrick Tan Molecular Signatures and Clonal Hematopoiesis in Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
10:10 - 10:40 am	Tea Break
10:40 - 11:10 am	Greg Wang Chromatin Dysregulation, a Cancer Driver Duke Cancer Institute, USA
11:10 - 11:40 am	Wee Wei Tee Exploiting embryonic vulnerabilities in cancer NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore
11:40 - 12:10 pm	Marco Foiani - Cancer Science Institute, National University of Singapore
12:10 - 12:20 pm	Short Talk 1
12:20 - 12:30 pm	Caroline Chan NULISA™: Next-Generation Ultra-Sensitive Proteomics for Biomarker Research Genomax
12:30 - 1:30 pm	Lunch and Poster Session
SESSION 2: Cancer and RNA Biology
1:30 - 2:10 pm	Keynote Speaker Shu-Bing Qian Ribosome decoding memory in translational control Cornell University, USA
2:10 - 2:40 pm	Martin Bushell DDX6 is required to regulate ribosome traffic to control co-translational assembly of protein complexes Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Scotland
2:40 - 3:10 pm	Anthony Khong Hypoxia-Induced Stress Granules Assemble with Minimal Translational Repression and Selectively Stabilize RNAs NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore
3:10 - 3:40 pm	Tea Break
3:40 - 4:20 pm	Keynote Speaker Wan Yue RNA single-strandedness and remodeling promotes stress granule condensation Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR
4:20 - 4:50 pm	Eleonora Leucci Contribution of lncRNAs to the generation of drug-tolerant persister cells KU Leuven, Belgium
4:50 - 5:20 pm	Pedro Batista ZNFX1 acts as a negative regulator of Natural Killer cell mediated cytotoxicity in HLRCC National Cancer Institute, USA
5:20 - 5:50 pm	Jiangbo Wei - Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
6:00 pm	Conference Dinner
End of Day One
Thursday, 24 September 2026
SESSION 3 - Calcium Channel and Disease
9:00 - 9:40 am	Keynote Speaker Terrance P. Snutch Targeting Voltage-gated Calcium Channels for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders University of British Columbia, Canada
9:40 - 10:10 am	Gerald Zamponi Targeting T-type calcium channel de-ubiquitination to treat chronic pain University of Calgary, Canada
10:10 - 10:40 am	Tea Break
10:40 - 11:10 am	Emmanuel Bourinet - University of Calgary, Canada
11:10 - 11:40 am	Tuck Wah Soong Loss of Cav2.1EFa-dependent Ca2+-dependent Facilitation resulted in ataxia and neurological disorder NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore
11:40 - 12:00 pm	Zhenyu Hu A Galectin-3-targeting peptide modulates Cav1.2 channel function in hypertension National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
12:00 - 12:20 pm	Zhai Jing Modulation of RNA editing of CaV1.3 channels: Implications in circadian rhythm and feeding NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore
12:20 - 12:40 pm	Yousra El Ghaleb Using Cross-Isoform Homology of Disease-Associated Voltage-Gated Ca²⁺ Channel Variants to Improve Pathogenicity Predictions Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
12:40 - 1:40 pm	Lunch and Poster session
SESSION 4 - Edward Koo Memorial Neuroscience Session
1:40 - 1:50 pm	Opening Address
1:50 - 2:30 pm	Keynote Speaker Rickie Patani Reformulating Neurodegeneration: The emerging role of SFPQ NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore
2:30 - 2:40 pm	Short Talk 2
2:40 - 3:10 pm	Marina Chekulaeva RNA localization in neurons and neurodegeneration Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
3:10 - 3:20 pm	Suruchi Arora Blood-Based Neurodegenerative Biomarker Detection Using Simple Plex Ultra-Sensitive Assays. Singlab
3:20 - 3:50 pm	Tea Break
3:50 - 4:20 pm	Christopher Chen Li-Hsian - NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore
4:20 - 4:35 pm	Eddie Koo Awardee Prize Presentation
4:35 - 5:15 pm	Keynote Speaker Memorial Lecture Takeshi Iwatsubo The path toward disease-modifying therapies of Alzheimer’s disease University of Tokyo, Japan
5:15 - 5:30 pm	Closing of Conference
6:00 pm	Conference Dinner