Date

Time

Item

Aug.10

Sunday

13:00-13:30

Registration

Venue: Vanke School of Public Heath Room 105

Opening Ceremony

Host: Yanan DU

(Committee member of APBEC, Vice Dean of School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University)

Venue: Vanke School of Public Heath Room 105

13:30-13:40

Welcome  Remarks

Prof. Tien Yin WONG

(Vice Provost, Tsinghua University,

Senior Vice-Chancellor, Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University)

13:40-13:45

Welcome  Remarks

Prof. Guangzhi Wang

(Executive Dean, School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University)

APBEC Young Scholars Award 2025

13:45-13:55

Introduction of APBEC

Prof. I-Ming HSING

(President of APBEC and Chair of APBEC Selection Committee, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) 

13:55-14:00

Present awards

Prof. I-Ming HSING

(President of APBEC and Chair of APBEC Selection Committee, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Prof. Guangzhi WANG/Prof. Peng LIU

(Executive Dean of School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University

/Secretary of the Party Committee, School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University )

14:00-14:05

Conference Group Photograph

Keynote Talks-1

Chair: Chwee Teck LIM

( Vice-President of APBEC and Chair of APBEC Selection Committee, National University of Singapore)

14:05-14:30

AI in Medicine

Speaker: Tien Yin WONG

Tsinghua University(Beijing)

14:30-14:55

Introduction of the department of bioengineering at UTokyo

Speaker: Hitoshi TABATA

The University of Tokyo

14:55-15:20

Automated, Adaptive and AI-Driven Biomanufacture of Cell and Gene Therapies

Speaker: Qasim RAFIQ

University College London

15:20-15:50

Coffee Break

Keynote Talks-2

Chair: Madoka TAKAI

( Vice-President of APBEC and Chair of APBEC Selection Committee, University of Tokyo)

15:50-16:15

Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) and its applications in studying iron, myelin, fibrosis and calcifications

Speaker: Yi WANG

Cornell University

16:15-16:40

Minimally invasive brain computer interface NEO: from bench to bed
Speaker: Bo HONG
Tsinghua University(Beijing)

16:40-17:05

State of the Art in fMRI and Optogenetic Integration
Speaker: Seong-Gi KIM
Sungkyunkwan University

17:05-

Welcome Dinner at Xi Chunyuan Restaurant, Tsinghua University

Aug.11

Monday

Invited Talks

Venue: Medical Science Building

9:00-9:20

Parallel Session 1

Venue: Medical Science Building Room B416

Parallel Session 2

Venue: Medical Science Building Room B323

Theme I: Biomaterials and

Tissue/Neuro Engineering

Session Chair: Grace CHAO

(Committee member of APBEC, Taiwan University)

Development of a Delivery System for HGF DNA Aptamers

Speaker: Taichi ITO

The University of Tokyo

Theme II: AI for Biomedicine

Session Chair: Qiyuan TIAN

( Tsinghua University(Beijing))

Comprehensive AI for Spine Deformity: Technologies can be Transferred to Other Specialists
Speaker: Teng ZHANG
The University of Hong Kong

9:20-9:40

Synthetic organoids for precision cancer medicine and regenerative therapy

Speaker: Shaohua MA

Tsinghua University(Beijing)

Constructing Digital Embryos and Organs Based on Spatiotemporal Omics Technology
Speaker: Peng XIE
Southeast University

9:40-10:00

Engineering Cell Spheroids and Their Decellularized ECM for Regenerative Therapies

Speaker: Chieh-Cheng HUANG

Tsing Hua University(Hsinchu)

Harnessing Large AI Models for Transforming Healthcare
Speaker: Hao CHEN
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

10:00-10:20

Behaviorally Reinforced Generative Spike Prediction Model: Towards the Rewiring of Disconnected Brain Areas

Speaker: Yiwen WANG

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Ai for human neuroimaging
Speaker: Qiyuan TIAN
Tsinghua University(Beijing)

10:20-10:50

Poster Session

Coffee Break

Medical Science Building 2nd floor 

10:50-11:10

Tissue-adhesive Neuroprosthetic Devices

Speaker: Donghee SON

Sungkyunkwan University

Theme IV: Bioimaging

Session Chair:Jinwook CHOI (Committee member of APBEC, Seoul National University )

Deep Learning Methods for Low-Dose Tau PET Enhancement
Speaker: Kevin Tze-Hsiang CHEN
Taiwan University

11:10-11:30

Polyelectrolyte Carriers: Protecting and Delivering Bioactive Agents for Tissue Repair

Speaker: Justin J. CHUNG

Seoul National University Hospital

Acoustic-assisted optical sensing in brain tissue
Speaker: Keiich NAKAGAWA
The University of Tokyo

11:30-11:50

Advances in Cardiovascular Nanomedicines

Speaker: Hongliang HE

Southeast University

The age for clinical metabolic MRI-from anatomy to cell metabolic language

Speaker: Xiaolei SONG

Tsinghua University(Beijing)

11:50-14:00

Lunch at Medical Scinece Building Room B323, Tsinghua University
Lab Tour of the School of BME, Tsinghua University (Guide: Xiaolei SONG, Xiaochuan DAI）
 Poster Session

14:00-14:20

Parallel Session 1
Medical Science Building Room B416

APBEC Executive Committee Meeting
Medical Science Building Room B215

Theme III: Micro/nano Medicine

Session Chair:

Xiaochuan DAI

( Tsinghua University(Beijing))

Antigen-specific immune tolerance induced by ultrasmall silica drug delivery system

Speaker: Kai MA

Tsinghua University(Beijing)

Proposed Agenda Items

1. Succession arrangement of the APBEC President

2. Activities for 2026

14:20-14:40

Immune organoids as a physiologically authentic model to study human immunity

Speaker: Tay Kah Ping Andy

National University of Singapore

14:40-15:00

Merging Bio-integrated Materials and Devices with Ultrasound: Opportunities in Sensing, Modulation and Actuation

Speaker: Jiaqi LIU

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

15:00-15:20

Developing Next-Generation of Adeno-associated Viral (AAVs) Vectors for Therapeutic Gene Delivery

Speaker: Bonnie Danqing ZHU

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

15:20-15:40

Decoding Physiology Through Skin Vibrations: From Skin-Interfaced to Contactless Wearables

Speaker: Changsheng WU

 National University of Singapore

15:40-16:00

Wearable Skin-tone Friendly Electronic Device for Cardiovascular Monitoring

Speaker: Ting-Wei WANG

Tsing Hua University(Hsinchu)

16:00-16:10

Poster Session
Coffee Break
Medical Science Building 2nd floor

16:10-16:40

Session I: AI empowered Research and Education
Session Chair: Liu Peng( Tsinghua University(Beijing))/Guangzhi Wang( Tsinghua University(Beijing))

Profs. Chwee Teck LIM,I MING HSING, Grace CHAO, Jinwook CHOI, Madoka TAKAI, Qasim RAFIQ and all the Invited Speakers  

16:40-17:10

Session II: How to facilitate international collaboration in this era?
Session Chair:Yanan Du( Committee member of APBEC, Tsinghua University(Beijing))

Chosing Ceremony

Poster Award

17:10-17:15

Present awards

Prof. Peng LIU

(Secretary of the Party Committee, School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University ) 

17:15-17:20

Concluding Remarks