Plenary Lecture - Advances In Photopharmacological Tools That Enable Studies Of The Cannabinoid Receptors
by Erick Carreira, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
9:00 AM
9:35 AM
OP6 - Photoresponsive Liposomes for Enhanced Macrophage-mediated Immunotherapy
Presenter: Jinzhao Liu, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
9:50 AM
Addressing Optical Imaging Challenges through Molecular Afterglow Imaging and Artificial Urinary Biomarker Probes
Kanyi Pu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
10:15 AM
OP7 - Reaching Beyond the UV Spectrum - a pharmacological Profile of an Infrared-shifted H1R Photocaged Ligand
Presenter: Ivana Josimovic, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
10:30 AM
Break
Break
10:50 AM
Controlled Transformation of Nanoparticles For Photo-assisted Anti-cancer Therapy
by Won Jong Kim, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
11:15 AM
OP8 - Photoactivation of azo-THC3-Reduces Seizures in a Mouse Epilepsy Mode
Presenter: Sofie Bournons, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
11:30 AM
Nanovaccines Based on Membrane Vesicles
by Guangjun Nie, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
11:55 AM
OP9 - A Photoswitchable Beta Blocker to Dynamically Control β-adrenergic Receptor Signaling
Presenter: Shuang Shi, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
12:10 PM
12:10 - Lunch Break
Lunch Break
1:30 PM
Near-Infrared Photorelease. (How Far Can We Go with One-Photon Absorption?)
by Petr Klán, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
1:55 PM
OP10 - Near-infrared (NIR) Light Activated Fluorogenic Photosensitizer for Wash-free Proximity Labeling in Live Cells
Presenter: Ying Li, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2:10 PM
Photoactivatable Fluorescent Probe for Single Molecule Imaging
by Qian Liu, Fudan University, China
2:35 PM
OP11 - Photodecomposable Antimicrobial Agents
Presenter: Magne Sydnes, University of Stavanger, Norway
2:50 PM
Tea Coffee Break & Poster Presentation
Tea Coffee Break & Poster Presentation
3:40 PM
Panel Discussion -Main Topics: Clinical Translation Opportunities and Challenges in Photopharmacology and Other Light-related Fields
Panelists: Wiktor Szymanski (Moderator), Henry Chan, Colin Hopper, Sherri McFarland, and Dirk Trauner
4:25 PM
OP12 - Stimuli-Controlled Supramolecular Assemblies of Photoresponsive Molecular Amphiphiles
Presenter: Franco King-Chi Leung, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
4:40 PM
Monitoring and Control of Biological Systems Using Photo-excited Triplet
by Nobuhiro Yanai, Kyushu University, Japan
5:05 PM
OP13 - Development of Novel "Heteroaryl azo" Photoswitches for Photopharmacology Applications
Presenter: P. K. Hashim, Hokkaido University, Japan
5:20 PM
Plenary Lecture - Theranostic Systems Based on Conceptually New Luminogens
by Ben Zhong Tang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), China
