Xian Jiaotong University and 1st Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University
Inaugural International Precision Medicine Symposium
with The Jackson Laboratory
April 29th, 2019
5:00-6:00 PM Cocktail Reception for Speakers and Guests
6:00-8:00 PM Dinner for Speakers and Guests
April 30th, 2019
7:30-8:30 AM Registration (Coffee and Light Breakfast)
8:30 AM Opening Remarks by Dean Bingyin Shi
8:45 AM Session One: Cancer Biology & Genomics (25 min talk, 5 min Q&A)
· James Keck, Ph.D. (Sr. Director, Innovation & Product Development, The Jackson Laboratory) – Utilization of new humanized mouse models to better understand emerging immunomodulation therapies
· Lei Li, M.D. (Chief Physician and Professor, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University) – The treatment resistance of urological malignancy
· Young Seok Ju, M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) – Tracing oncogene rearrangements in the mutational history of lung adenocarcinoma
10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM Session Two: Computational Biology (25 min talk, 5 min Q&A)
· Jeff Chuang, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, The Jackson Laboratory) – Determining the essential data for tumors
· Kai Ye, Ph.D. (Professor, Xian Jiaotong University) – The opium poppy genome and morphinan production
· Sheng Li, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, The Jackson Laboratory) – Computationally decoding the blueprints of tumor cells for immune escape
12:00 Noon Lunch
1:30 PM Session Three: Genomic Technologies and the Microbiome (25 min talk, 5 min Q&A)
· George Weinstock, Ph.D. (Professor and Evinin Chair of Microbial Genetics, The Jackson Laboratory) – The many roles of the microbiome in health and disease
· Xian-Cang Ma, M.D. (Chief Physician and Professor, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University) – The gut microbiome contributes to schizophrenia
· Albert Cheng, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, The Jackson Laboratory) - CRISPR/Cas technologies for reading/writing genome, epigenome and transcriptome
3:00 PM Coffee Break
3:15 PM Session Four: Clinical Genomics (25 min talk, 5 min Q&A)
· Ching Lau, M.D., Ph.D. (Professor, The Jackson Laboratory, Medical Director of Hematology-Oncology, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center) – Implementing precision medicine in pediatric oncology
· Peng-Cheng He, M.D. (Chief Physician and Professor, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University) – Single cell sequencing in patients of refractory/relapsed B-cell malignancies treated with CAR-T cell therapy
· Bruce Liang, M.D. (Dean, UConn School of Medicine) – Threading the needle in developing new approaches
4:45 PM Closing Remarks by Charles Lee, Ph.D., FACMG, Scientific Director and Professor at JAX Genomic Medicine
5:00-6:00 PM Networking Reception
6:00-8:00 PM Dinner for Speakers and Guests
