Opening Remarks
Prof. Peng Gong, Vice-President (Academic Development), The University of Hong Kong ; Dr. Weiping Wang, Organizing Committee Chairman, Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong
9:15 AM
9:30 AM
Plenary Lecture - Click & Clock, Controlling Binding with Light
by Nobel Laureate Professor Ben Feringa of University of Groningen, The Netherlands
10:05 AM
OP1 - The development of highly potent photoswitchable inhibitors of N-myristoyltransferase with excellent E/Z selectivity
Presenter: Lisa Carina Dollhopf, Imperial College London, UK
10:20 AM
Development of Photo-prodrug for Targeted Photochemotherapy
by Minyong Li, Shandong University, China
10:45 AM
Tea and Coffee Break
11:05 AM
A New Way of Caging Imidazoles for Visible-light Photopharmacology
by Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Hokkaido University, Japan
11:30 AM
OP2 - Shining the Light on the Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Presenter: Janez Ilaš, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
11:45 AM
Unleashing Possibilities: Wireless Optofluidic Brain Implants for In vivo Pharmacology and Photostimulation
by Jae-Woong Jeong, KAIST, South Korea
12:10 PM
Lunch
Lunch
1:30 PM
Light-Triggered Metallodrugs for Cancer Therapy
by Sherri A. McFarland, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
1:55 PM
OP3 - Long-wavelength Light-triggered Upconversion-like Prodrug Photolysis
Presenter: Kaiqi Long, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
2:10 PM
Delivery of Biomacromolecules for Therapeutic Genome Editing
by Yuan Ping, Zhejiang University, China
2:35 PM
OP4 - Active Control of Nitric Oxide Concentration in a Solution Using Photoresponsive NO Donor
Presenter: Alexander Moskalensky, Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation
2:50 PM
Coffee Break & Poster Presentation
Tea & Coffee Break & Poster Presentation
3:40 PM
Panel Discussion - Main Topics: Advanced Photopharmacology, light-based Research, and Related Field Connections
Panelist: Andrew Woolley (Moderator), Ben Feringa, Amadeu Llebaria, and Pau Gorostiza
4:25 PM
Photoactivation of Platinum Anticancer Prodrugs
by Guangyu Zhu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
4:50 PM
OP5 - Light-activated Drug Release from Cellulose Nanofiber Hydrogels
Presenter: Timo Laaksonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
5:05 PM
Phototriggered On-demand Drug Release
by Changyou Zhan, Fudan University, China
5:30 PM
Photoresponsive Metallopolymers: From Nanocarriers to Recyclable Materials
by Si Wu, University of Science and Technology of China, China
