Asian Conference on Fish Models for Diseases
January 30 – February 2, 2023
Borobudur Yogyakarta Indonesia
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Prof. Didier Stainier
Max Planck Institute
for Heart and Lund Research
Bad Nauheim
Germany
Title:
Zebrafish
as a model for developmental genetics.
Prof. Zhiyuan Gong
Department of Biological Sciences
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Title:
Repurposing drug screening for anti-tumor metastasis in zebrafish.
Prof. Han Wang
Center for Circadian Clocks
Soochow University
Suzhou
China
Title:
Unraveling the mystery of the testicular rhythmic activities.
Prof. Yasuhito Shimada
Department of Integrative Pharmacology
Mie University
Tsu
Japan
Title:
Drug screening and therapeutic target discovery in obese and diabetes model zebrafish.
Prof. Herman Spaink
Faculty of Science
Institute Biology
Leiden University
Leiden
The Netherlands
Title:
Zebrafish as model to study infection with
non-tuberculous mycobacteria.
Dr. Yi Ding
Life Science Methods Ltd.
Leiden
The Netherlands
Title:
Novel robotic methods for injection and imaging
of fish larvae.
Prof. Roeland Merks
Faculty of Science
Mathematical Institute
Leiden University
Leiden
The Netherlands
Title:
Integrating experimental disease studies with modern mathematical modelling approaches.
Prof. Graham Lieschke
Australian
Regenerative Medicine Institute
Monash University
Clayton
Australia
Title:
Zebrafish models of hereditary myeloid diseases.
Dr. Laurent Kremer
Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier (IRIM)
UMR 9004 – CNRS / UM
Montpellier
France
Title:
Mycobacterium abscessus pathogenesis and treatment using the zebrafish model of infection.
Prof. Bon-chu Chung
Institute of Molecular Biology
Academia Sinica
Taipei
Taiwan
Title:
Sex differentiation of zebrafish germ cells characterized by single cell RNAseq.
Dr. Cecilia Lanny Winata
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Warsaw
Poland
Title:
Understanding the zebrafish heart using single-cell genomics.
Prof. Maurice van Steensel
Skin Research Institute of Singapore
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Singapore
Working Title:
The zebrafish model in Dermatology.
Prof. Fumihito Ono
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Takatsuki
Japan
Title:
A gene homologous to human uromodulin is upregulated in paralyzed/infected zebrafish.
David Versluis
Faculty of Science
Institute Biology
Leiden University
Leiden
The Netherlands
Title:
Multiscale modelling of the colonic microbiota
in infants.
Prof. Koichi Kawakami
National Institute of Genetics
Mishima
Japan
Title:
Zebrafish: a vertebrate model for neuroscience and
human diseases.
Dr. Indra Wibowo
Institut Teknologi
Bandung
Indonesia
Title:
Fish as a model animal for nutrigenomics study.
Prof. Liqing Zang
Graduate School of Regional Innovation
Mie University
Tsu
Japan
Title:
Zebrafish Model for Diabetic Nephropathy.
Dr. Emily Beck
University of Oregon
USA
Title:
Threespine stickleback fish: an emerging outbred model for mitochondrial diseaes.
Prof. Thomas Look, MD
Dept of Pediatric Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Harvard Medical School
Boston
USA
Title:
LMO1-Dependent Genetic Predisposition to Neuroblastoma acts by Promoting the Adrenergic Cell State: Conservation over 500 million years from Zebrafish to Man.
Prof. Ewa Snaar - Jagalska
Faculty of Science
Institute Biology
Leiden University
Leiden
The Netherlands
Title:
Zebrafish-patient-derived-xenograft models reveal that ferroptosis inhibition by melanin promotes metastatic colonization of melanoma cells.
Wulan Sebastian
Faculty of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Pediatric
Oita University
Oita Yufu City
Japan
Title:
Dynamic Duo: Ankle2 and Vrk1 coordination in maintaining neurogenesis in zebrafish.
Prof. Randall Peterson
College of Pharmacy
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
USA
Title:
Scalling up: high throughput gene and drug discovery using zebrafish.
Connie Fung
Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute
Monash University
Clayton
Australia
Title:
A zebrafish model for Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Dr. Takaomi Sanda
Cancer Science Institute of Singapore
Department of Medicine
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Title:
Zebrafish cancer model with single-cell sequencing reveals clonal evolution and lineage choice driven by the IRF4 oncogene.
Prof. Fons Verbeek
Faculty of Science
Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science
Leiden University
Leiden
The Netherlands
Title:
Computational models of zebrafish for disease studies.
Dr. Chuan Yan
A*STAR Institute of
Cell and Molecular Biology
Singapore
Title:
Zebrafish avatars of human cancer.
Prof. John Rawls
Departments of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Duke Microbiome Center
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham
USA
Title:
Host-microbiota interactions in the zebrafish intestine.
Dr. Christian Tudorache
Faculty of Science
Institute Biology
Leiden University
Leiden
The Netherlands
Title:
Coping with the clock – biological clock function is linked to proactive and reactive personality types.
Dr. Bambang Retnoaji
Animal Structure & Development Lab.
Faculty of Biology
University Gadjah Mada | UGM
Yogyakarta
Indonesia
Title:
Reproductive Aspect and Artificial breeding method of Yellow Rasbora (Rasbora lateristriata): a prospective fish model.
Cristina Baker
Boston Children Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston
USA
Title:
Zebrafish Models to Advance the Understanding of cdkl5 Deficiency and Mosaicism.
Marco Brocca
Aquatic Solutions Tecniplast Spa
Buguggiate
Italy
Title:
Fish culture systems and techniques.
Dr. Ashraf Al Madhoun
Dasman Diabetes Institute
Dasman
Kuwait
Title:
Verapamil, a calcium channel blocker, Enhances Pancreatic β-cell Protection, Survival, and Function.