09:00 - 09:30
Reception and Registration
Date & Venue:
March 27-28, 2025
International Conference Hall, 16F, Comprehensive Medical Building (Rear Building), Taipei Medical University
Theme:
Exploring the Future of Cancer Treatment: Translational Research & Clinical Breakthroughs
Organized by:
Taipei Medical University (TMU)
Agenda 27th Mar (Thu)
09:30 – 09:40
Opening Remarks
Speaker:
Luisa Shu-Ying Chang (張淑英), Executive Vice President
Hsing-Jien Kung (龔行健), Chair Professor, TMU
09:40 - 10:20
Keynote Lecture 1: Innovation at Case Western Reserve Univ SOM and update on the Gerson/Lee pilot project
Speaker:
Stanton L. Gerson, Case Western Reserve University
Moderator
10:20 – 11:00
Keynote Lecture 2: Metabolic Modulation of Ferroptosis and Cancer Therapy Resistance
Speaker:
Hsing-Jien Kung (龔行健), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
11:00 - 11:10
Group Photo and Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:50
Contributions of Low Penetrance Genes in Pancreatic Tumourigenesis and Their Implications in Precision Cancer Therapy
Speaker:
Wen-Chun Hung (洪文俊), National Health Research Institute
Moderator
11:50 – 12:30
Development of Innovative Drugs and Therapeutic Strategies Targeting Cancer Stem Cell
Speaker:
Yao-An Shen (沈耀安), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 14:10
Keynote Lecture 3: BORG and Emergence from Metastatic Dormancy.
Speaker:
William P. Schiemann, Case Western Reserve University
Moderator
14:10 – 14:50
Harnessing Mitochondrial Homeostasis Promotes Breast Cancer Metastasis
Speaker:
Cheng-Wei Lin (林政緯), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
14:50 – 15:10
Coffee Break
15:10 – 15:50
Metabolic reprogramming enhances NK cell therapy for glioblastoma
Speaker:
Tsung-I Hsu (徐宗溢), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
15:50 – 16:30
Interaction of Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition with macrophage in breast cancer immune microenvironment
Speaker:
Yen-Shen Lu (盧彥伸), National Taiwan University
Moderator
18:00 – 20:30
Dinner Reception, by invitation only
Agenda 28th Mar (Fri)
09:00 – 09:30
Registration
09:30 – 10:10
Keynote Lecture 4: Killing cancer cells by suicide bombing attack with neutrophil extracellular traps.
Speaker:
Zhenghe John Wang, Case Western Reserve University
Moderator
10:10 – 10:50
Targeting Cathepsin S Regulates IL-7- mediated Anti-tumor Immunity in Head and Neck Cancer.
Speaker:
Kwang-Yu Chang (張光裕), National Health Research Institute
Moderator
10:50 – 11:10
Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:50
Tumor-associated macrophages reprogram neutrophil functions to drive glioblastoma heterogeneity evolution.
Speaker:
Jian-Ying Chuang (莊健盈), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
11:50 – 12:30
Aptamer-drug conjugates for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in lung cancer
Speaker:
Emily Pei-Ying Lin (林佩瑩), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
12:30 – 13:30
Lunch
13:30 – 13:40
Welcoming remarks
Liang-Tzung Lin (林良宗), Vice Dean, Office of Global Engagement, TMU
Chris Sippel, Executive Director for International Affairs, Case Western Reserve University
13:40 – 14:10
TMU-CWRU Progress Report 1: A new immunomodulatory imide drug, 3-Monothiopomalidomide, blunts inflammation and mitigates ischemic stroke in rats
Speaker:
Yung-Hsiao Chiang (蔣永孝), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
14:10 – 14:40
TMU-CWRU Progress Report 2: Targeting Replication Stress in Cancer Therapy
Speaker:
Sung-Bau Lee (李松柏), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
14:40 – 15:10
TMU-CWRU Progress Report 3: Innovative Polypyrrole Microparticles for Tissue Therapy: Advancing Active Substance Delivery and Boosting Cellular Function
Speaker:
Andrew E.-Y. Chuang (莊爾元), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
15:10 – 15:40
TMU-CWRU Progress Report 4: Non-invasive Temporal Interfering Spinal Cord Stimulation (TISCS) for Neurogenic Bladder and Motor Function Treatment in Spinal Cord Injury
Speaker:
Chih-Wei Peng (彭志維), Taipei Medical University
Moderator
15:40 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30
Round Table Discussion
Close door meeting, by invitation only
Moderator
17:30