Registration

0830 – 0845

Opening and Welcome

Dr Wu Lien-Teh Memorial Lecture

0845 – 0930

The in vitro circle of life -using embryonic stem cells to build human reproductive organoids

Professor Dr. Kehkooi Kee
Tsinghua University

Symposium I – New-generation vaccines

0930 – 1000

Newcastle disease virus as a therapeutic vaccine candidate against cancer

Professor Dr. Khatijah Mohamad Yusoff
Universiti Putra Malaysia

1000 – 1030

Phage display technology – A promising platform for cancer therapeutic antibodies discovery

Dr. Leow Chiuan Herng
Universiti Sains Malaysia

1030 – 1100

Vaccines for head and neck cancers

Dr. Lim Kue Peng
Cancer Research Malaysia

1100 – 1130 Coffee Break

Symposium II – Cancer Immunotherapy

1130 – 1200

Isolation of stem memory T cells (TSCMs): Implications for CAR-T therapy

Associate Professor Dr. Chua Jia Xin
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

1200 – 1230

Cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells and dendritic cell (DC) vaccines have emerged as promising tools in cancer immunotherapy

Professor Dr. Ho Gwo Fuang
The University of Malaya

1230 – 1300

DC vaccines for solid tumours

Associate Professor Dr. Herbert Schwarz
Singapore National University Hospital

1300 – 1400 Biomed Global Lunch Symposium
Our commitment to cell and gene therapy

Dr Suruchi Arora

Symposium III – MSCs As A Therapeutic Tool

1400 – 1430

MSCs in GVHD management

Prof. Dr. Chin Sze Piaw
Cytopeutics

1430 – 1500

BM-MSCs in stroke management

Associate Professor Dr. Law Zhe Kang
The National University of Malaysia

1500 – 1530

Breathing new life: Exploring extracellular vesicles as therapeutic agents in respiratory diseases

Associate Professor Dr. Badrul Hisham Yahaya
Unviersiti Sains Malaysia

1530 – 1600 Coffee Break

Symposium IV – Evolving Roles of The Transfusion Services (ISBT Sponsored)

1600 – 1630

New applications of cord blood

Dr. Zalina Mahmood
National Blood Centre Malaysia

1630 – 1700

Generation of red cells from iPSC and erythroid cell lines

Dr Becky Griffiths
Australian Red Cross

1700 – 1730

iPSC banking from cord blood sources

Associate Professor Dr. Ngaire Elwood
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute