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

  • 9:15 AM

    Asia/Singapore

    9:15 AM - 9:30 AM +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 AM

    Asia/Singapore

    9:30 AM - 10:05 AM +08
      Photopharmacology

    Plenary Lecture - Click & Clock, Controlling Binding with Light 

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

    10:05 AM

    Asia/Singapore

    10:05 AM - 10:20 AM +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

    10:20 AM

    Asia/Singapore

    10:20 AM - 10:45 AM +08
      Photopharmacology

    Development of Photo-prodrug for Targeted Photochemotherapy

    by Minyong Li, Shandong University, China

    10:45 AM

    Asia/Singapore

    10:45 AM - 11:05 AM +08

    Tea and Coffee Break

    11:05 AM

    Asia/Singapore

    11:05 AM - 11:30 AM +08
      Photopharmacology

    A New Way of Caging Imidazoles for Visible-light Photopharmacology

    by Nobuyuki Tamaoki, Hokkaido University, Japan

    11:30 AM

    Asia/Singapore

    11:30 AM - 11:45 AM +08
      Photopharmacology

    OP2 - Shining the Light on the Topoisomerase Inhibitors

    Presenter: Janez Ilaš, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    11:45 AM

    Asia/Singapore

    11:45 AM - 12:10 PM +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

    12:10 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    12:10 PM - 1:30 PM +08

    Lunch

    Lunch

    1:30 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    1:30 PM - 2:55 PM +08
      Photoresponsive Drug Delivery

    Light-Triggered Metallodrugs for Cancer Therapy

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

    1:55 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    1:55 PM - 2:10 PM +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

    2:10 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    2:10 PM - 2:35 PM +08
      Phototherapy, Light Delivery, Photocages/ Photoswitches

    Delivery of Biomacromolecules for Therapeutic Genome Editing

    by Yuan Ping, Zhejiang University, China

    2:35 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    2:35 PM - 2:50 PM +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

    2:50 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    2:50 PM - 3:40 PM +08

    Coffee Break & Poster Presentation

    Tea & Coffee Break & Poster Presentation

    3:40 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    3:40 PM - 4:25 PM +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

    4:25 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    4:25 PM - 4:50 PM +08

    Photoactivation of Platinum Anticancer Prodrugs

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

    4:50 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    4:50 PM - 5:05 PM +08
      Photoresponsive Drug Delivery

    OP5 - Light-activated Drug Release from Cellulose Nanofiber Hydrogels

    Presenter: Timo Laaksonen, University of Helsinki, Finland

    5:05 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    5:05 PM - 5:30 PM +08

    Phototriggered On-demand Drug Release

    by Changyou Zhan, Fudan University, China

    5:30 PM

    Asia/Singapore

    5:30 PM - 5:55 PM +08

    Photoresponsive Metallopolymers: From Nanocarriers to Recyclable Materials

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