The 15^th Meeting of Chinese Life Scientists Society in the UK

London, September 12-13, 2009

Christopher Ingold Auditorium

Chemistry Building, University College London (UCL)

  Submission Deadline Extended to 17th August 2009

(In order to assist those who miss the deadline for abstract submission and early registration, the organising committee of 15th CLSS-UK meeting have extended the deadline to the 17 of August, 2009. So if you haven't had a chance to submit your abstract and registration form yet, please don't leave it to the last minute, get your submission done today! Otherwise, seats for meeting and conference dinner in Chinatown may not be guaranteed.)

The Second Announcement & Scientific Programme

Organizer: Chinese Life Scientists Society in the UK (CLSS-UK)

Sponsored by:

The Education Section of the Chinese Embassy in the UK

The Science & Technology Section of the Chinese Embassy in the UK

University College London

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

Cancer Research UK

Suzhou Gene Pharma

Bio Bay Suzhou

Anachem Ltd

AbD Serotec

Fermentas

Peprotech

Invitrogen

Promega

Tebu-bio

VWR

  Organisation

The Organising Committee

Chairman:  Dr. Xiong Zhong Ruan (UCL)

Vice-Chairmen: Dr. Shiyu Yang (UCL)  

Members:  Dr. Youli Hu (UCL), Dr. Shao-An Xue (UCL), Dr. Lei Zhao (UCL), Dr Yang Yuan (UCL), Dr. Yin Ku (UCL), Dr. Qihe Xu (King’s College London),  Dr Yinbiao Sun (King’s College), Dr. Hongxiang Liu (Cambridge University ), Dr. Zhidao Xia (Oxford University), Dr. Ming Lei (Manchester University),  Dr. Daqing Ma (Imperial College),  Dr. Honglei Huang (Imperial College).

Treasurer: Dr. Xuebing Dong/ Dr. Yang Yuan

 The Academic Committee

Meeting Venue

Christopher Ingold Auditorium

Chemistry Building, UCL

 20 Gordon Street

London WC1H 0AJ

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Exhibition and Poster Hall

Nyholm Room in Chemistry Building

Call for Abstract and Invitation

The 15th Annual Meeting of Chinese Life Scientists Society in the UK (CLSS-UK) will be held in Christopher Ingold Lecture Theatre, Chemistry Building, UCL (20 Gordon Street, London) in September 12-13, 2009. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for Chinese life scientists in the UK to exchange ideas, share experience and establish collaborations with each other and also with life scientists in China.

The Scientific Programme Committee has achieved an agenda that will cover the expanding list of topics related to all major areas of basic, translational and clinical bio-sciences. We have invited 11 top scientists from UK and China to give plenary lectures including Professor Ziheng YANG (UCL) who is the first British Chinese awarded the title of FRS (Fellow of Royal Society); Professor Zihe RAO who is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and President of Nankai University; Professor Qingbo XU (King’s College London) who founded one of the biggest vascular biology research centres in Europe and is the Chair of two major research programmes focusing stem cells; Professor Youfei Guan (Beijing University) who is a leading pioneer in field of nuclear receptors and metabolic syndrome; Professor Ping WANG (Queen Mary) who is leading expert in experimental immunology and Professor Tak LEE (King’s College London) who is the director of division of asthma allergy and lung biology. A delegate from China Academy of Science, High-technique Districts and Universities will also be invited to attend this meeting.

In addition, we have also invited all senior fellows/professors of the Academy of Life Sciences for Chinese in the UK (ALSC-UK) to hold a ‘Meet experts’ excise for young investigators and PhD students which provides an opportunity for you to discuss either scientific topics or experience about career development with the experts. We also  offer a number of travel grants and prizes for the best oral and poster presentations.

On behalf of the organising committee, I am pleased to invite you to submit your abstracts before the deadline on 30th of July 2009, and to also attend the 15th annual meeting of CLSS-UK.

Yours sincerely

 Xiong Zhong Ruan MD, PhD

On behalf of the 15^th CLSS-UK Conference Organising Committee

Scientific Programme

12 September 2009

12:00-14:00 Registration

14:00-14:30 Welcome address

Dr Xiong Zhong Ruan, Chairman of the Local Organising Committee

Dr Qihe Xu, Chairman of CLSS-UK

Mr Xiaogang Tian, Minister Counsellor, Education Section, Chinese Embassy

Mr Futao Chen, Minister Counsellor, Science and Tech Section, Chinese Embassy

Professor Zhengxiao Guo, UCL Pro-Provost for China, Hong Kong and Macau

Session I: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genomics, Proteomics

Chair: Dr Qihe Xu; Dr Xiong Z. Ruan

14:30-14:50 Invited lecture 1

 Pofessor Zihe Rao (Nankai University): Crystal Structure of Mitochondrial Respiratory Membrane Protein Complex (To be confirmed)

14:50-15:10 Invited lecture 2

 Professor Zihen Yang (UCL): Comparative genomics: from sequence to function

15:10-15:40 Oral presentation 1-3

15:40-16:10 Tea Break and Poster session

Session II: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Bio-technology, Pharmacology

Chair: Dr Shiyu Yang; Dr Hongxiang Liu

16:10-16:30 Invited lecture 3

Professor Wen Wang (Queen Mary, University of London): Currents in the body's rivers: extracellular fluid and its physiological functions

16:30-16:50 Invited lecture 4

 Dr Yinbiao Sun (King’s College London): Fluorescence for in situ structure: molecular mechanism of cardiac muscle regulation

16:50-17:20 Oral presentation 5-7

17:30-18:30 Reception in Nyholm Room & CLSS-UK committee meeting

18:30-20:30 Conference Dinner

13 September 2009

Session III: 

Chair: Professor Minging Du; Dr Qihe Xu

8:30-10:30: Meet experts

Participating ALSC-UK Fellows/experts: to be confirmed

Wei Wang, Heng Long Hu, Yongqiang Ke,

Session IV:  Biomedical Science, Clinical Medicine, Translational Medicine, and Chinese Medicine

Chair: Dr Zhidao Xia; Dr Youli Hu

10:30-10:50 Invited lecture 5

 Professor Tak H Lee (King’s College London): SERCA and airway remodeling in asthma

10:50-11:10 Invited lecture 6

 Dr Pentao Liu (The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge): mouse and human iPS cells: production and applications

11:10-11:40 Oral presentation 9-11

11:40-12:10 Tea Break and Poster session

Session V: Cardiovascular Bioscience, Metabolic Disease, Physiology

Chair: Dr Ming Lei; Dr Xin Fang

12:10-12:30 Invited lecture 7

 Professor Qingbo Xu (King’s College London): Endothelial Death and Stem Cell Repair in Cardiovascular Disease

12:30-12:50 Invited lecture 8

 Professor Youfei Guan (Beijing University): PPARs and metabolic syndrome

12:50-13:20 Oral presentation 10-12

13:20-14:30 Buffet Lunch and Poster session & ALSC-UK Fellow’s Meeting

Session VI: Cancer Research, Neuroscience

Chair: Dr Wei Wang; Dr Daqing Ma

14:30-14:50 Invited lecture 9

 Dr Su-Ling Li (Brunel University/Fudan University):  A novel vaccine used to remodel the immune responses against cancer

14:50-15:10 Invited lecture 10

 Dr Lu-Gang Yu (Liverpool University): The circulation of galactoside-binding galectins in cancer cell metastatic spread

15:10-15:30 Oral presentation 12-14

15:30-16:00 Tea Break and Poster session

Session VII: Inflammation, Immunology, and Virology 

Chair: Dr Shaoan Xue; Dr Honglei Huang

16:00-16:20 Invited lecture 11

 Professor Ping Wang (Queen Mary, University of London): Molecules control the magnitude and trend of immune responses.

16:20-16:50 Oral presentation 15-17

16:50-17:00 Awards for the best oral and poster presentations

17:00-17:10 Conference Close

Abstract Guidelines:

v     Abstract must be in English.  Please type your abstract in Times New Roman, Font 12, using Microsoft Word and save it in MS word format.

v     Title should be concise and typed in capital bold letters.

v     Presenting authors should be underlined.  Please provide FIRST NAME in full, followed by the LAST NAME for all authors. The telephone number and e-mail address of the presenting author must be included. Leave a line space between title and authors. 

v     List department, institution, city of the authors. Leave a line space between affiliation and main body of abstract.

v     The abstract should be single-spaced, typed in lower case and the main text should not exceed 400 words. The content should include: OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS, and CONCLUSIONS. The use of tables or figures is not recommended.

Note: The abstracts (e-version) must be sent to London2009@clss.org.uk before the 17th of August 2009.

Registration

Since CLSS-UK runs as a charity with a very limited budget, we require a voluntary registration fee (in different levels) to cover some cost of the meeting and to provide travel grants to some of young students and scientists. In any case, we would thank you for your kind support for our society.

Voluntary registration fee:

1^st category: £50; 2^nd category: £10

Note: You can find a suitable payment method described in the Registration Form. The e-version of Registration form should be sent to: Lonond2009@clss.org.uk before the 17th of August 2009.

Accommodation

We are not going to cover the accommodation since the limit of budget. However, we can book a college single room (£40 per night) for you. If you need to book an accommodation, please tick the proper box in the registration form.

Yong Investigator Award

We will support up to 5 prizes for the best oral and poster presentations.  

Travel Grants & Shuttle Buses

In order to encourage young Chinese life scientists (including PhD students) to attend the conference, the organising committee will provide travel grants for some young investigators. Please tick the proper box in the registration form if you would apply a travel grant.

Download Full text of this announcement and registration form.