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Session I
Healthy Aging
Seminar Room 5, LG1, Laboratory Block

Chairpersons:
Professor Richard GM Morris, University of Edinburgh, UK

Professor Antonia M Joussen, University of Düsseldorf, Germany

Moderator:
Dr DKY Shum, Department of Biochemistry

Time

Session No.

Presentations

1300-1310

1.02

Probing the Bradycardic Drug Binding Receptor of HCN-encoded Pacemaker Channels

CHAN Yau Chi, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1310-1320

1.03

APPL1 Acts as an Important Signaling Molecule that Mediates Metabolic Actions of Both Adiponectin and Insulin

CHENG King Yip, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1320-1330

1.04

A Differential Association of ALOX15 Polymorphisms with Bone Mineral Density in Pre- and Post-menopausal Women

CHEUNG Ching Lung, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1330-1340

1.05

GDNF and BDNF but not CNTF Promote Regeneration of Motoneuron after Avulsion and Peripheral Nerve Implantation

CHU Tak Ho, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy

1340-1350

1.06

Predictors for Relapse in a Double-blind Randomized Placebo-controlled Discontinuation Study of Remitted First-episode Psychosis

HUI Lai Ming Christy, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

1350-1400

1.07

Use of Immunomagnetic Precipitation to Isolate Fresh Functional Vascular Endothelial Cells

LE Gengyun, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology

1400-1410

1.08

NFAT5-Deficiency Leads to More Neuronal Cell Death under Hypoxic/Ischemic Condition

MAK Man Chi, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy

1410-1420

1.09

Adiponectin Protects Rat Hippocampal Neurons against Kainic Acid Induced Cytotoxicity in Vitro

QIU Guang, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy

1420-1430

1.10

Lithium Enhances Proliferation and Neuronal Differentiation of Neural Progenitor Cells in Vitro and after Transplantation into the Uninjured Adult Rat Spinal Cord 

SU Huanxing, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy

1430-1440

1.11

Testosterone Augments β-Adrenergic Preconditioning in the Rat Heart

TSANG Sharon, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology

1440-1450

1.12

Axial and Radial Diffusivities for the Characterization of White Matter Injury in a Hypoxic-ischemic Neonatal Rat Model

WANG Silun, PhD Candidate
Department of Diagnostic Radiology

1450-1500

1.13

Use of Serum Cardiac Biomarkers in Predicting Mortality and Cardiovascular Risk in End-stage Renal Disease Patients

WANG Yee Moon Angela, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1500-1510

1.14

Acute Actions of Osthole in the Modulation of the Vascular System

CHAN Lai Yin, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology