International Conference on Cellular Responses to DNA Damage

08:00-09:00 a.m. Registration
09:00-09:20 a.m. Opening Remarks
09:20-10:20 a.m. Dr. Kaoru Sugasawa (Cellular Physiology Laboratory, Riken, Saitama, Japan))
Molecular mechanism of nucleotide excision repair as a defense against cancer
10:20-10:35 a.m. Coffee Breaks
10:35-11:35 a.m. Dr. Toshio Mori (Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan)
Monoclonal antibodies against DNA damage: A powerful tool in studying neurological abnormalities in xeroderma pigmentosum
11:35-12:35 p.m. Dr. Sheau-Yang (Yann) Shieh (Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
DNA damage signaling pathways connecting hMps1, CHK2 and p53

12:35-02:00 p.m. Lunch hours
02:00-03:00 p.m. Poster presentation
03:00-03:15 p.m. Coffee breaks
03:15-04:15 p.m. Workshop (I) ELISA and micropore UV irradiation
04:15-05:15 p.m. Workshop (II) Comet and Comet-nuclear extract assay
06:00-08:00 p.m. Banquet at Chung-Hsin Hotel

04/27

08:00-09:00 a.m. Registration
09:00-10:00 a.m. Dr. Yin-Chang Liu (Institute of Molecular Medicine, Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan)
Direct involvement of p53 in excision repairs
10:00-11:00 a.m. Dr. Hsin-Ling Hsu (Division of Molecular Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan)
Deregulation of genome surveillance response under MCT-1 oncogenic stress
11:00-11:15 a.m. Coffee Breaks
11:15-12:15 p.m. Dr. Todd Hsu (Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)

12:15-02:00 p.m. Lunch hours
02:00-03:00 p.m. Poster presentation
03:00-03:15 p.m. Coffee breaks
03:15-05:15 p.m. Workshop

04/28

09:00-11:00 a.m. Short talks selected from abstracts
11:00-11:30 a.m. Concluding remarks and prize award

Dr. Toshio Mori (Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan)

Dr. Sheau-Yang (Yann) Shieh (Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Dr. Yin-Chang Liu (Institute of Molecular Medicine, Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan)

Dr. Hsin-Ling Hsu (Division of Molecular Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan)

Dr. Todd Hsu (Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)