| Session
I | Session
II | Session III | Session
IV |
Session
III
Infection, Immunology and Cell Biology
Seminar Room 7, LG1, Laboratory Block
Chairpersons:
Professor Shibo Jiang, New York Blood Center, USA
Dr SKP Lau, Department of Microbiology
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
1000-1010 |
3.01 |
Tropism of Avian Influenza
A Virus (H5N1) in Human Respiratory Epithelium
Chan Wan Yi,
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
1010-1020 |
3.02 |
Human Monocytic Leukemia
Cells can be Differentiated to Immunoregulatory Dendritic
Cells by Medicinal Mushroom Polysaccharides
Chan Wing
Keung,
PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine
|
1020-1030 |
3.03 |
Evaluation of an In-house
Genotyping Resistance Test for HIV-1 Drug Resistance
Interpretation and Subtyping
Chen Hon Kwan
Jonathan, PhD Candidate
Department of
Microbiology
|
1030-1040 |
3.04 |
Identification of a Viral
Gene Responsible for SARS-Coronavirus-induced Chemokine
Dysregulation
Cheung Ka
Wa, Benny, PhD Candidate
Department
of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
|
1040-1050 |
3.05 |
The Study of the Relationship
between ICAM3 Asp143Gly SNP and SARS
Ching Chi
Yun Johannes, PhD Candidate
Department
of Pathology
|
1050-1100 |
3.06 |
Natural Killer Cells Interact
with Apoptotic Cells to Show Anti-inflammatory Properties
Chong Wai
Po,
PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine
|
1100-1110 |
3.07 |
Characterisation of MAD2B
Chun Chiu
Shun,
PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry
|
1110-1120 |
3.08 |
Comparative Analysis of
22 Coronavirus HKU1 Genomes Reveals a Novel Genotype
and Evidence of Natural Recombination in Coronavirus
HKU1
Huang Yi,
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
1120-1130 |
3.09 |
Hyper-induction of Cytokines
by Avian Influenza A (H5N1): the Role of Signaling
Pathways and Toll-like Receptors
Hui Pui Yan,
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
Tea Break |
1140-1150 |
3.10 |
Antiviral Agents Targeting
Influenza RNA Polymerase Complex
Jayawardena Shanthi,
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
1150-1200 |
3.11 |
Abnormal Plasmacytoid Dendritic
Cells in the Pathogenesis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jin Ou,
PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine
|
1200-1210 |
3.12 |
Investigation of Transmission
Dynamic of Influenza in a Community of Households
Kwok Kin On,
PhD Candidate
Department of Community Medicine
|
1210-1220 |
3.13 |
Leptin Augments LPS-induced
CD40 Expression in Dendritic Cells via the PI3K/Akt
Signaling Pathway
Lam Lai Kwan
Queenie, PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology
|
1220-1230 |
3.14 |
Influenza Polymerase Subunits
Compatibility between Human H1 and H5 Viruses
Li Tin Wai
Olive, PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
1230-1240 |
3.15 |
TPT Prolong Mice Heart
Allograft Survival Though Change Dendritic Cell Functional
Status
Liu Yan,
PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery
|
1240-1250 |
3.16 |
Regulatory Roles of Natural
Killer (NK) Cells in the Development of Autoimmune
Arthritis
Lo Kam Chun,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology
|
1250-1300 |
3.17 |
In Vitro Anti-hepatitis
B Virus Activities and Mechanism of Metal-based Nanoparticles
Lu Lei,
PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine
|
Chairpersons:
Professor Shibo Jiang, New York Blood Center, USA
Dr SKP Lau, Department of Microbiology
Time |
Session No. |
Presentations |
1400-1410 |
3.18 |
Rapamycin Attenuates the
Severity of Nephritis in NZB/NZW Mice
Lui Sing Leung,
PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine
|
1410-1420 |
3.19 |
Latent Membrane Protein
1 of the Epstein-barr Virus Disrupts Microtubule Organization
and Dynamics through Downregulation of RASSF1A
Man Wing Yin
Cornelia, PhD Candidate
Department of
Anatomy
|
1420-1430 |
3.20 |
Characterization of Cellular
Regulators of Viral Infections: Role of ERM Proteins
Millet Jean
Kaoru Guillaume, PhD Candidate
Department
of Anatomy
|
1430-1440 |
3.21 |
Human Mesenchymal Stem
Cells on T and B Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Nie Yingjie,
PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine
|
1440-1450 |
3.22 |
Inhibition of Influenza
Virus Replication by Lentiviral-mediated RNA Interference
Sui Hongyan,
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
1450-1500 |
3.23 |
Molecular Control Mechanisms
of Dendritic Cell Differentiation
Sun Qian,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology
|
1500-1510 |
3.24 |
Interaction of Mesenchymal
Stem Cells and Apoptotic Cells in Autoimmunity
Tso Hoi Wan,
PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine
|
1510-1520 |
3.25 |
Development of the SARS
Coronavirus Spike Polypeptide DNA Vaccine Priming with
Recombinant Spike Polypeptide from Escherichia Coli
as Booster
Wong Hiu Ling
Beatrice, PhD Candidate
Department of
Microbiology
|
1520-1530 |
3.26 |
Molecular Characterization
of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Associated with Phenotypic
Virulence Inside Human Macrophages
Wong Kin Chung,
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
1530-1540 |
3.27 |
Characterization of Two
Novel LPS-binding Sites in Leukocyte Integrin βA
Domain: CD18 Peptide Modulates LPS-mediated TNF-α Transcription
in Jurkat Cells
Wong Kwong
Fai, PhD Candidate
Department of Surgery
|
1540-1550 |
3.28 |
Characterization of H9N2
Influenza A Viruses from Quail in Southern China during
2000 to 2005
Xu Kemin,
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
1550-1600 |
3.29 |
Characterization of EBV-specific
CD8+ CTL Responses in Childhood Infectious Mononucleosis
Xu Xuequn,
PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent
Medicine
|
1600-1610 |
3.30 |
Regulation of Autoimmune
Responses by Regulatory T Cells in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Yang Cuihong,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology
|
1610-1620 |
3.31 |
Coronavirus HKU1 and Other
Coronavirus Infections in Hong Kong
Yip Chik Yan,
PhD Candidate
Department of Microbiology
|
1620-1630 |
3.32 |
Detection and Quantification
of HIV-1 Plasma RNA and DNA Forms in Patients on HAART
Zhang Haojie,
PhD Candidate
Department of Pathology
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