Programme Rundown
Day 1 | 19 october 2026 (Monday)
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Joint Symposium
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 9:45
Opening address by Professor Roger Foo, Vice Dean (Research), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
9:45 – 10:00
Opening Address Professor Zheng Junke, Vice Chancellor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University & Professor Lisa Xuemin Xu, Associate Director, University Council of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
10:00 – 10:10
Bio-Medical Engineering Insights – “Multi-modal Thermal Therapy (MTT) for Solid Tumor: An Innovative Interventional Immunomodulatory Technology” by Professor Lisa Xuemin Xu, Associate Director, University Council of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
10:10 – 11:10
Conference Theme – Healthy Longevity (20 mins per talk)
  • Distinguished Prof Brian Kennedy (NUS) – “Combining Interventions with Biomarkers in Longevity”
  • A/Prof Saji Kumar Sreedharan (NUS) – “Targeting CCR5 to Restore Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease”
  • Prof Giuseppe D’Agostino (UoM) – “Brain Circuits Controlling Energy Metabolism: Novel Insights Beyond Appetite Regulation”
11:10 – 11:40
Tea Break
11:40 – 12:40
Conference Theme – Healthy Longevity (20 mins per talk)
  • A/Prof Jan Gruber (NUS) – Title to be confirmed
  • Prof Yixin Wang (SJTU) – “A Lifespan Perspective of Human Reproduction”
  • Dr Caiyue Liu (SJTU) – “Repetitive Exposure of Hyperbaric Oxygen Drives Systemic Senolysis to Alleviate Aging in Preclinical Models and Humans”
12:40 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Conference Theme – Precision Medicine (20 mins per talk)
  • Prof Rickie Patani (NUS) – “The Rise of Retained Introns in Neurodegeneration”
  • Asst. Prof Liu Boxiang (NUS) – “Single-cell and Spatial Methods to Understand Complex Diseases”
  • Prof Lin Zou (SJTU) – “Progress on Abnormal Mitochondrial Metabolism Reprogramming in Malignant Tumors”
15:30 – 16:00
Tea Break
16:00 – 17:00
Conference Theme – Precision Medicine (20 mins per talk)
  • A/Prof Ng Kar Hui (NUS) – “Bringing Genomic and Precision Medicine Insights into Clinical Decision-making”
  • Asst. Prof Kokouvi Kassegne (SJTU) – “Precision at the Host-Pathogen Interface: Epitope-Based Vaccine and Serosurveillance for Malaria Elimination”
  • Dr Meghna Jani (UoM) – “From Population Health to Individual Risk: Harnessing Digital Data to Improve Opioid Safety Towards Precision Medicine”
17:00 – 17:30
Summary & Closing Address by Professor Roger Foo, Vice Dean (Research), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Day 2 | 20 october 2026 (Tuesday)
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Joint Symposium
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 11:10
Conference Theme – Cancer (20 mins per talk)
  • Prof Chen-Ying Liu (SJTU) – “Multi-Omics Profiling Reveals Immune Remodeling and Immuno-Response Molecular Subtype for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Plus PD1 Blockade in pMMR Rectal Cancer”
  • A/Prof Polly Chen (NUS) – “From Sensing to Silence — dsRNA Pathways and Their Role in Immune Evasion”
  • Prof Angeliki Malliri (UoM) – “Targeting KRAS-mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Small Cell Lung Cancer”
  • Dr Bernice Oh (NUS) – “Targeting CD7 in Acute Leukemias”
  • Prof Ningning Liu (SJTU) – “The Fungus Lurking Inside Tumor”
11:10 – 11:30
Tea Break
11:30 – 13:10
Conference – Pandemic Preparedness (20 mins per talk)
  • Prof Sylvie Alonso (NUS) – “Development of a Powerful Dendritic Cell-Targeting Vaccine Delivery Platform for Pandemic Response”
  • Asst. Prof Tan Chee Wah (NUS) – “Decoding Immunity at Scale: High-Throughput Serology for Surveillance, Vaccines, and Antibody Discovery”
  • A/Prof Yun Hu (SJTU) – “Integrating Nursing Workforce and Work Environment to Enhance Health System Resilience for Pandemics: A Multicenter Cross-sectional Study”
  • Prof Qingying Ji (SJTU) – “Response Strategies and Policy Recommendations for Medical Social Work Engagement in Public Health Emergencies”
  • Prof Ian Hall (UoM) – “The Impact of Pandemics on (Semi-)Enclosed Institutions and What Makes Them Vulnerable”
13:10 – 13:30
Closing Address by Professor Zheng Junke, Vice Chancellor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University & Phototaking
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:30
Leader’s Discussion/Meeting
Day 3 | 21 october 2026 (Wednesday)
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – China Academic Partnership Summit
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 9:40
Opening & Welcome Address by Professor Chong Yap Seng, Dean, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
9:40 – 10:00
Keynote Address by Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore – “Asia’s Scientific Century: Singapore as a Bridge Between Asia and the West”
10:00 – 10:20
Keynote Address by Professor Howard Bauchner, Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health, former Editor-in-Chief of JAMA, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine – “Publishing in High-Impact Journals: Opportunities and Challenges”
10:20 – 10:50

Fireside Chat/Panel Discussion

Moderator / Lead

  • Professor Roger Foo

Panelists

  • Professor Kishore Mahbubani
  • Professor Chong Yap Seng
  • Professor Howard Bauchner
  • Professor Tan Sze-Wee
10:50 – 11:10
Tea Break
11:10 – 12:10
Charting the Course:

NUS Medicine China Partnerships Strategy

(By Invitation Only)

Academic – Industry Engagement Session

Adj A/Prof James Lee (NUS) – “MedTech Academic – Industry Collaborations at NUHS”

Illumina : Ms Yin Nah Teo, Director, Scientific Research, Illumina Core R&D – “Beyond the Genome with Multiomics: Unlocking Deeper Biology”

Bredis Healthcare : Dr Hyundoo Hwang, CEO, Bredis Healthcare Inc – “From Discovery to Clinical-Grade Evidence: Bridging Industry and Academia for Blood Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases”

Prof Wang Chunming (SJTU) – “Beyond Code and Compassion: Renji AI-Enabled Smart Hospital Development”

12:10 – 13:30
Lunch + Poster Session & Judging
13:30 – 14:30
Pathfinding China: Clinical Research & Life Sciences Ahead by Dr Andrew Lee, Dr Yichong Li & Prof. Tan Sze Wee

“The Greater Bay Area as a Bidirectional Gateway for Clinical Development: Connecting Chinese and Global Clinical Research”, Dr. Yichong Li

  • Director, HK-Macau-Guangdong GBA International Clinical Trial Center

“Clinical Development of a Non-Viral Extracellular Vesicle Therapy Gene Therapy for Rare Disease via the 818 Dual Track Regulatory Framework in China”, Dr. Andrew Lee

  • Deputy Director, HK-Macau-Guangdong GBA International Clinical Trial Center;
  • Associate Professor, Peking University Shenzhen/Shenzhen Bay Laboratory
14:30 – 15:30

Overview Of Life Sciences Ecosystem in China – Biosparc as Singapore’s Gateway to China, Professor Tan Sze-Wee

  • Advisor, Temasek International;
  • Adjunct Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore;
  • Adjunct Professor, Nanyang Technological University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
15:30 – 16:00
Tea Break + Poster Session & Judging
16:00 – 16:30
Poster Prize Presentation by Professor Roger Foo, Vice Dean (Research), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
16:30 – 17:00
Closing Address & Phototaking by Professor Roger Foo, Vice Dean (Research), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Day 4 | 22 october 2026 (Thursday)
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – Zhejiang University School of Medicine Joint Symposium
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 9:45
Opening Address by Professor Roger Foo, Vice Dean (Research), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
9:45 – 10:00
Opening Address by Professor Xiaoming Li, Vice President, Zhejiang University
10:00 – 10:20
Keynote Address by Professor Xiaoming Li (ZJU) – “The Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets of Anxiety and Depression”
10:20 – 11:40
Conference Theme – CAR-T (20 mins per talk)
  • Prof Songmin Ying (ZJU) – “Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation and Cell Therapy”
  • A/Prof Zhang Yongliang (NUS) – “DUSP4 Regulates Anti-Tumor CD8+ T Cell Response and Improves CAR-T Performance”
  • Dr Guo Xin (ZJU) – “CAR-T Cell Therapy in AL or MM: Experience and Exploration from Bone Marrow Transplantation Center in Hangzhou”
  • Prof Paul Macary (NUS) – Title to be confirmed
11:40 – 12:10
Tea Break
12:10 – 13:30
Conference Theme – AI Medicine (20 mins per talk)
  • A/Prof Juan Helen Zhou (NUS) – “Multimodal Brain Foundation Model for Precision Neurology and Psychiatry”
  • Dr Qifeng Zhu (ZJU) – “Artificial Intelligence on Valvular Heart Disease Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment”
  • Prof Zhengxing Huang (ZJU) – “Studies and Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Modern Healthcare”
  • Asst. Prof Liu Dianbo (NUS) – “AI-Generated Data Contamination Erodes Pathological Variability and Diagnostic Reliability”
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 15:50
Conference Theme – Infectious Disease (20 mins per talk)
  • A/Prof Catherine Ong (NUS) – “Mitigating Tissue Destruction in Tuberculosis”
  • Dr Qixia Luo (ZJU) – “From Multidrug-Resistant to Hypervirulent: Population Dynamics of Acinetobacter baumannii and the Role of a Novel Transcriptional Regulator”
  • A/Prof Niranjan Nagarajan (NUS) – “Gut Microbiome Dynamics During Long-Term CPE Colonisation and Clearance”
  • Prof Yonghong Xiao (ZJU) – “Infectious Diseases Research at ZJU”
15:50 – 16:20
Tea Break
16:20 – 17:00
Summary + Closing Address by Professor Roger Foo, Vice Dean (Research), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Day 5 | 23 october 2026 (Friday)
NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine – Zhejiang University School of Medicine Joint Symposium
9:00 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 11:10
Conference Theme – Cardiovascular Diseases (20 mins per talk)
  • Prof Xianbao Liu (ZJU) – “Basic and Translational Research on Valvular Heart Disease”
  • Prof Shu Ye (NUS) – “Leveraging Functional Genomics to Discover Pleiotropic Genes for Vascular Diseases”
  • Asst. Prof Yu Haojie (NUS) – “Genome-scale CRISPR Screening for LDLR-independent Pathways Regulating LDL Uptake”
  • Prof Jinghai Chen (ZJU) – “Mitochondrial Protein Translation in Cardiac Disease and Regeneration”
  • Asst. Prof Jiong-Wei Wang (NUS) – “Targeted Inhibition of Ceramide Production in Cardiometabolic Diseases”
11:10 – 11:30
Tea Break
11:30 – 13:10
Conference Theme- Women’s Health (20 mins per talk)
  • Prof Johan Gunnar Eriksson (NUS) – “Biological Processes Underlying Accelerated Aging”
  • Asst. Prof Mya Thway Tint (NUS) – “Early Frailty-Related Traits in Asian Women: Evidence from Life-Course Cohorts”
  • Dr Chuwen Ling (NUS) – “Metabolomics and Microbiome in Women’s Health: Insights into Cardiovascular Disorders During and Beyond Pregnancy”
  • Prof Jinglan Zhang (ZJU) – “Prenatal cfDNA Screening Beyond Copy-Number Aberrations from Monogenic Conditions to Uniparental Disomy”
  • Dr Jiaxu Wang (ZJU) – “Single-cell RNA Structuromes Reveal Regulatory Dynamics in Early Embryonic Development”
13:10 – 13:30
Closing Address by Professor Xianbao Liu, Vice Dean, Zhejiang University School of Medicine & Phototaking
13:30 – 14:30
Lunch