Symposium 2018: Health Technology Innovations for Global Impact
BIGHEART Symposium 2018 will be held at Clinical Research Centre, MD11 auditorium (10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597) National University of Singapore from 23 – 24 July. The symposium will comprise presentations and panel discussions exploring health technology solutions for global impact.
Event Sponsor:
Organising Committee:
Prof. Luke P. LEE (Chair)
Prof. Chwee Teck LIM
Asst Prof. Chia-Hung CHEN
Dr Tze Ping LOH
Asst Prof. Huilin SHAO
Asst Prof. John HO
For enquiries, please contact bigzyu@nus.edu.sg
Symposium Programme
| Monday, 23 July 2018 | |
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| Time | Programme |
| Session 1: Opening Session Chair: Professor Luke P. Lee |
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| 8:15am – 9:00am | Registration |
| 9:00am – 9:10am | Opening Address Professor Chwee Teck Lim, National University of Singapore Professor Luke P. Lee, National University of Singapore |
| 9:10am – 9:40am | To See the World’s Health in a Grain of SANDs* Professor Luke P. Lee, National University of Singapore |
| 9:40am – 10:25am | Plenary Talk Convergence: How Unexpected Partnerships in Engineering and Medicine Have Enabled the Artificial Pancreas Professor Francis J. Doyle III, Harvard University |
| 10:25am – 10:45am | Refreshment |
| Session 2: Single Cell Analysis & Molecular Diagnostics Chair: Dr Yi-Chin Toh |
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| 10:45am – 11:15am | A Microfluidic Platform for Single-cell Wound Repair Studies Dr Sindy Tang, Stanford University |
| 11:15am – 11:35am | Title to be announced Dr Huilin Shao, National University of Singapore |
| 11:35am – 11:55am | Ultrafast Single-Cell Level Enzymatic Tumour Profiling Dr Chia-Hung Chen, National University of Singapore |
| 11:55am – 12:15pm | Phenotype-Driven Precision Oncology (PDPO) – Guiding Clinical Decisions One Patient at a Time Dr Ramanuj DasGupta, Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), A*STAR |
| 12:15pm – 12:35pm | Deciphering Cellular Heterogeneity with Single Cell Assays for Precision Medicine Dr Lih Feng Cheow, National University of Singapore |
| 12:35pm – 2:30pm | Poster Session & Lunch Break |
| Session 3: Microfluidics and Materials Chemistry for Medical Applications Chair: Dr Chia-Hung Chen |
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| 2:30pm – 3:00pm | Profiling Cellular-to-Molecular Diversity Using Electrophoretic Cytometry Professor Amy E. Herr, University of California, Berkeley and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub |
| 3:00pm – 3:20pm | Aggregation-Induced Emission: Materials and Biomedical Applications Professor Bin Liu, National University of Singapore |
| 3:20pm – 3:40pm | Rapid Pathogen Detection – Fantasy or Reality? Dr Catherine Ong, National University Hospital |
| 3:40pm – 4:00pm | How Good Must a Clinical Test Be: A Perspective of Biological Variation Dr Tze Ping Loh, National University Hospital |
| 4:00pm – 4:30pm | Refreshment |
| Session 4: Wearables and Wireless Devices for Translational Medicine Chair: Dr Lih Feng Cheow |
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| 4:30pm – 4:50pm | From Next-Generation Phones to Wearables Professor Li Shiuan Peh, National University of Singapore |
| 4:50pm – 5:10pm | Wideband Wireless Power Transfer for Human-Involved Environment Dr Shaoying Huang, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) |
| 5:10pm – 5:30pm | Human-Inspired Sensory Systems Dr Benjamin Tee, National University of Singapore |
| 5:30pm – 5:50pm | Wireless Technologies for Bioelectronic Therapies Dr John Ho, National University of Singapore |
| 5:50pm – 6:00pm | Group Photo Taking |
| End of Day 1 | |
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Appreciation Dinner (by invitation only) |
| Tuesday, 24 July 2018 | |
| Time | Programme |
| Session 1: Biophotonics, Genomics, Technology for Cancer Chair: Dr Benjamin Tee |
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| 8:55am – 9:00am | Opening |
| 9:00am – 9:40am | Better Pathology Through Computational Microscopy Professor Chang Huei Yang, California Institute of Technology |
| 9:40am – 10:00am | Technologies That Can Help the Medical Oncologists Dr Boon Cher Goh, National University Health System (NUHS) |
| 10:00am – 10:20am | Systems Biology of Stem Cells Professor Huck Hui Ng, Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), A*STAR |
| 10:20am – 10:40am | Refreshment |
| Session 2: Translational Engineering and Medicine Chair: Dr Huilin Shao |
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| 10:40am – 11:20am | Title to be announced Professor David Weitz, Harvard University |
| 11:20am – 11:40am | Overcoming the Valley of Death Professor Khee Chee Soo, National Cancer Centre Singapore |
| 11:40am – 12:00pm | The Future of Diagnostics and Surveillance Dr Rosemary Tan, Veredus Laboratories |
| 12:00pm – 12:20pm | Research Translation: A Personal Journey and Some Perspectives on Improving Research Translation in NUS Professor Freddy Boey, National University of Singapore |
| 12:20pm – 12:40pm | CURATE.AI: Optimising Clinical Combination Therapy with Artificial Intelligence and Digital Medicine Professor Dean Ho, National University of Singapore |
| Panel Discussion Session: Clinical Applications for Global Impact Chair: Professor Luke P. Lee |
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| 12:40pm – 1:40pm | Panel Discussion 1. Professor Luke P. Lee (Chair), BIGHEART, National University of Singapore 2. Professor David Weitz, Harvard University 3. Professor Freddy Boey, National University of Singapore 4. Professor Dean Ho, National University of Singapore 5. Professor Boon Cher Goh, National University Health System 6. Professor Khee Chee Soo, National Cancer Centre Singapore 7. Dr David Sun, Intelligent Sensor Research Institute 8. Dr Rosemary Tan, Veredus Laboratories |
| 1:40pm – 3:00pm | Poster Session & Lunch Break |
| Session 3: Organ-On-Chip for Precision Medicine Chair: Dr John Ho |
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| 3:00pm – 3:20pm | Data Analytics in Biomedical Applications Professor Hanry Yu, National University of Singapore |
| 3:20pm – 3:40pm | Engineering Heterotypic Cellular Interactions for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing Dr Yi-Chin Toh, National University of Singapore |
| 3:40pm – 4:00pm | Understanding Genetic Susceptibility Using Personalised Vascular Models Dr Christine Cheung, Nanyang Technological University |
| 4:00pm – 4:20pm | Future of Transfusion Medicine – Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Derived Blood? Dr Jaichandran Sivalingam, Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), A*STAR |
| 4:20pm – 4:25pm | Poster Award |
| 4:25pm – 4:40pm | Closing Remarks |
| End of Symposium | |
| 4:40pm – 5:40pm | Tour and reception at BIGHEART (by invitation only) |
Event registration is now closed, thank you for your interest!
Please click HERE to download the symposium programme.
