2024/11/08 (Friday)
Venue: Room AR114 in College of Agriculture
12:30 ~ 13:00
Registration (First day)
13:00 ~ 13:10
Opening Remarks
Mike Lai, Chairman of the Biotechnology and Health Care Association of Taiwan
Professor Jue-Liang Hsu, Dean of the College of Agriculture, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Section I: Precision Health
Moderator: Professor Hsueh-Ling Cheng, Department Chair, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
13:10 ~ 14:00
Keynote Speech
Topic: The Current Status of Taiwan Precision Medicine Initiative
Speaker: Dr. Jer-Yuarn Wu, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica; National Center for Genome Medicine
14:00 ~ 14:10
Group photo
13:10 ~ 14:00
Topic: Exosomes: strategies for clinical and non-clinical applications
Speaker: Dr. Martin Sieber, Dean of Research and. Development, BIONET Corp.
14:40 ~ 15:00
Tea break
15:00 ~ 15:30
Topic: Need of Precision Medicine in Cancer Therapeutics for Efficient Therapeutic Outcomes
Speaker: Dr. Hamendra Singh Parmar, Associate Professor, School of Biotechnology, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India
15:30 ~ 16:00
Topic: Mitochondria Transplantation in Regulating Cancer Malignance
Speaker: Dr. Bin Huang, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University
16:00 ~ 16:10
Break
16:10 ~ 16:40
Topic: Stress-Induced Aging in Industrial-Grade Vaccine Cell Cultures and Production Process Strategies
Speaker: Dr. Hsian-Yu Wang, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Animal Vaccine Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
16:40 ~ 17:10
Topic: Metabolic Reprogramming in Pulmonary Fibrosis
Speaker: Dr. Ji-Min Li, Assistant Professor, Institute of Precision Medicine, National Sun Yat-sen University
Closing Remark for Day 1
17:30 ~
Dinner Banquet
Library B1, buffet
2024/11/09 (Saturday)
Venue: Room BT118 in Department of Biological Science and Technology
08:30 ~ 09:00
Registration (Second day)
Section II: Environmental Sustainability (Parallel Section)
Moderator: Professor Jue-Liang Hsu, Dean of the College of Agriculture, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
09:00 ~ 09:50
Keynote Speech
Topic: Harnessing the Borneo Rainforest: Biotechnology Innovations for Health and Medicine
Speaker: Professor Madya ChM. Dr. Vivien Jong Yi Mian, Koordinator Unit Penulisan dan Penerbitan, Bahagian Penyelidikan dan Jaringan Industri, UiTM Cawangan Sarawak, Malaysia
09:50 ~ 10:20
Speech from Industry
Topic: How to do Carbon Calculation for Agriculture ? Carbon Inventory, Regenerative Agriculture, Carbon Footprint, and GRS Recycling
Speaker: Dr. Tsung-Rong Edwin Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University
10:20 ~ 10:40
Tea break
10:40 ~ 11:10
Topic: Biomass Valorization and Production of Bio-based Chemicals to Ensure a Sustainable Bioeconomy
Speaker: Dr. Wen-Chien Lee, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University
11:10 ~ 11:40
Topic: Microbial Applications towards Sustainable Valorization and Mitigation of Environmental Wastes
Speaker: Dr. Tushar Banerjee, Professor, School of Life Science, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India
11:40 ~ 12:10
Topic: Spatio-Temporal Shifts in Wild Snakes in Southern Taiwan and Their Zoonotic Bacteria: A One Health Perspective
Speaker: Dr. Tein-Shun Tsai, Professor, Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Section III: Biotechnology for Agriculture (Parallel Section)
Moderator: Dr. Hsian-Yu Wang, Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Animal Vaccine Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Venue: Room BT304 in Department of Biological Science and Technology
09:00 ~ 09:50
Keynote Speech
Topic: The Roles of Allelopathy in Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Speaker: Academician Chang-Hung Chou, Academia Sinica
09:50 ~ 10:20
Topic: Biotechnology of Marine Fungi in Supporting Sustainable Environment and Agriculture
Speaker: Dr. rer.nat. Kustiariyah Tarman, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences/International Research Institute for Maritime, Ocean and Fisheries (i-MAR), IPB University, Indonesia
10:20 ~ 10:40
Tea break
10:40 ~ 11:10
Topic: The Integration of Microorganisms and Facilities on Promoting Cucumber Growth in Greenhouses
Speaker: Dr. Pearl Pei-Chun Chang, Associate Professor, Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
11:10 ~ 11:40
Topic: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF): An Underground Saviour of Plants Under Stress Conditions
Speaker: Dr. Anjana Jajoo, Professor, School of Life Science, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, India
11:40 ~ 12:10
Topic: Application of Biotechnology in Aquaculture Feeds
Speaker: Dr. Yu-Hung Lin, Distinguished Professor, Department of Aquaculture, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology
Venue: Department of Biological Science and Technology
12:10 ~ 14:00
Lunch: BT407, BT408, BT413, Outdoor Rest Areas in 2F, 3F, 4F
Poster Competition: 4F
Exhibition of Biotech Industry: 1F, 3F
Competition of Student Oral Presentation
Venue: Room BT118 in Department of Biological Science and Technology
14:00 ~ 14:15
Assign Number: R01
Topic: Research on the in vitro cultivation and infection mechanism of the domestic cat hepadnavirus
Student Presentation: Chen-Yu Huang
14:15 ~ 14:30
Assign Number: R02
Topic: Investigating the role of the STAT3 signaling pathway in the anti-bladder cancer properties of Fucoxanthin
Student Presentation: Wen-Chyi Dai
14:30 ~ 14:45
Assign Number: R03
Topic: Polyploid Sweet Marjoram Induction Using Low-dose Gamma Ray Radiation
Student Presentation: Kunene Emmanuel Nkosinathi
14:45 ~ 15:00
Assign Number: R04
Topic: Pigeon Rotavirus as Oncolytic Virus Against Colorectal Cancer Cells
Student Presentation: Marieza Jeunne V. Cardona
15:00 ~ 15:15
Break
15:15 ~ 15:30
Assign Number: R05
Topic: Bioactive Compound Discovery in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GKT04: Insights from Biosynthetic Gene Clusters
Student Presentation: Shubhra Singh
15:30 ~ 15:45
Assign Number: R06
Topic: Investigating the Nano-Structures of Milk Protein Hydrolysate for Nutraceutical Delivery Systems
Student Presentation: Vahrus Nuril Albi
15:45 ~ 16:00
Assign Number: R07
Topic: Enhancing Carbon Sequestration with Methanogen and Methanotroph Interactions for Sustainable Biomethanol Production
Student Presentation: Murugesan Sobanaa
16:00 ~ 16:20
Tea break
16:20 ~
Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks
Mike Lai, Chairman of the Biotechnology and Health Care Association of Taiwan
Professor Hsueh-Ling Cheng, Chairman of Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology