| |
Session I | Session
II | Session III | Session
IV | Session
V |
Session
I - Cancer
Seminar Room 1, G/F, Laboratory
Block, Faculty of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Professor YL Kwong, Department of Medicine
Dr MC Lin, Department of Chemistry
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 0830-0840 |
1.01 |
STUDY OF CATHELICIDIN
ON ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN MICE
TAI Kin Ki,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 0840-0850 |
1.02 |
ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS
VECTOR-MEDIATED ANGIOGENIC INHIBITORS SUPPRESS LUNG TUMOR
GROWTH IN MICE
CAI Kexia,
PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 0850-0900 |
1.03 |
Proteome
analysis for the identification of tumor-associated
proteins in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
CAI Zhen,
PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 0900-0910 |
1.04 |
PROMOTER HYPERMETHYLATION
OF WIF-1 AND SFRP1 GENE IN HUMAN LUNG CANCER
CHAN Ching,
PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 0910-0920 |
1.05 |
INHIBITION OF TUMOR GROWTH AND METASTASIS IN
VITRO AND IN VIVO BY TARGETING MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITORY FACTOR IN HUMAN NEUROBLASTOMA
CHAN Hiu
Man, PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 0920-0930 |
1.06 |
APPLICATION OF TRANSGENIC
MICE MODELS IN FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF TWO PUTATIVE ONCOGNES:
ALC-1 AND EIF5A2
CHEN Muhan,
PhD Candidate
Department of Clinical Oncology |
| 0930-0940 |
1.07 |
Human
MAD2B is essential for mutagenic DNA damage tolerance,
homologous recombination and maintenance of genome
stability
CHEUNG Hiu
Wing, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 0940-0950 |
1.08 |
ARSENIC TRIXOIDE TARGETS
THE INTERLEUKIN-6 CASCADE IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA BY PROMOTING
LYSOSOMAL DEGRADATION OF THE INTERLEUKIN-6 RECEPTOR COMPLEX
CHEUNG Wai
Chung, PhD
Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 0950-1000 |
1.09 |
IDENTIFICATION OF DRUG
RESISTANT GENES IN NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA BY CDNA MICROARRAY
ANALYSIS
CHOW Hoi
Yee, PhD Candidate
Department of Clinical Oncology |
| 1000-1010 |
1.10 |
A
Novel Anticancer Effect of Garlic Derivtives: Inhibition
of Cancer Cell Invasion Through Restoration E-cadherin
Expression
CHU Qingjun,
PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1010-1020 |
1.11 |
EFFECT OF ID-1 INACTIVATION
ON TGFβ1-INDUCED
GROWTH ARREST IN IMMORTALIZED PROSTATE EPITHELIAL CELLS
DI Kaijun,
PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1020-1030 |
1.12 |
HIGH THROUGHPUT LOSS-OF-HETEROZYGOSITY
STUDY OF 3p DELETION IN ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA
USING MASSARRAY WITH SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM MARKERS
FU Li,
PhD Candidate
Department of Clinical Oncology |
| 1030-1040 |
1.13 |
REDUCED EXPRESSION OF
EPHB2 THAT PARALLELS INVASION AND METASTASIS IN COLORECTAL
TUMORS
GUO Dongli,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1040-1050 |
1.14 |
CD44 EXPRESSION IS REGULATED
BY TRANSLOCATION AND PROMOTER HYPERMETHYLATION IN GASTRIC
LYMPHOMA
HU Xiaotong,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| Tea Break |
| 1100-1110 |
1.15 |
Deleted
in liver cancer 2, DLC2, suppresses cell transformation
via inhibition of RhoA activity
LEUNG Ho
Yin, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1110-1120 |
1.16 |
DNA
methylation profiling of tongue cancer
LIU Xiaobing,
PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1120-1130 |
1.17 |
Id1
upregulates Aurora kinase A, induces centrosome abnormalities,
polyploidy and disrupts microtubule integrity
MAN Wing
Yin Cornelia,
PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1130-1140 |
1.18 |
PROSTATE CANCER GROWTH
MODULATION BY sPDZD2
TAM Chun
Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology |
| 1140-1150 |
1.19 |
ONCOGENIC TRANSFORMATION
BY SEI-1 IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY
TANG Dongjiang,
PhD Candidate
Department of Clinical Oncology |
| 1150-1200 |
1.20 |
The
role of MAD2 in chromosomal instability in prostate
epithelial cells
TO Kit
Wa, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1200-1210 |
1.21 |
Anticancer
effect of gold (III) porphyrin in nasopharyngeal carcinoma
TO Yuk
Fai, PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1210-1220 |
1.22 |
NITROSAMINE 4-(METHYLNITROSAMINO)-1-(3-PYRIDYL)-1-
BUTANONE (NNK) STIMULATES COLON CANCER GROWTH VIA β-ADRENOCEPTORS
WONG Pui
Shan Helen,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 1220-1230 |
1.23 |
The
role of visinin like protein 1 in neuroblastoma cell
growth and migration
XIE Yi,
PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1230-1240 |
1.24 |
Clinical
Implication of Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
C in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
YU Xiaomin,
PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1240-1250 |
1.25 |
SCREENING FOR NEW POTENTIAL
TUMOUR SUPPRESSOR GENES SILENCED BY ABERRANT PROMOTER
METHYLATION IN GASTRIC CANCER
ZHAO Wei,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1250-1300 |
1.26 |
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PYK2
EXPRESSION IN RECURRENCE OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
AFTER CURATIVE LIVER RESECTION
SUN Kin
Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1300-1310 |
1.27 |
Dysregulation
of Mitotic Spindle Checkpoint Control in Hepatocellular
Carcinomas
SZE Man
Fong, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1310-1320 |
1.28 |
Roles
of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitors in
hepatocellular carcinoma
TUNG Kwok
Kwan, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
Session
I - Cancer
Seminar Room 1, G/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Dr YP Ching, Department of Pathology
Dr US Khoo, Department of Pathology
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 1400-1410 |
1.29 |
LACTOBACILLUS GG ENHANCES
GASTRIC ULCER HEALING AND PROMOTES ANGIOGENESIS AND CELL
PROLIFERATION
LAM Kai
Yee, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 1410-1420 |
1.30 |
The
role of Id-1 in immortalization of esopahgeal epithelial
cells
CHEUNG Pak
Yan, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1420-1430 |
1.31 |
HIGH-THROUGHPUT MOLECULAR
CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA
CHU Ka
Wan, MRes(Med)
Candidate
Department of Clinical Oncology |
| 1430-1440 |
1.32 |
FTY720 AND ITS ANTICANCER
EFFECTS ON ANDROGEN-INDEPENDENT PROSTATE CANCER: AN IN
VIVO STUDY USING CWR22R XENOGRAFT
CHUA Chee
Wai, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1440-1450 |
1.33 |
The
Pathogenetic role of Pin1 in Multiple Myeloma
FOK Wing
Shan Elaine,
MRes(Med) Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1450-1500 |
1.34 |
Clusterin
plays an important role in hepatocellular carcinoma
metastasis
LAU Sze
Hang Billy,
MPhil Candidate
Department of Clinical Oncology |
| 1500-1510 |
1.35 |
Positive
regulation of human white blood cells by Shi-Quan-Da-Bu-Tang
in vitro
LIU Qing,
MPhil Candidate
School of Chinese Medicine |
| 1510-1520 |
1.36 |
Ras
signalling in MLL-mediated leukaemia
NG Ming
Him, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1520-1530 |
1.37 |
MAPPING RADIATION DOSE
DISTRIBUTION ON THE FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY MAP: APPLICATIONS
IN THE ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT-INDUCED WHITE MATTER INJURY
QIU Deqiang,
MPhil Candidate
Department of Diagnostic Radiology |
| 1530-1540 |
1.38 |
RON
activation by Macrophage Stimulating Protein decreases
the cytotoxic effects of chemotherapy on gastric cancer
cells via the MAP kinase pathway
TSE Tak
Fong, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1540-1550 |
1.39 |
Hoxb3
mutation generated by gene targeting leads to plasmacytoma
WONG Pui
Man, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1550-1600 |
1.40 |
OVEREXPRESSION OF PAK-4
IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA(HCC)
XU Haitao,
MPhil Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1600-1610 |
1.41 |
ARSENIC TRIOXIDE CAN INDUCE
CELL CYCLE ARREST AT G2/M PHASE IN SELECTED NEUROBLASTOMA
CELL LINES
YEUNG On
Lit, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1610-1620 |
1.42 |
IDENTIFICATION OF TWO
NOVEL RECURRENT TRANSLOCATIONS
t(14;20)(q32;q12)
AND t(2;14)(q23;q32) IN GASTRIC LYMPHOMA
YIP Bon
Ham, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1620-1630 |
1.43 |
INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE
OF AMPK ACTIVITY IN CERVICAL CANCER CELL GROWTH
YU Yee
Man, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| 1630-1640 |
1.44 |
C20, A NOVEL BINDING PARTNER
OF DLC1 IDENTIFIED BY YEAST-2-HYBRID SCREENING
CHAN Lo
Kong, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| Session I | Session
II | Session III | Session
IV | Session V |
Session
II - Healthy
Aging (Diabetes, Endocrinology and Neuroscience)
Seminar
Room 6, LG1, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Professor Richard J Traystman, Oregon Health
and Science University, USA
Dr NS Wong,
Department of Biochemistry
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 1230-1240 |
2.01a |
an analysis for the pathogenic structure of kidney-deficiency syndrome in clinical setting
CHEN Run Qiu,
PhD Candidate
School of Chinese Medicine |
| 1240-1250 |
2.01 |
Immunopotent
polysaccharides of different sources can selectively
activate human dendritic cells
CHAN Wing Keung, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1250-1300 |
2.02 |
Biochemical
assessment of a traditional Chinese herbal decoction
Er Xian decoction and its efficacy on granulosa cells
LI Haixia, PhD Candidate
School of Chinese Medicine |
| 1300-1310 |
2.03 |
MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDY OF
RETINA IN TRANSGENIC MICE OVEREXPRESSING ENDOTHELIN-1
IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS INDUCED BY CAROTID ARTERY TRANSIENT
ISCHEMIA
CHEUNG Shiu Fai, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1310-1320 |
2.04 |
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NA+-COUPLED DICARBOXYLATE
COTRANSPORTER (NADC-1) DEFICIENT MICE
HO Tsun Bond Horace, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology |
| 1320-1330 |
2.05 |
Cell
therapies for diabetes: Differentiation of Embryonic
stem cells to beta cells
LI Hua, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1330-1340 |
2.06 |
INVOLVEMENT OF PDZD2 IN THE REGULATION
OF PANCREATIC BETA CELL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION
TSANG Siu Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1340-1350 |
2.07 |
DECREASED ACTIVITY OF HDL TO PROTECT LDL
AGAINST OXIDATION IN TYPE 2 DIABETICS WITH NEPHROPATHY
ZHOU Huali, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1350-1400 |
2.08 |
THE MORPHOLOGY OF NON-MELANOPSIN EXPRESSING
RETINAL GANGLION CELLS PROJECTING TO THE SUPRACHIASMATIC
NUCLEUS
CHEN Baiyu, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1400-1410 |
2.09 |
ALDOSE REDUCTASE-DEFICIENT MICE WERE PROTECTED
FROM THE NEURO-RETINAL INJURY AFTER CAROTID ARTERY TRANSIENT
ISCHEMIA
CHEUNG Kwok Ho Alvin, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1410-1420 |
2.10 |
DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF MICROGLIA/MACROPHAGES
IN THE PREVENTION OF RETINAL GANGLION CELL LOSS IN A
RAT GLAUCOMA MODEL
CHIU Kin, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1420-1430 |
2.11 |
LOCALIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEURONAL
UNCOUPLING PROTEINS AND ITS ROLE IN NEURODEGENERATION
DISEASE
CHU Chi Yuen Andrew, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1430-1440 |
2.12 |
NOGO-R1 AND LINGO-1 ANTAGONISTS RESCUE
RETINAL GANGLION CELLS AFTER OCULAR HYPERTENSION INDUCED
GLAUCOMA INJURY
FU Qingling, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| Break |
| 1500-1510 |
2.13 |
Mitochondrial
targeting signal and 5' untranslated region are required
for the expression of mitochondrial uncoupling protein
5 (UCP5) in SH-SY5Y cells
KWOK Hon Hung, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1510-1520 |
2.14 |
The
role of Sox10 in the enteric neural crest development
LAW Man Lee, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1520-1530 |
2.15 |
melanopsin-containing
ganglion cells are more resistance to ocular hypertension
LI Suk Yee, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1530-1540 |
2.16 |
Genetic
Variations of the Cholesterol Metabolism Pathway Genes
and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
LI Yan, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1540-1550 |
2.17 |
Neuronal
specific class III beta tubulin gene stage specific
transcriptional control during the differentiation
and development
MOU Yi, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1550-1600 |
2.18 |
Intermittent
hypoxia decreases activity of large conductance calcium-activated
potassium channels in rat hippocampal CA1 pyramidal
neurons
TJONG Yung Wui, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology |
| 1600-1610 |
2.19 |
PRO-GDNF AND MUTANT HUMAN ANDROgEN RECEPTOR
WITH EXPANDED POLYGLUTAMINES IN SPINAL BULBAR MUSCULAR
ATROPHY
WANG Mingxi, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1610-1620 |
2.20 |
An
ERP Study on the Spatio-temporal Processing of Facial
Expressions in Children with Autism
WONG Ka Wai Teresa, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry |
| 1620-1630 |
2.21 |
FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF HEPARANASE IN THE EXPLANT
CULTURES OF RAT DORSAL ROOT GANGLIA
ZHANG Yi, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1630-1640 |
2.22 |
NEURONAL APOPTOSIS INDUCED BY EXTRACELLULAR
ACCUMULATION OF BETA-AMYLOID PEPTIDES IS INDEPENDENT
OF UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSES
YU Man Shan, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| Session
I | Session II | Session
III | Session IV | Session
V |
Session
III - Healthy
Aging (Cardiovascular Diseases) and Public Health
Seminar
Room 3, G/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Dr DSY Ho, Department of Community
Medicine
Dr Aimin Xu, Department of Medicine
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 0830-0840 |
3.01 |
Abnormal
Waist-hip Ratio as an Independent Predictor of Multiple
Cardiovascular Risks
CHAN Yap Hang, MRes(Med) Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 0840-0850 |
3.02 |
THE LOWEST EFFECTIVE INTENSITY OF PROPHYLACTIC
ANTICOAGULATION FOR CHINESE PATIENTS WITH NON-VALVULAR
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
HO Lok Yan, MRes(Med) Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 0850-0900 |
3.03 |
Vascular
function rather than structure independently predicted
risk of cardiovascular events in high-risk patients
HU Rui, MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 0900-0910 |
3.04 |
ACUTE TREATMENT OF ISOFLAVONE METABOLITE
EQUOL CAUSES RELAXATION IN THE PORCINE CORONARY ARTERY
LAU Chin Tung, MRes(Med) Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 0910-0920 |
3.05 |
GENISTEIN ENHANCES NITRIC OXIDE (NO) RELEASE
FROM VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
NG Wai Hung William, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 0920-0930 |
3.06 |
Single
nucleotide polymorphisms and haplotypes in the urotensin
II gene and urotensin II receptor gene are associated
with metabolic syndrome
ONG Kwok Leuung, MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 0930-0940 |
3.07 |
TESTOSTERONE PROTECTS
THE HEART AGAINST ISCHEMIC INSULTS BY ENHANCING THE
EFFECTS OF α1-ADRENOCEPTOR
STIMULATION
TSANG Sharon, MPhil Candidate
Department of Physiology |
| 0940-0950 |
3.08 |
Endocardial
Visualization of Oesophageal-Left Atrial Anatomic Relationship
by Three-Dimensional Multidetector Computer Tomographic "Navigator
Imaging"
WANG Silun, MPhil Candidate
Department of Diagnostic Radiology |
| 0950-1000 |
3.09 |
INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA AMELIORATES CALCIUM
HOMEOSTASIS AND ATTENUATES ISCHEMIA/REPERFUSION INJURY
IN THE RAT HEART
YEUNG Hang Mee, MPhil Candidate
Department of Physiology |
| 1000-1010 |
3.10 |
THE AQUEOUS EXTRACTS FROM VERBENA OFFICINALIS INHIBIT
BETA-AMYLOID PEPTIDE-INDUCED NEUROTOXICITY
LAI Sau Wan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1010-1020 |
3.11 |
THE ROLE OF PPARγ ON
OSTEOBLAST DIFFERENTIATION
JIN Liyan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1020-1030 |
3.12 |
Dinucleotide
CA Repeat Polymorphisms in ESR1 Gene Are Associated
with Increased Risk of Low BMD and Osteoporotic Fractures
and mRNA Expression
LAI Ming Hei, MRes(Med) Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1030-1040 |
3.13 |
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL
OUTCOMES IN NEONATE WITH HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA
CHEN Wenxiong, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| Tea Break |
| 1100-1110 |
3.14 |
EFFECTS OF NITRIC OXIDE ON THE AXONAL REGENERATION
OF MOTONEURONS AFTER SPINAL ROOT AVULSION IN ADULT RATS
CHU Tak Ho, MPhil Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1110-1120 |
3.15 |
PERSEVERATIVE ERROR AS RELAPSE PREDICTOR
OF FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA
HUI Lai Ming Christy, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Psychiatry |
| 1120-1130 |
3.16 |
IDENTIFYING PRENATAL, PERINATAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
RISK FACTORS TO AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: CASE-CONTROL
STUDY
LAU Kin Sang, MRes(Med) Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1130-1140 |
3.17 |
NEURONAL, ASTROCYTIC AND ENDOTHELIAL DIFFERENTIATION
ARE AFFECTED IN THE ENDOTHELIN-1 KNOCKOUT MICE
MAK Man Chi, MPhil Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1140-1150 |
3.18 |
A STUDY TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF BISPECTRAL
ANALYSIS IN INTRAVENOUS SEDATION WITH MIDAZOLAM
YING Chee Lun Aaron, MRes(Med)
Candidate
Department of Anaesthesiology |
| 1150-1200 |
3.19 |
SEXUAL SATISFACTION AND ERECTILE FUNCTION
IN HONG KONG CHINESE ELDERLY
CHENG Ying Wai Jackie, MRes(Med)
Candidate
Department of Psychiatry |
| 1200-1210 |
3.20 |
The
state of health in numerous developed countries and
the implications for active ageing
LEE Chun Yin Benedict, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| 1210-1220 |
3.20a |
Association
of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Low-density
Lipoprotein Receptor-related Protein 5 (LRP5) Gene
Promoter Region with Peak Bone Mineral Density: A Case-control
Study
CHEUNG Ching Lung,
MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1220-1230 |
3.20b |
DEVELOPMENTAL RESPONSIVENESS OF CANAL-RELATED BRAINSTEM NEURONS TO HORIZONTAL ANGULAR ACCELERATION
YIU Ngar Sze Christine, MPhil Candidate
Department of Physiology |
Session
III - Healthy Aging
(Cardiovascular Diseases) and Public Health
Seminar Room 3, G/F, Laboratory Block, Faculty
of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Professor Mark A
Hanson, University of Southampton, UK
Dr
GN Thomas, Department of Community Medicine
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 1330-1340 |
3.21 |
Melatonin
attenuates the rat hypertensive response to intermittent
hypoxia
HUNG Ming Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology |
| 1340-1350 |
3.22 |
SURFACTANT PROTEIN
D AND ACTIVATION OF PORCINE CULTURED ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
BY TNF-α
LEE Yuk Kwan Mary, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 1350-1400 |
3.23 |
TESTOSTERONE IS REQUIRED FOR THE ACTIVATION
OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 THAT MEDIATES DELAYED CARDIOPROTECTION
OF PRECONDITIONING
LIU Jing, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology |
| 1400-1410 |
3.24 |
Investigation
of cardiovascular defects in a mouse mutant Hoxb3lacZ
SAE-PANG Jearn Jang, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1410-1420 |
3.25 |
THE CALCIUM IONOPHORE A23187 INDUCES ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT
CONTRACTIONS IN FEMORAL ARTERIES FROM AGEING RATS AND
RATS WITH STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES
SHI Yi, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 1420-1430 |
3.26 |
AGONISTS CAUSING ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT
CONTRACTIONS INCREASE CALCIUM IN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS OF
THE AORTA OF THE SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT
TANG Hoi Ching Eva, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 1430-1440 |
3.27 |
ION CHANNELS IN MOUSE BONE MARROW DERIVED
MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS
TAO Rong, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1440-1450 |
3.28 |
KAEMPFEROL, A COMPOUND ISOLATED FROM CHINESE
MEDICINE, CAUSED POTENTIATED RELAXATION IN PORCINE CORONARY
ARTERIES VIA cAMP PATHWAY AND POTASSIUM CHANNEL
Xu Yanchun, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology |
| 1450-1500 |
3.29 |
A
depolarization-activated transient outward current
is contributed by recombinant human cardiac Kir2.1
channels expressed in HEK 293 cells
ZHANG Deyong, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1500-1510 |
3.30 |
Emotional
Experience and Regulation of Chinese People with Colorectal
Cancer: A Qualitative Study
HOU Wai Kai, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| 1510-1520 |
3.31 |
THE IMPACT OF INFLUENZA ON HOSPITALIZATION
IN HONG KONG
YANG Lin, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| 1520-1530 |
3.32 |
OVERESTIMATION OF PERCEIVED YOUTH SMOKING
PREVALENCE AND INITIATION OF SMOKING IN NEVER SMOKING
HONG KONG CHINESE ADOLESCENTS: CROSS-SECTIONAL AND PROSPECTIVE
ASSOCIATIONS
LAI Man Kin, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| 1530-1540 |
3.33 |
A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL ON SMOKING CESSATION AND ADHERENCE INTERVENTION
ON PATIENTS WITH ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: PRELIMINARY
RESULTS
LAM Wan Choi Dave, PhD Candidate
Department of Nursing Studies |
| 1540-1550 |
3.34 |
PARITY AND PREVALENT METABOLIC SYNDROME
IN OLDER CHINESE WOMEN: FINDINGS FROM GUANGZHOU BIOBANK
COHORT STUDY
LAO Xiangqian, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| 1550-1600 |
3.35 |
A POPULATION-BASED, LONGITUDINAL STUDY
OF EATING DISTURBANCES IN HONG KONG CHINESE BOYS AND
GIRLS: RESULTS FROM A PILOT STUDY
LEE Wing, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| 1600-1610 |
3.36 |
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF PATICULATES AIR POLLUTION
ON MALE SMOKERS AND NEVER-SMOKERS
OU Chunquan, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| 1610-1620 |
3.37 |
A TELEPHONE-BASED SMOKING CESSATION HOTLINE
FOR YOUTH: A PILOT STUDY
WONG Chung Ngok, PhD Candidate
Department of Nursing Studies |
| 1620-1630 |
3.38 |
Cost-effectiveness
of mass mammography screening in Hong Kong
WONG Oi Ling, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| 1630-1640 |
3.39 |
TRANSMISSION OF SARS WITHIN HEALTH CARE
SETTINGS IN HONG KONG
KWOK Kin On, PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine |
| Session I | Session
II | Session III | Session
IV | Session V |
Session
IV - Infectious Diseases
and Immunology
Seminar Room 4, G/F, Laboratory Block,
Faculty of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Dr PL Ho, Department of Microbiology
Professor
Andy JR Porter, University
of Aberdeen, UK
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 1100-1110 |
4.01 |
The
role of Cathepsin D and TGF-β in
a rat model of gut ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury
KAM Siu Kei Christy, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1110-1120 |
4.02 |
Dendritic
cell induced B cell activation: a potential pathoaetiologic
mechanism of systemic lupus erythematosus
KAVIKONDALA Sushma, MPhil Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1120-1130 |
4.03 |
BACTERIAL ENDOTOXIN LPS BUT NOT LTA CAN
ENHANCE OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION OF HUMAN MESENCHYMAL
STEM CELLS
MO Fung Ying, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1130-1140 |
4.04 |
Characterization
of a novel coronavirus in bats
CHU Ka Wing, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1140-1150 |
4.05 |
Distribution
of Laribacter hongkongensis, a novel bacterium
associated with gastroenteritis, in retail freshwater
fish in Hong Kong
FAN Yuen Yi, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1150-1200 |
4.06 |
IN SILICO ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLETE
CORONAVIRUS HKU1 GENOME
HUANG Yi, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1200-1210 |
4.07 |
Differential
gene expression in hypervirulent strain of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis in response to acid shock in
vitro
LAM Tsz Hin Jason, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1210-1220 |
4.08 |
GENTAMICIN RESISTANCE IN FOOD ANIMAL AND
HUMAN ESCHERICHIA COLI COMMENSALS AND IN CLINICAL
ISOLATES
WONG Chun Wai, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1220-1230 |
4.09 |
Pro-inflammatory
cytokine dysregulation of Primary Human Macrophages
infected with recent highly pathogenic H5N1 and viral
gene determinants in H5N1 pathogenicity
WONG Hing Ki Charmaine, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1230-1240 |
4.10 |
Characterization
of HA antigenic drift of H5N1 viruses from 1997 onward
WU Wai Lan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1240-1250 |
4.11 |
MECHANISM OF HIV-REGULATED TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS
EXPRESSION
YIM Chi Ho Howard, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1250-1300 |
4.12 |
CLINICAL AND MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF
CORONAVIRUS HKU1 ASSOCIATED COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA
YIP Chik Yan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
Session
IV - Infectious Diseases
and Immunology
Seminar Room 4, G/F, Laboratory Block,
Faculty of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Dr FP Huang, Department of Pathology
Professor Olivier
Schwartz, Institut Pasteur, France
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 1400-1410 |
4.13 |
ABNORMAL PLASMACYTOID AND MYELOID DENDRITIC
CELLS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
JIN Ou, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1410-1420 |
4.14 |
IMPAIRED DENDRITIC CELL MATURATION AND
FUNCTION IN LEPTIN RECEPTOR DEFICIENT MICE
LAM Lai Kwan Queenie, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1420-1430 |
4.15 |
The
effect of blocking CD28 and CD134 co-stimulatory pathways
in rat cardiac transplantation
LIU Yan, PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1430-1440 |
4.16 |
AN ESSENTIAL ROLE FOR LEPTIN RECEPTOR IN
REGULATING NK CELL DEVELOPMENT IN MOUSE BONE MARROW
LO Kam Chun, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1440-1450 |
4.17 |
The
effects of Bergapten in modulating dendritic cells
(DC) functions for DC-based tumor vaccines
TO Kar Wing, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1450-1500 |
4.18 |
BAFF
enhances the development of autoantibody-producing
plasma cells in collagen-induced arthritis mice
ZHANG Min, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology |
| 1500-1510 |
4.19 |
SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION:
INVOLVEMENT OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS
CHEUNG Ka Wa Benny, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1510-1520 |
4.20 |
RECOMBINANT ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS ENCODING
SARS-COV S PROETIN IS A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE FOR DEVELOPING
SARS VACCINES
DU Lanying, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1520-1530 |
4.21 |
Effect
of Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors on Helicobacter pylori Susceptibility
to Metronidazole and Clarithromycin
GU Qing, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1530-1540 |
4.22 |
Type
I interferon receptor 1 promoter polymorphisms and
susceptibility to chronic HBV infection
JIE Zhou, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1540-1550 |
4.23 |
TRIMERIC S GLYCOPROTEIN OF SARS-CoV INDUCES
HIGH-TITER NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES DESPITE THE PRESENCE
OF IN VITRO FACILITATING ANTIBODIES
KAM Yiu Wing, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1550-1600 |
4.24 |
DIFFERENTIATION OF GROWTH-FORM TRANSITION
ASSOCIATED WITH INTRACELLULAR PARASITISM OF PENICILLIUM
MARNEFFEI USING A PANAL OF SMALL MOLECULES
LEE Suk Wah, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1600-1610 |
4.25 |
Association
of Mannose Binding Lectin with Tuberculosis in Hong
Kong Chinese
TSO Hoi Wan, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1610-1620 |
4.26 |
Molecular
characterization of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis exhibiting intracellular multiplication
inside human macrophages
WONG Kin Chung, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1620-1630 |
4.27 |
STUDY OF CEFTAZIDIME AND VANCOMYCIN CONCENTRATIONS
IN VARIOUS FLUID MEDIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATING ENDOPHTHALMITIS
KWOK Kwan Ho, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| Session I | Session
II | Session III | Session
IV | Session V |
Session
V - Reproduction,
Development, Cell Biology and Musculoskeletal System
Seminar Room 5, LG1, Laboratory Block,
Faculty of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Dr D Chan, Department of Biochemistry
Dr
PT Cheung, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 0830-0840 |
5.01 |
ALL-TRANS RETINOIC ACID (ATRA) RESTORES
THE PROLIFERATIVE CAPACITY OF A STEM CELL SUPPORTING
STROMAL CELL LINE AFT024 AFTER IRRADIATION
CHEUNG Man Sze, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 0840-0850 |
5.02 |
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DNA VECTORS BASED ON
PROMOTERS OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS-ENCODED SMALL RNAS FOR
EXPRESSION OF SMALL HAIRPIN RNAS IN MAMMALIAN CELLS
CHOY Yee Wai Elizabeth, PhD
Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 0850-0900 |
5.03 |
Characterisation
of MAD2B
CHUN Chiu Shun, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 0900-0910 |
5.04 |
REGULATION OF TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN Y-ENCODED
LIKE 2, A MEMBER OF NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEINS, IN
NEONATAL HEART DEVELOPMENT
FONG Sze Wan, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 0910-0920 |
5.05 |
Cell
to cell spreading of RNAi in mammalian cell
KOK Kin Hang, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 0920-0930 |
5.06 |
Regulation
of Gadd153 expression at post-transcriptional level
by ROS
LAI Wai Lung, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 0930-0940 |
5.07 |
SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF SUN2 IS MEDIATED
BY LAMIN A AND RAB5
LIANG Ying, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 0940-0950 |
5.08 |
SINGLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-MEDIATED
TARGETED GENE REPAIR IN MAMMALIAN CELLS
LU Linyu, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 0950-1000 |
5.09 |
CHARACTERIZATION OF INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORTATION
IN KhcU-MUTANT PURKINJE CELLS
WANG Jing, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1000-1010 |
5.10 |
EXPRESSION PROFILING OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS
SULFUR-RESPONSIVE GENES USING S-METHYL-CYSTEINE AS SOLE
SULFUR SOURCE
YAP Yee Leng, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology |
| 1010-1020 |
5.11 |
IDENTIFYING THE INNER EAR SPECIFIC SOX2 REGULATORY
ELEMENT(S) AND SOX2 REGULATION OF MATH1
LEE Yiu Fai, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1020-1030 |
5.12 |
Hoxb3 IS INVOLVED IN THE ENDOTHELIN-1
SIGNALING PATHWAY IN PATTERNING THE FACIAL BRANCHIAL
ARCHES
WONG Yee Man Elaine, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1030-1040 |
5.13 |
LEPTIN EXPRESSION
IN EMBRYOS SIRED BY MALE GOLDEN HAMSTERS WITH ALL ACCESSORY
SEX GLANDS REMOVED
LIAO Subin, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| Tea Break |
| 1100-1110 |
5.14 |
Ectopic
Bone Formation by saos-2 Cells Confined in Semi-permeable
Alginate- Poly-L-lysine Microcapsules
ABBAH Sunny Akogwu, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| 1110-1120 |
5.15 |
In
vivo functional analysis of SOX9 by conditional
expression of a mutant Sox9, Sox9Y440X, in
the notochord
AU Yuen Kwan, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| 1120-1130 |
5.16 |
Purification
and Targeting Scleronstin: Steps towards Osteoporosis
Therapy
CHAN Sze Lai Celine, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1130-1140 |
5.17 |
Mouse
Model with Impaired Collagen X Degradation at the Chondro-Osseous
Junction
CHAN Wing Yu, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1140-1150 |
5.18 |
Functional
Studies on Sedlin
CHOI Mei Yee, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1150-1200 |
5.19 |
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PROSTHETIC
DEVICE FOR PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL (PIP) JOINT REPLACEMENT
LAM Kwok Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| 1200-1210 |
5.20 |
NANO STRONTIUM HYDROXYAPATITE AND BONE
CEMENT PROPERTIES
LAM Wing Moon Raymond, PhD
Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| 1210-1220 |
5.21 |
The
role of Indian hedgehog in chondrocyte hypertrophy
LI Jun, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1220-1230 |
5.22 |
Strontium
Combined with Calcium on Bone Remodeling in Osteoporotic
Goats
LI Zhaoyang, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| 1230-1240 |
5.23 |
INFLUENCE OF ECG ARTIFACT AND POWERLINE
INTERFERENCE ON LOW BACK PAIN ASSESSMENT BY SURFACE EMG
MAK Nin Fung Joseph, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| 1240-1250 |
5.24 |
MUSCLE CONTRACTION-INDUCED INCREASE IN
INTERSTITIAL ATP LEVELS
TU Jie, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology |
| 1250-1300 |
5.25 |
A NOVEL MOUSE MODEL OF DISC DEGENERATION
AND FATE MAPPING OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS IN REGENERATING
THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC
YANG Fan, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| 1300-1310 |
5.26 |
Gene
and Protein Expression Profiles of the Intervertebral
Disc: In Health and Disease - A General Overview
YEE Fong Ying Anita, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics® and Traumatology |
Session
V - Reproduction, Development,
Cell Biology and Musculoskeletal System
Seminar Room 5, LG1, Laboratory Block, Faculty
of Medicine Building
Chairpersons:
Dr SY Chan, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine
Dr AYH Leung, Department of Medicine
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
| 1400-1410 |
5.27 |
THE EFFECTS OF GELOMYRTOL
FORTE® ON
HUMAN CILIARY BEAT FREQUENCY IN VITRO
KWOK Pui Wai, MRes(Med) Candidate
Department of Medicine |
| 1410-1420 |
5.28 |
Mechanism
study on two DNA repair systems
WANG Zai, MPhil Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1420-1430 |
5.29 |
SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF PUTATIVE PROMOTER
SEQUENCES OF KNOWN AND NOVEL GENES IDENTIFIED BY HYPOXIC-ISCHAEMIC
INSULT
FU Wai, MPhil Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine |
| 1430-1440 |
5.30 |
Evaluation
of thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1) as a Hirschsprung's
disease (HSCR) locus by mutation analysis
LAU Ko Chun, MPhil Candidate
Department of Surgery |
| 1440-1450 |
5.31 |
UNDERSTANDING THE FUNCTION OF THE SEDL
GENE AND THE MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIS OF SPONDYLOEPIPHYSEAL
DYSPLASIA TARDA
CHAN Chun Yin Caleb, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1450-1500 |
5.32 |
THE ROLE OF CYCLOOXYGENASE 1 AND 2 IN BONE
REPAIR
GUO Xiaoxi, MPhil Candidate
Department of Anaesthesiology |
| 1500-1510 |
5.33 |
Aspartate
Repeat Polymorphism of Asporin Increases Susceptibility
and Severity to Degenerative Disc Disease
HO Wai Hung Daniel, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1510-1520 |
5.34 |
ER-STRESS SIGNALING AND CHONDROCYTE DIFFERENTIATION
IN MICE
LO Ling Kit Rebecca, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1520-1530 |
5.35 |
Heparan
sulfates and heparanase in the mineralizing matrix
of developing mouse growth plate
YEUNG Man Nga, MPhil Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| 1530-1540 |
5.36 |
Bio-corrodible
Alloys for Tissue Engineering
YUEN Chi Keung, MPhil Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| 1540-1550 |
5.37 |
ADRENOMEDULLIN IN THE RAT TESTIS: AUTOCRINE/PARACRINE
ACTIONS AND ITS INTERACTION WITH ENDOTHELIN-1
CHAN Yuen Fan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Anatomy |
| 1550-1600 |
5.38 |
BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION
OF THE GLYCODELIN ISOFORM FROM HUMAN CUMULUS CELL MATRIX
CHUNG Man Kin, MPhil Candidate
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| 1600-1610 |
5.39 |
EXPRESSION PROFILES OF ENDOMETRIA
FROM WOMEN WITH NATURAL, MODERATE AND HYPERSTIMULATED
CYCLE DURING IN VITRO FERTILIZATION TREATMENT
LIU Yunao, MPhil
Candidate
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| 1610-1620 |
5.40 |
REGULATION OF FOXM1C BY THE RAF/MEk/MAPK PATHWAY
TONG Ho Kwan, MPhil Candidate
Department of Biochemistry |
| Session
I | Session II | Session
III | Session IV | Session
V |
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