Registration

Keynote Speaker

Ricky Johnstone

Targeting transcriptional CDKs in Cancer

University of Melbourne, Australia

Patrick Tan

Molecular Signatures and Clonal Hematopoiesis in Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia

Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

Tea Break

Greg Wang

Chromatin Dysregulation, a Cancer Driver

Duke Cancer Institute, USA

Wee Wei Tee

Exploiting embryonic vulnerabilities in cancer

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Reshma Taneja

Metabolic and signaling dependencies of tumor initiating cells in rhabdomyosarcoma

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Short Talk 1

Caroline Chan

NULISA™: Next-Generation Ultra-Sensitive Proteomics for Biomarker Research

Genomax

Lunch and Poster Session

Keynote Speaker

Ribosome decoding memory in translational control

Cornell University, USA

Martin Bushell

DDX6 is required to regulate ribosome traffic to control co-translational assembly of protein complexes

Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, Scotland

Anthony Khong

Hypoxia-Induced Stress Granules Assemble with Minimal Translational Repression and Selectively Stabilize RNAs

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Tea Break

Keynote Speaker

RNA single-strandedness and remodeling promotes stress granule condensation

Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR

Eleonora Leucci

Contribution of lncRNAs to the generation of drug-tolerant persister cells

KU Leuven, Belgium

Pedro Batista

ZNFX1 acts as a negative regulator of Natural Killer cell mediated cytotoxicity in HLRCC

National Cancer Institute, USA

Jiangbo Wei

Persistent mRNA m⁶A sustains BET inhibitor resistance in pancreatic cancer

Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore

Conference Dinner

End of Day One

Thursday, 24 September 2026

Registration

Safety Briefing

Keynote Speaker

Targeting Voltage-gated Calcium Channels for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders

University of British Columbia, Canada

Gerald Zamponi

Targeting T-type calcium channel de-ubiquitination to treat chronic pain

University of Calgary, Canada

Tea Break

Emmanuel Bourinet

T-type calcium channels in chronic pain: from mice to human

Institut de Genomique Fonctionnelle, Montpellier, France

Tuck Wah Soong

Loss of Cav2.1EFa-dependent Ca²+-dependent Facilitation resulted in ataxia and neurological disorder

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Zhenyu Hu

A Galectin-3-targeting peptide modulates Cav1.2 channel function in hypertension

National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore

Zhai Jing

RNA editing of CaV1.3 modulates circadian rhythm through sex-dependent regulation by brain-derived estradiol : implications in metabolic health

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Yousra El Ghaleb

Using Cross-Isoform Homology of Disease-Associated Voltage-Gated Ca²⁺ Channel Variants to Improve Pathogenicity Predictions

Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

Lunch and Poster session

Opening Address

Keynote Speaker

Rickie Patani

Reformulating Neurodegeneration: The emerging role of SFPQ

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Short Talk 2

Marina Chekulaeva

RNA localization in neurons and neurodegeneration

Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany

Suruchi Arora

Blood-Based Neurodegenerative Biomarker Detection Using Simple Plex Ultra-Sensitive Assays.

Singlab

Tea Break

Christopher Chen Li-Hsian

Multidomain Interventions for Brain Health to support Healthy Longevity

NUS Medicine, National University of Singapore

Eddie Koo Awardee Prize Presentation

Keynote Speaker

Memorial Lecture

The path toward disease-modifying therapies of Alzheimer’s disease

University of Tokyo, Japan

Closing of Conference

Conference Dinner