TENTATIVE PROGRAM

Day 1: Wednesday June 20, 2018
11.00 - 13.30
Registration
13.30 - 14.00
Welcome and Opening Ceremony

-  Conference Report by Chair of the organizing committee

-  Message from Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology section

-  Opening speech: Dean of the Faculty of Science
- Group Photo
14.00 - 14.45
Plenary Lecture 1: Professor Dr. Steven Stacker
“The role of VEGF growth factor family in human disease"
14.45 - 15.45
Poster Presentation 1 / Coffee Break
15.45 - 17.30
BMB Thailand Award Ceremony
- Prof. MR JS BMB awardee Lecture
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chanitra Thuwajit, M.D.
Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
Asst. Prof. Dr. Thanyada Rungrotmongkol
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University
 - Young BMB awardee Lectures
Dr. Pornkamol Unrean
National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Thaned Kangsamaksin
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University
 
Day 2: Thursday June 21, 2018
08.30 - 09.15
Plenary Lecture 2: Professor Dr. Hiroshi Takagi
“Novel stress tolerant mechanisms of yeast and its application to biotechnology”
 
S1 Medical Biochemistry and Aging Science (1)
(Rayong Grand)
S2 Food, Biotechnology and Agricultural Biochemistry (1)
(Ban Phe Grand)
S5 Bioenergy & S7 Environmental Sciences and Toxicology
(Samed)
09.20 - 10.35
S1-K1: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Wirote Tuntiwechapikul
"Telomerase inhibition by perylene derivatives"
S2-K1: Asst.Prof.Dr. Rath Pichyangkul
“Enzymatic transformation of sucrose for functional oligosaccharide production”
(09.20 - 09.40) S5-K1: Prof.Dr. Aran Incharoensakdi
“Microalgae as feedstock for biofuels” 
  
S1-O-01 - S1-O-03
  
S2-O-01 - S2-O-03
(09.40 - 10.00) S5-K2: Asst.Prof.Dr. Chatchawan Jantasuriyarat
“Genetic regulation of oil palm somatic embryogenesis during tissue culture”
(10.00 - 10.20) S7-K1: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Alisa Vangnai
“Fundamental and Applied approaches for Aromatic Amine Pollutant Treatment”
 (10.20 - 10.50) S5-O-01, S7-O-01 
10.35 - 11.35
Poster Presentation 2 / Coffee Break
11.40 - 12.40
Workshop - "Stem Cell Culture & Bio-Processing" by TK CARE
Workshop - "Interactions in Realtime, Study by SPR and LigandTracer" by Ryts Instruments
 
12.40 - 13.40
Lunch
 
S1 Medical Biochemistry and Aging Science (2)
(Rayong Grand)
S3 Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
(Ban Phe Grand)
NAIST-CU-TLL Trilateral Symposium
(Samed)
13.40 - 15.10
S1-K2: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tavan Janvilisri
“Tackling drug resistance in Clostridium difficile
 S3-K1: Dr. Sissades Tongsima
"Evolution of bioinformatics and its future perpective in life sciences"
TS1: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Yuichi Sakumura, NAIST
“Computational estimation of biochemical interactions from time series of membrane potential”
S4-O-04 - S4-O-07
 
S3-O-01 - S3-O-04
 
(14.10 - 14.40)
TS2: Dr. Vorrapon Chaikeeratisak, CU
“The phage nucleus: its role for phage reproduction and its implication to eukaryotic nucleus origin” 
(14.40 - 15.10)
TS3: Adjunct.Asst.Prof.Dr. Yui Cai, TLL
“Mechanism to define the germline step cell niche activity”
15.10 - 15.30
Coffee Break
 
S1 Medical Biochemistry and Aging Science
(Rayong Grand)
 S4 Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
(Ban Phe Grand)
  NAIST-CU-TLL Trilateral Symposium
(Samed)
15.30 - 17.00
 S1-O-08 - S1-O-10
 
 
S4-K1: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Prachumporn T. Kongsaeree
“Discovering novel β-glucosidases from unculturable microbes via a metagenomic approach”
(15.30 - 16.00)
TS4:
 Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ayako Isotani, NAIST
“Application of a new animal model "Interspecies Chimera."”
 
S4-O-01 - S4-O-03
(16.00 - 16.30) 
TS5: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tanakarn Manchupanee, CU
"Redirecting carbon metabolic flow towards bioplastic synthesis in photosynthetic algae"
(16.30 - 17.00) 
TS6: Adjunct.Asst.Prof.Dr. In-Cheol Jang, TLL
“Terpenoids biosynthesis and engineering in plants” 
17.00 - 18.00
 
 
BMB Annual Meeting 
18.00 - 20.00
Conference Dinner
 
Day 3: Friday June 22, 2018
08.30 - 09.15
Plenary Lecture 3: Professor Dr. James R. Ketudat-Cairns
“Beta-glucosidase structure and function: from rice to bacteria to human disease”
 
S2 Food, Biotechnology and Agricultural Biochemistry (2)
(Rayong Grand)
S6 Molecular Genetics and Genomics
(Ban Phe Grand)
S8 Innovative Sciences and Commercialization
(Samed)
09.20 - 09.50
S2-K2: Prof.Dr. Sompong Klaynongsruang
"Crocodile blood: Application and opportunity"
S6-K1: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Supachitra Chatchawan
“Molecular Genetics and Genomic Study for Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Rice”
 
(09.20 - 09.45)
S8-K1: 
Prof.Dr. Pimchai Chaiyen
Turning Basic Knowledge in Redox Enzymology to Innovation
09.50 - 10.35 
S2-O-04 - S2-O-06
S6-O-01 -  S6-O-03
(09.45 - 10.10) 
S8-K2: Dr. Suwat Soonglerdsongpha
“Application of biosurfactant for oil spill biodispersant development: From waste to value-added products”
(10.10 - 10.40)
S8-O-01 - S8-O-02
10.35 - 11.00
Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45
Plenary Lecture 4: Dr. Yin Zhongchao
“TAL effector-dependent disease resistance and susceptibility in rice bacterial blight”
11.45 - 12.00
Closing Ceremony
K = Keynote Lecture, O = Oral Presentation