Plenary Speakers

Prof Kam W. Leong

Samuel Y. Sheng Professor of
Biomedical Engineering
(in Systems Biology)
Columbia University, USA

Prof Harris Wang

Chair, Department of Systems Biology
Professor of Systems Biology,
Pathology and Cell Biology, and
Biomedical Engineering
Columbia University, USA

Prof Magdalena Götz

Professor, Head of Stem Cell Center and
Institute of Stem Cell Research
Helmholtz Munich, Germany

Dr Zhou Lihan

CEO and co-founder Mirxes

Keynote Speakers

Prof Gleb Sukhorukov

Professor of Biomedical Materials
School of Engineering
and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Prof Peter Yang

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor (By courtesy) Materials Science and Engineering
Professor (By courtesy) Bioengineering
Stanford University, USA

Prof Ding Jiandong

Professor of Macromolecular Science
Fudan University, China

Prof Haobo Pan

Deputy Director of Institute of
Biomedicine and Technology,
Shenzhen Institute of
Advanced Technology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Prof Hiromitsu Nakauchi

Professor of Genetics
Stanford University
Institute for Stem Cell Biology and
Regenerative Medicine, USA

Prof Brian Kennedy

Distinguished Professor of
Biochemistry and Physiology
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Prof Weidong Le

Professor of Neurology
Zhejiang University, China

Prof Mone Zaidi

Mount Sinai Endowed Professor of Clinical Medicine
Director, Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

Prof Jin Yong-Su

Professor, Department of Food Science and
Human Nutrition
Affiliated faculty, Institute for Genomic Biology and Department of Bioengineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Prof Philippe Soucaille

Professor in Synthetic Biology and
Metabolic Engineering-INSA Toulouse
Lead PI of the CNRS@CREATE CNegSA, Singapore

Dr David Reser

Senior Lecturer, Rural Health Churchill
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
School of Rural Health
Monash University, Australia

Prof Wang Yunbing

Professor, Dean of the School of
Biomedical Engineering
Director of National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials
Sichuan University, China

Prof Loh Xian Jun 

Executive Director
A*STAR Institute of Materials Research and Engineering
(A*STAR IMRE), Singapore

Prof Mao Hai-Quan 

Director, Institute of NanoBioTechnology, Professor, Department of
Materials Science and Engineering,
Whiting School of Engineering; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Translational Tissue Engineering Center, School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University, US

Prof Joseph Sung 

·       Distinguished University Professor
Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences) 
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

Prof Wong Tien Yin 

·       Senior Vice-Chancellor,
Tsinghua Medicine
·       Vice Provost, Tsinghua University,
China

Prof Chong Yap Seng

Deputy Chief Executive
(Education & Research),
National University of Health System
Lien Ying Chow Professor in Medicine
Dean, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore,
Singapore

Prof Roger Foo

·       Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, NUS and NUHCS
Zayed bin Sultan AI Nahyan Professor of Medicine,
·       Vice-Dean(Research),  
ATTRaCT Programme Lead, IMCB A*STAR
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,
National University of Singapore,
Singapore

Prof Christian Wolfrum

Deputy President and Provost,
Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Stephen Riady Professor in Healthcare and Technology
National University of Singapore
Professor, School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (Courtesy Appointment)
Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore

Dr Susann Kummer

Head of the Research Group
Stability and Persistence of
Risk Group 4 Viruses at the
BSL-4 laboratory of the
Centre for Biological Threats and
Special Pathogens at the
Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin,
Germany

Prof Paul Anantharajah Tambyah

Professor, Senior Consultant,
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,
National University Hospital,
Singapore