Hong Kong Immunology Forum 2022/23
HKSI Annual General Meeting and Scientific Meeting
Date: 4 February 2023 (Saturday)
Time: 9am - 5pm (HK Time)
Venue: 7/F Ballroom,
Cordis, Hong Kong
555 Shanghai Street,
Mongkok, Kowloon
9:00 - 9:05
Opening remarks
Dr. Kathy LUI
9:05 - 9:40
Bottom-up mechanistic understanding of tissue homeostasis and inflammation
Dr. Xu ZHOU
(Harvard Medical School)
9:40 - 10:15
The SMRTs way for treating breast cancer
Dr. Lior ZANGI
(Mount Sinai Hospital)
10:15 - 10:50
Molecular Distinctions of NAFLD-associated Liver Cancer accentuate on β-Catenin-mediated Immune Evasion
Prof. Nathalie WONG
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
10:50 - 11:20
Break & Poster Session
11:20 - 11:35
Aberrant polyunsaturated fatty acids desaturation impairs longevity and anti-tumor immunity of tumor resident memory CD8+ T cell in hepatocellular carcinoma
Mr. Tao DING
(The University of Hong Kong)
11:35 - 11:50
Studying the regulation of embryonic hematopoiesis by Mettl14-mediated m6A mRNA modification
Dr. Zhangjing MA
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
11:50 - 12:05
A Selective Class I HDAC Inhibitor Recovers Intratumoral Interferon Signaling to Overcome Immune-checkpoint Blockade Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Dr. Yalin TU
(The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
12:05 - 13:25
Lunch
13:25 - 14:00
Approaching personalized medicine with precision mouse liver cancer models
Dr. Carmen WONG
(The University of Hong Kong)
14:00 - 14:35
Uncovering the vulnerability of immune resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma
Prof. Terence LEE
(The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
14:35 - 15:10
Engineering immunology. From human embryonic organoids to the unexpected role of the immune checkpoint
Dr. Rio SUGIMURA
(The University of Hong Kong)
15:10 - 15:15
Break
Macrophage biology in cardiovascular injury
Prof. Christian SCHULZ
(Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich)
15:50 - 16:25
Harnessing MC1R reduces scarring and rescues chronic non-healing wounds
Dr. Jenna CASH
(University of Edinburgh)
16:25 - 16:35
Prize Presentation & Group Photos
16:35 - 17:00
Annual General Meeting
Acknowledgement of sponsorships
