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

Chairpersons:
Professor Gary Edward Pickard, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Professor Wah Chiu, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Moderator:
Dr KCB Tan, Department of Medicine

Time

Session No.

Presentations

0900-0910

1.01

Differential Expression of p65 NF-κB in the Rat’s Brain Regions Induced by Chronic Constriction Nerve Injury

Chou Chiu Wen, PhD Candidate
Department of Anaesthesiology

0910-0920

1.02

Targeted Inactivation of KIF5B in Pancreatic β-Cells Leads to Insulin Secretory Deficiency and Increased β-Cell Mass in vivo

Cui Ju, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

0920-0930

1.03

Prospective Memory in the Young, Old Adults and Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: a Functional MRI Study

Gao Junling, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

0930-0940

1.04

Transplantation of Oligodendrocyte Precursors for the Treatment of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

Guo Anchen, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy

0940-0950

1.05

Identification and Characterization of the Promoter Region of Human Neuronal Uncoupling Protein-4, and its Regulation to Neuroprotection

Ho Wing Man, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

0950-1000

1.06

Lipocalin 2-deficiency Attenuates Insulin Resistance Induced by High Fat Diet and Aging Through Regulation of Lipid Metabolism and Inflammation in Adipose Tissue

Law Ka Man, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

1000-1010

1.07

Linkage of Bone Mineral Density to 1p36 and 7p15-14 was Confirmed in a Southern Chinese Population

Li Hoi Yee, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1010-1020

1.08

Rapid, Non-genomic Vascular Actions of Genistein Involves a G-protein Coupled Receptor

Lin Hoi Yan Amanda, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

1020-1030

1.09

Fast Extraction of Somatosensory Evoked Potential Based on Second Order Blind Identification

Liu Hongtao, PhD Candidate
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

1030-1040

1.10

Understanding Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Lrrk2-related Parkinson’s Disease in Mouse

Liu Huifang, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1040-1050

1.11

Lack of Cardiac Nerve Sprouting after Direct Intramyocardical Transplantation of Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells in Chronic Ischemic Myocardium

Liu Yuan, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1050-1100

1.12

Perineuronal Nets Regulate Plasticity of Central Circuitry

Ma Chun Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology

1100-1110

1.13

Glutamate Transmission and Developmental Establishment of Canal-related Spatial Organization

Ng Ka Pak, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology

1110-1120

1.14

The Anti-apoptotic Role of Telomerase in Spinal Cord Motor Neurons

Niu Chenchen, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy

1120-1130

1.15

Association of a Genetic Polymorphism in the Gene Encoding Fibrinogen Beta Chain with Hypertension in Hong Kong Chinese

Ong Kwok Leung, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1130-1140

1.16

Intracerebral Haemorrhage in a Hypertensive Rat Model

Sang Yanhua, PhD Candidate
Department of Medicine

1140-1150

1.17

Fate Commitment in Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Derived Schwann Cells is Dependant on Axonal Contact

Shea Graham Ka Hon, PhD Candidate
Department of Biochemistry

1150-1200

1.18

Polyol Pathway Contributes to Contractile Dysfunction in Ischemic-Reperfused Rat Hearts by Impairing SERCA and RyR

Tang Wai Ho, PhD Candidate
Department of Physiology

1200-1330

Lunch for Chairpersons and Moderators

1330-1340

1.19

Tspyl2 is Involved in Cellular Stress Response and Brain Function

Tao Kin Pong, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

1340-1350

1.20

Hypoxic-ischemic Down-regulated 1 (HID-1) Protein Encoded by a Novel Gene Down-regulated in Neonatal Hypoxic-ischaemic Encephalopathy Protects against Unconjugated Bilirubin Induced Cell Death in Neuro2A Cells

Tsang Hing Wai, PhD Candidate
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

1350-1400

1.21

Excessive Internally Generated Top-down Processing as Neurocognitive Mechanism of Delusions of Reference in First-episode Schizophrenia

Wong Hoi Yan Gloria, PhD Candidate
Department of Psychiatry

1400-1410

1.22

Vitamin D Derivatives Reduce Endothelium-dependent Contractions in the Isolated Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat Aorta

Wong Sze Ka, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

1410-1420

1.23

14, 15-epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid Induces Vasorelaxation Through the Prostaglandin EP2 Receptors in Rat Mesenteric Artery

Yang Cui, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

1420-1430

1.24

Effects of Lycium Barbarum on the Hippocampal Expression of Crystallin βb2 and Synaptophysin in a Rat Depression Model

Zhang Endong, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy

1430-1440

1.25

Endothelial Endothelin-1 Contributes to More Severe Brain Damage after 30 minutes MCAO with 7 Weeks Reperfusion

Zhang Xu, PhD Candidate
Department of Anatomy

1440-1450

1.26

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Hepatoprotective Functions of Adiponectin: Focus on Mitochondrial Functions and Uncoupling Protein 2

Zhou Mingyan, PhD Candidate
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

 

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