The 11th Aearu Workshop on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 20-22 December 2011

All plenary sessions and invited talk sessions are held in Lecture Theater J (LT – J)

December 21, 2011 (Wednesday)
09:00	Registration start
09:15 – 09:30	Opening Remarks
PLENARY LECTURE Co-Chairs: Weijia Wen and Joseph T. Y. WONG
09:30 – 10:30	[PL-1] Robert H. AUSTIN Princeton University, USA Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Applications of Microfluidics in Fundamentals of Cancer Dynamics
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
SESSION 1: Physical Biology of Cells and Biopolymers I Co-Chairs: Kunio TAKEYASU and Je-Kyun PARK
10:45 – 11:15	[1.1] Atsushi IKAI Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Biomechanics of Cytoskeletal Structures
11:15 – 11:45	[1.2] Xuhui HUANG Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Investigating Conformational Changes during Gene Transcription using Markov State Models
11:45 – 12:15	[1.3] Jie YAN National University of Singapore, Singapore Rigid Nucleoprotein Filaments Formed by Bacterial H-NS-like Proteins and Their Relevance to H-NS Mediated Gene-silencing
12:15 – 12: 45	[1.4] Yanxiang ZHAO Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Increased Structural Flexibility at the Active Site of a Fluorophore-conjugated ß- Lactamase
12:15 – 14:00	Photo and Lunch (G/F Chinese Restaurant, HKUST )
PLENARY LECTURE Co-Chairs: Joseph T. Y. WONG and Weijia Wen
14:00 – 15:00	[PL-2] Mingjie ZHANG Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Structures of Usher Syndrome 1 Proteins and Their Complexes
SESSION 1: Physical Biology of Cells and Biopolymers I Co-Chairs: Kunio TAKEYASU and Je-Kyun PARK
15:00 – 15:30	[1.5] Kunio TAKEYASU Kyoto University, Japan Protein Structure and Function Revealed by Force Spectroscopy
15:30 – 16:00	[1.6] Penger TONG Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Lateral Motion of Proteins and Lipids on Live Cell Membrane
16:00 – 16:30	[1.7] Jennifer Hyunjong SHIN Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Physical Regulation of Stem Cells
16:30 – 17:30	Poster Discussion with coffee
SESSION 2: Physical Biology of Biomechanics Chair: Jie YAN
17:30 – 18:00	[1.8] H. Benjamin PENG Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong The Physical Biology of Nicotinic Receptors: Electric Field and Mechanobiology
18:00 – 18:30	[1.9] Xiaoqiang YAO Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Heteromeric Co-assembly of TRPV4, TRPC1 and TRPP2 to form a Flow-sensitive Channel
18:30 – 19:00	[1.10] Pingbo HUANG Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Mechanosensitive Epithelial Chloride Channel CFTR
20:00	Banquet

December 22, 2011 (Thursday)

PLENARY LECTURE Co-Chairs: Joseph T. Y. WONG and Weijia Wen
09:30 – 10:30	[PL-3] John F. MARKO Northwestern University, USA Micromechanical Study of Large-Scale Mitotic Chromosome Structure
10:30 – 10:45	Coffee Break
SESSION 1: Physical Biology of Cells and Biopolymers II Co-Chairs: Atsushi IKAI and Jung-Hsin LIN
10:45 – 11:15	[2.1] Yihua ZHOU Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Insights into Cellulose Biosynthesis and Cell Wall Remodeling in Rice
11:15 – 11:45	[2.2] Ning LI Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Functional Phosphoproteomics in the Plant Hormone Ethylene Signaling
11:45 – 12:15	[2.3] Junmin PAN Tsinghua University, China Mechanisms of Ciliary Assembly and Disassembly : Lessons from Chlamydomonas
12:15 – 12:45	[2.4] Robert QI Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Microtubule Organization and Regulation: The Ends Are the Beginning
12:45 – 14:00	Lunch (G/F Chinese Restaurant, HKUST )
14:00 – 14:30	[2.5] Lei Han TANG Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Pattern Formation in Engineered Bacteria Colonies
14:30 – 15:00	[2.6] Kenny K. CHUNG Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong The Role of Protein Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Disorders
15:00 – 15:30	[2.7] Jung-Hsin LIN National Taiwan University, Taiwan Dynamics of Membrane Communicating Proteins and Drug Design
15:30 – 15:45	Coffee Break
SESSION 2: Physical Biology of Microfluidics Chair: Jianhua QIN
15:45 – 16:15	[2.8] Yi-Kuen LEE Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Micro Chaotic Mixer to Enhance Capturing of Circulating Tumor Cells for Early Cancer Diagnostics
16:15 – 16:45	[2.9] Je-Kyun PARK Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Programmable Optoelectrofluidic Immunoassays
16:45 – 17:15	[2.10] Levent YOBAS Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Microdevices for Single-Cell Analysis
17:15 – 17:45	[2.11] Jianhua QIN Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Bioinspired Microfluidic Approach for Biomimetic System
17:45	Closing Remarks

Updated on 15-DEC-11