Program

Program

Shuttle service:

9/11 08:10 Hotel National (Lobby) to NCHU
9/11 08:00 HSR (1F, Exit 6) Taichung to NCHU
9/11 08:20 Twin Star Hotel (Lobby) to NCHU
9/11 09:40 NCHU to Huisun Experimental Forest Station (Exhibition only)
9/11 11:20 NCHU to Huisun Experimental Forest Station
9/12 17:30 HEFS (Hall) to HSR Taichung and NCHU
9/13 08:00 HEFS (Service Center) to HSR Taichung and NCHU
9/13 09:00 Study tour
For any inquiries or assistance regarding the shuttle service on September 11, please call the following number:: 0937-053542

September 11, 2026

Time Programs
08:30-09:00 Registration
Place: Life Science building, National Chung Hsing University
09:00-09:20 Opening Ceremony
Place: Life Science building, National Chung Hsing University
09:20-09:40 Group Photo Taking
09:40-11:00 Meeting the College of Life Sciences
Museum of Life Sciences & Proteomics & Metabolomics Mass Spectrometry Analysis Center
11:20-12:40 Shuttle
From NCHU Main Campus to Huisun Experimental Forest Station
12:40-13:00 Post posters & Storage Luggage
13:00-13:40 Keynote Speech I: Yoichiro Iwakura
The role of Dectin-1 in the homeostasis of the intestinal immune system
Chair: Chieh-Chen Huang / Place: International Conference Hall
13:40-15:00 Sec I: Decoding and Engineering Human Disease Mechanisms
Chair: Chien-Sheng Chen / Place: Hall
Speaker
1. Yoh-ichi Tagawa, Reconstructing Life in Symbiosis with Intestinal Microbiota: A Microfluidic Culture Model.
2. Dai-Lun Shin, Investigating Pathogenicity and Transmission of Influenza Viruses Using In Vivo Models and Alternative 3D Culture Systems
3. En-Pei Isabel Chiang, Precision Nutrition: Decoding Metabolic Kinetics with Stable Isotope Tracing and Mass Spectrometry for Human Disease
4. Masayuki Hashimoto, Multiple approaches to prevent Shiga toxin in Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
Poster
presentation
15:00-15:20 Refreshments & Group Photo Taking
(Collect your room key at the Information Table)
15:20-16:00 Keynote Speech II: Masayuki Su'etsugu
Bottom-up and Top-down Approaches towards Cell Synthesis
Chair: En-Pei Isabel Chiang / Place: International Conference Hall
16:00-16:40 Sec II: Crop Resilience for a Sustainable Food Future
Chair: Kenji Tsuge / Place: Hall
Speaker
5. Ichiro Terashima, Why and How are Leaves Green?
6. Mei-Fang Chien, Field-Adaptive Phytoextraction Achieved by Elucidation and Utilization of Environment-Biological Interactions
Poster
presentation
16:40-17:40 Poster Competition Section
17:40-18:40 Sec III: Engineering Immunity for Sustainable Health
Chair: Hiroaki Yajima / Place: Hall
Speaker
7. Tetsuro Suzuki, Bridging Mechanisms Between Genome Replication and Particle Formation in Hepatitis C Virus
8. Si-Yu Li, Genetic engineering enables Escherichia coli to fix carbon
9. Jui-Jen Chang, Specific recognition of cyclic oligonucleotides by Cap4 for phage infection
Poster
presentation
19:00- Symposium Banquet

September 12, 2026

Time Programs
08:00-09:00 Forest Walk - A Phytoncide Journey
09:00-09:40 Keynote Speech III: Reiko Horai
The Gut–Eye Axis in Ocular Autoimmunity
Chair: Yoichi Tagawa / Place: International Conference Hall
09:40-10:00 Refreshments
10:00-11:40 Sec IV: From Genome Engineering to Artificial Life I
Chair: Ching-Hao Teng / Place: Hall
Speaker
10. Masakazu Kataoka, From Phenotype to Network: Decoding Intracellular pH Homeostasis in Prokaryotes
11. Chien-Sheng Chen, Bacterial Proteome Microarray Technology in Biomedical Research.
12. Hirotada Mori, How Well Do We Really Understand Escherichia coli?
13. Che-Chun Chen, Exploring the Chromosome-Level Genome of Meretrix sp. as a Genetic Resource for Synthetic Biology
14. Masayuki Yamamura, Rule-based generation of synthetic genetic circuits - the final form v 3.0 -
Poster
presentation
12:00-13:00 Lunch & Poster Removal
12:00-12:40 Lunch Talk: Technology and New Knowledge Sharing Session
Speaker I: Samuel Chou/BIOTOOLS Co., Ltd
Multi-Omics Tools Decipher Human Microbiome Biomarkers and Therapeutic Potentials
Speaker II: Hong-Lin Su, Duo Genic Stem Cells Co., Ltd.
The clinical applications of autologous modified PBMCs
Chair: Chieh-Chen Huang
Place: International Conference Hall
13:00-13:40 Keynote Speech IV: Ichiro Hirao
Genetic Alphabet Expansion Technology for Small Molecule Detection: Applications in Food Safety, Biosecurity, and Diagnostics
Chair: Ichiro Terashima / Place: International Conference Hall
13:40-14:40 Sec V: Precision Health and Therapeutic Discovery
Chair: Hong-Lin Su / Place: Hall
Speaker
15. Chen-Yuan Tseng, Niche BMP signals control testis aging and GSC competition via Hairless, Imp, and Chinmo.
16. Chia-Chia Chao, From Air Pollution to Pulmonary Fibrosis: Can PQQ Make a Difference?
17. Po-Chun Chen, Enterodiol and Enterolactone Suppress Osteoclastogenesis through ERRα-Dependent Mitochondrial Reprogramming and Autophagy Regulation
14:40-15:10 3-Min Talk (Oral presentation)
Chair: Yu-Ting Chen
15:10-15:30 Refreshments
15:30-16:50 Sec VI: Life Science: Foundation for a Better Future
Chair: Si-Yu Li / Place: Hall
Speaker
18. Kenji Tsuge, Combinatorial NRPS library by the SEAM-Combi-OGAB method for novel peptide screening
19. Kaoru Nobuoka, Fluorinated Ionic Liquids as Protective Solvation Cages for Preventing Fluorophore Photobleaching
20. Ching-Hao Teng, Decoding Plasmid-Mediated Virulence: High-Throughput Identification of Conjugation-Transmissible Virulence Factors in Escherichia coli
21. Ying-Ning Ho, Exploring the Hidden Potential of Marine Genomes: AI-Assisted Discovery for Synthetic Biology
16:50-17:10 Closing Ceremony
Place: International Conference Hall
17:30- Shuttle
From Huisun Experimental Forest Station to Taichung City
(For attendees who do not participate in the tour)
17:20-17:50 Board meeting
Place: Room B
18:00- Speakers' Night

September 13, 2026

Time Programs
09:00-18:00 Study Tour
Huisun Experimental Forest Station → Sun Moon Lake Cruise → Lunch: Cilisiang Foods → Hugosum Tea Factory → Taichung City