09:00–10:00

Registration and Coffee

Opening Remarks - Tan Choon Hong

10:00–10:20

10:20–11:00

Designing Biology for a Healthy and Sustainable Future
PL01 - Harris Wang By X ³HPH (LT27)




11:00–11:20

11:20–11:40

11:40–12:00

11:00–11:20


11:20–11:40

11:40–12:00

Session 1: CCS SNAS Fellow Key Note Talk (Chair: Joanne Ngeow)

Role of Clinician Scientists in Advancement of Science- an International Perspective
KNS01 - Joseph Sung, Nanyang Technological University

The Clinician-Scientist of the Future
KNS02 - Wong Tien Yin, Tsinghua University

Q&A Session with CCS SNAS Fellows

Editor's forum By X ³HPH (LT27)
Dujeepa Samarasinghe, National University of Singapore
Raymond Seet, Editor-in-Chief, Annals of the Academy of Medicine

12:00–13:00

Lunch & Viewing of Posters



13:00–13:30


13:30–13:45


13:45–14:00

Session 2: Healthy Longevity (Chair: Koh Woon Puay & Joanne Ngeow)

Lifestyle Interventions and Exercise for Healthy Longevity
KNS03 - Christopher Chen, National University of Singapore

Biological Processes Underlying Accelerated Aging
ITS01 - Johan Gunnar Eriksson, A*STAR IHDP

Frail but Resilient: Rethinking Successful Ageing among Singapore’s Oldest-Old
ITS02 - Koh Woon Puay, National University of Singapore



13:00–13:30


13:30–13:45


13:45–14:00


14:00–14:15

14:15–14:30

14:30–14:40

14:40–14:50


14:50–15:00


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14:50–15:00

15:00–15:20

Tea Break

Multimodal Interventions to Optimise Health: Precision Geromedicine
ITS03 - Andrea Maier, National University of Singapore


ITS04 - Sabrina Wong, National University of Singapore

Strategies to Tackle Ovarian Ageing for Healthy Longevity
STS01 - Huang Zhong Wei, National University Hospital

Bat-Inspired Strategies to Fight Human Diseases and Aging
STS02 - Ahn Matae, Nanyang Technological University

Q&A Session

15:20–16:00

Student Panel Discussion/Debate: 8 Invited Students from NUS Medicine, NTU LKC Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School , and Polytechnics


16:00–16:15

16:15–16:30

16:30–16:40


16:40–16:50


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16:50–17:00

ITS05 - Ngiam Kee Yuan, National University Hospital

ITS06 - Matthew Jacobson, A*STAR IHDP

AI in Drug Discovery (AIDD)Validating Clinical Large Language Models in the real world: From Benchmarks to Bedside Assurance
STS03 - Clara Ngoh, National University Hospital

Digital Behavioural Phenotyping and Interventions in Preventive Cardiology: Bridging AI Capabilities to Real-World Impact
STS04 - Jocelyn Chew, National University of Singapore

Q&A for Short Talks

Panel discussion A By SCRTTM (LT27)
Pitfalls of Translating Stem Cell Tech (Chair: Xinyi Su)

Moderator (5mins)
Panellist 1 (5mins) - Danny Soon (CRIS. MOHH)
Panellist 2 (5mins) - Li Qi Jing (ASTAR IMCB)
Panellist 3 (5mins) - Lisa Ooi (A*STAR ACE-BMR)
Panellist 4 (5mins) - Francesca Lim (NCC)
Moderated Panel Discussion (25mins)
Q&A (10mins)

SCSS Keynote Overseas Speaker
Hiromitsu Nakauchi, Stanford University

17:00–18:00

18:00–19:00

Mixers (Snacks & Beer)