Keynote Speaker

Prof. Rita P-Y. Chen

Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica

Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University

Topic: Cryogenic Electron Microscopy: New technique development helps us to solve scientific questions

Prof. Chen received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. She worked on protein folding and misfolding and was awarded nine patents from Taiwan, the USA, Europe, and China. She was awarded Academia Sinica Young Investigator Award in 2010 and The TSBMB Award for Innovative Young Biotechnologist in 2012.

Research area:

Peptide therapy for Alzheimer’s disease
Molecular basis of PRION formation and species barrier of PRION transmission
Design of antimicrobial peptides against multidrug-resistant pathogens
Fast kinetic of protein folding

Agenda

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. Registration & Poster Posting

8:50 a.m. – 9:00 am Opening Remarks

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 am Plenary Talk - Prof. Rita P-Y. Chen
Topic: Cryogenic Electron Microscopy: New technique development helps us to solve scientific questions

10:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Student Oral Presentation Session I

(Total: 2 students, 20 min each including Q&A)

10:40 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Tea Break + Student Poster Session

11:40 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Student Oral Presentation Session II

(Total: 4 students, 20 min each including Q&A)