* All times are based on Asia/Singapore +08.

    • Monday

    Nov. 27

    Tuesday

    Nov. 28

    Wednesday

    Nov. 29

    9:15

    Asia/Singapore
    09:15 - 09:30 +08
    Board Room, 1/F, Faculty Administration Wing

    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

    9:30

    Asia/Singapore
    09:30 - 10:05 +08
      Photopharmacology

    Plenary Lecture - Click & Clock, Controlling Binding with Light 

    by Nobel Laureate Professor Ben Feringa of University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    10:05

    Asia/Singapore
    10:05 - 10:20 +08
      Photopharmacology

    OP1 - The development of highly potent photoswitchable inhibitors of N-myristoyltransferase with excellent E/Z selectivity

    Presenter: Lisa Carina Dollhopf, Imperial College London, UK

    1

    10:20

    Asia/Singapore
    10:20 - 10:45 +08
      Photopharmacology

    Development of Photo-prodrug for Targeted Photochemotherapy

    by Minyong Li, Shandong University, China

    1

    10:45

    Asia/Singapore
    10:45 - 11:05 +08

    Tea and Coffee Break

    11:05

    Asia/Singapore
    11:05 - 11:30 +08
      Photopharmacology

    A New Way of Caging Imidazoles for Visible-light Photopharmacology

    by Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Hokkaido University, Japan

    1

    11:30

    Asia/Singapore
    11:30 - 11:45 +08
      Photopharmacology

    OP2 - Shining the Light on the Topoisomerase Inhibitors

    Presenter: Janez Ilaš, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    1

    11:45

    Asia/Singapore
    11:45 - 12:10 +08
      Phototherapy, Light Delivery, Photocages/ Photoswitches

    Unleashing Possibilities: Wireless Optofluidic Brain Implants for In vivo Pharmacology and Photostimulation

    by Jae-Woong Jeong, KAIST, South Korea

    1

    12:10

    Asia/Singapore
    12:10 - 13:30 +08

    Lunch

    Lunch

    13:30

    Asia/Singapore
    13:30 - 14:55 +08
      Photoresponsive Drug Delivery

    Light-Triggered Metallodrugs for Cancer Therapy

    by Sherri A. McFarland, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA

    1

    13:55

    Asia/Singapore
    13:55 - 14:10 +08
      Phototherapy, Light Delivery, Photocages/ Photoswitches

    OP3 - Long-wavelength Light-triggered Upconversion-like Prodrug Photolysis

    Presenter: Kaiqi Long, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    1

    14:10

    Asia/Singapore
    14:10 - 14:35 +08
      Phototherapy, Light Delivery, Photocages/ Photoswitches

    Delivery of Biomacromolecules for Therapeutic Genome Editing

    by Yuan Ping, Zhejiang University, China

    1

    14:35

    Asia/Singapore
    14:35 - 14:50 +08
      Photoresponsive Drug Delivery

    OP4 - Active Control of Nitric Oxide Concentration in a Solution Using Photoresponsive NO Donor

    Presenter: Alexander Moskalensky, Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation

    1

    14:50

    Asia/Singapore
    14:50 - 15:40 +08

    Coffee Break & Poster Presentation

    Tea & Coffee Break & Poster Presentation

    18

    15:40

    Asia/Singapore
    15:40 - 16:25 +08

    Panel Discussion - Main Topics: Advanced Photopharmacology, light-based Research, and Related Field Connections

    Panelist: Andrew Woolley (Moderator), Ben Feringa, Amadeu Llebaria, and Pau Gorostiza

    16:25

    Asia/Singapore
    16:25 - 16:50 +08

    Photoactivation of Platinum Anticancer Prodrugs

    by Guangyu Zhu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    1

    16:50

    Asia/Singapore
    16:50 - 17:05 +08
      Photoresponsive Drug Delivery

    OP5 - Light-activated Drug Release from Cellulose Nanofiber Hydrogels

    Presenter: Timo Laaksonen, University of Helsinki, Finland

    1

    17:05

    Asia/Singapore
    17:05 - 17:30 +08

    Phototriggered On-demand Drug Release

    by Changyou Zhan, Fudan University, China

    1

    17:30

    Asia/Singapore
    17:30 - 17:55 +08

    Photoresponsive Metallopolymers: From Nanocarriers to Recyclable Materials

    by Si Wu, University of Science and Technology of China, China

    1