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December 1, 2018 (Saturday)

Cheung Kung Hai Lecture Theatre
4, G/F, William MW Mong Block,
21 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam

08:30 am

Registration

09:00 am

Opening Address

09:05 am

Identification and characterization of a novel gene Faci that alleviates high-fat diet-induced metabolic syndrome in mice
Dr Yun CHENG (School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong)

09:25 am

The Reprogramming of cis-acting super-enhancers landscape and deregulation of trans-acting super-enhancer machinery in human hepatocellular carcinoma
Dr Felice Ho-Ching TSANG (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)

09:45 am

Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 library screening identified PHGDH in serine synthesis pathway as a critical driver for tyrosine kinase inhibitor resistance in HCC
Dr Larry Lai WEI (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)

10:05 am

ELF4 Co-operates with HBV DNA Integration at the TERT Promoter to Enhance Hepatocarcinogenesis
Dr Daniel Wai-Hung HO (Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong)

10:25 am

Tea Break

10:45 am

Innovative genetic approaches for hepatic repopulation
Prof Klaus H KAESTNER (Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, USA)

11:30 am

New strategies and compounds for cccDNA targeting through identification and characterization of cellular regulators of HBV transcription
Prof Dong-Yan JIN (School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong)

11:55 am

Expanded potential stem cells and their applications for the study of liver
Prof Peng-Tao LIU (School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong)

12:20 pm

The FoxA transcription factors and postnatal demethylation in the liver
Prof Klaus H KAESTNER (Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, USA)

12:50 pm

Lunch

02:00 pm

Update on HBV treatment
Prof Sang Hoon AHN (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea)

02:45 pm

Novel circulating HBV markers
Prof Man-Fung YUEN (Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong)

03:10 pm

Update on non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis
Prof Sang Hoon AHN (Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, South Korea)

03:40 pm

Conquering the Achilles’ heel of liver transplantation
Dr Kenneth Siu-Ho CHOK (Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong)

04:05 pm

Multidisciplinary approach for post-liver transplant recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma - a proposed management algorithm
Dr Keith Kin-Pan AU (Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital)

04:25 pm

Importance of hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) and outcome of its inhibition
Dr Loey Lung-Yi MAK (Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital)

04:45 pm

Closing Remarks