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Title: Novel Polymeric Artificial Cells for Nanomedicine and Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Thomas Ming Swi Chang, Director, Artificial Cells & Organs Research Centre, McGill University, Canada

Title: Stem cells and Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Michele De Luca, Full Professor of Biochemistry and Director, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

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Title: TBD

Dr. Christophe Labie, Head, Neurobiology Group, Sanofi-aventis, Inc., France

Title: TBD

Dr. Masaaki Kitada, Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

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Title: Finding Novel Cancer Drugs that Address Unmet Medical Needs

Dr. Michael R. Briggs, Senior Director and Head of Cell & Molecular Biology, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA

Title: Peptide Inhibitors of Metastasis in Liver Cancer

Dr. Yinkun Liu, Deputy Director, Liver Cancer Institute of Fudan University, China

Title: The Identifications of the Molecular Targets for Berberine Mediated Cholesterol Reduction in Plasma and in Liver

Dr. Jingwen Liu, Principal Investigator, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, USA

Title: TBD

Dr. Ilho Ha, Director, BioScience Center Hanwha Chemical R&D Institute Hanwha Chemical Co., Korea

Title: Wisdom: Grid Computing Enabled Identification of Active Molecules against Targets Implicated in Malaria

Dr. Vincent Breton, Research Associate, CNRS-IN2P3 Laboratory, France

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Title: Synthesis and Assembly Of Human Papillomavirus Type 16 L 1 Virus-like Particles

Dr. Robin L. Thurmond, Project Leader, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research, USA

Title: The Interleukin-6 Inflammation Pathway from Cholesterol to Aging – Role of Statins, Bisphosphonates and Plant Polyphenols in Aging and Age-related Diseases

Dr. Sota Omoigui, Director, Division of Inflammation and Pain Medicine, L.A Pain Clinic, USA

Title: Use of Cannabinoids as Novel Anti-inflammatory Drugs through Potential Targeting of CB2 Receptors

Dr. Prakash Nagarkatti, Associate Dean for Basic Sciences, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA

Title: Targeting the Cannabinoid System as a Novel Therapeutic Modality to Treat Cancers of the Immune System

Dr. Mitzi Nagarkatti, Deputy Director of Cancer, University of South Carolina, USA

Title: Novel Aryl-thiazolidones and Their Complexes with Ruthenium: Endowed with Anti- trypanosoma Cruzi Activity

Dr. Ana Cristina Lima Leite, Professor and Director, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Title: Neural Mechanism Involved in Chagas Cardiomyooathy: From Neurogenic to Immunogenic Trophic Theories

Dr. Rafael Bonfante-Cabarcas, Director of Biomedical Science PhD Program, Department of Functional Science, School of Medicine, Universidad Cent occidental "Lisandro Alvarado", Venezuela

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Dr. M. Asif Chaudry, University Department of Surgery Royal Free & University College London, UK

Title: Tumor-Selective Anticancer Drugs from Amphiphilic Organophosphazenes

Dr. Youn Soo Sohn, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, Division of Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Korea

Title: Fragment Based Drug Discovery Using Rational Design

Dr. Harren Jhoti, Chief Executive Officer, Astex Therapeutics, Cambridge, UK

Title: TBD

Dr. M Asif Chaudry, University Department of Surgery Royal Free & University College London, UK

Title: Membrane Transporters in Oncology Drug Discovery

Dr. Balázs Sarkadi, Professor, Head of the Membrane Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

Title: TBD

Dr. Hwei-Ru Tsou, Principal Research Scientist, Wyeth Research, USA

Title: Prodigiosin, a New Apoptotic Agent with Anticancer Properties

Dr. Ricardo Pérez-Tomás, Professor, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Spain

Title: Targeting Multidrug Resistant Cancer

Dr. Gergely Szakács, Professor, Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Title: The SV40 Large T Antigen-p53 Complexes Bind and Activate the Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Promoter Stimulating Cell Growth

Dr. Michele Carbone, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology, John A. Burns School of Medicine; Director Thoracic Oncology Program, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, USA

Speech Opportunity is Available

Title: PET Microdosing in Anticancer Drug Development

Dr. Kirsten Bouchelouche, Place City Odense University Hospital, Denmark

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Title: TBD

Dr. Thomas Baumert, Director, University Louis Pasteur, France

Title: Structure Guided Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Inhibitors of the Bacterial enoyl-ACP Reductase FabI

Dr. Judd Berman, CSO, Dalton Medicinal Chemistry, Inc., USA

Title: TBD

Dr. Origène Nyanguile, Principal Scientist, Tibotec BVBA, Belgium

Title: TBD

Dr. Michael Bukrinsky, Professor and Vice Chair, The George Washington University, USA

Title: TBD

Dr. Ming Q Wei, Editorial Board, University of Queensland, Australia

Title: TBD

Dr. Mia Levite, Senior Scientist/Lecturer, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

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Title: TBD

Dr. Michael A. Palladino, Jr., Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Scientific Co-founder, Neuropharm, Inc., USA

Title: Copper Homeostasis and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Alzheimer's, Prion, and Parkinson's Diseases): What can be Learned by Studies on Cu(II)-peptide Complexes

Dr. Gianni Valensin, Professor, Director of the NMR Centre of the University of Siena, Italy

Title: TCA Cycle May Play an Important Role for Protection Against Epileptic Seizures

Dr. Hiro-aki Yamamoto, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Title: The Neurobiological Bases of AED Resistance

Dr. Lazarowski Alberto, Clinical Biochemistry Department, PlaceType School PlaceName of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, PlaceType University of PlaceName Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina

Title: TBD

Dr. Sabina Janciauskiene, Lund Universit, University Hospital, Sweden

Title: Mechanism-based Development of Memantine as A Therapeutic Agent in Treating Alzheimer's Disease and other Neurologic Disorders

Dr. HS Vincent Chen, Assistant Professor, University of California, USA

Title: Serotonin 5-HT 1A Receptors : How New Mechanisms are Driving Innovation and Drug Discovery

Dr. Adrian Newman-Tancredi, Director, Neurobiology 2 Division, Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, France

Title: TBD

Dr. Jorge Juárez, Professor, Universidad de Guadalajara, México

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Title: Chemoembolizattion of Hepatic Neoplasm with Drug-eluting Microspheres

Dr. T. Gregory Walker, Section of Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Title: An Old Drug for a New Therapeutic Frontier: ACE Inhibitors in the Battle against Liver Fibrosis

Dr. Igino Rigato, Senior Investigator, AREA Science Park and University Hospital of Trieste, Italy

Title: Drug Structure- Hepatic Pharmacokinetic Relationships in Normal and Diseased Livers

Dr. Michael S Roberts, University of Queensland, Australia

Title: The 3D Cell Models and Supporting Technologies for Hepatotoxicity Testing of Drugs

Dr. Hanry Yu, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Title: TBD in Field of Diabetes or Kinase Inhibitor

Dr. Tang Peng Cho, Chief Scientific Officer, Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, China

Title: Progress and Limitation of the Andidiabetic Drug Treatment

Dr. Guntram Schernthaner, Professor andHead, Rudolfstiftung Hospital-Vienna, Austria

Title: Investigating Effects of Anesthetics on Bbeta Amyloid Peptide Accumulation and Aggregation, the Key Pathogenic Event in Alzheimer Disease

Dr. Vincenzo Fodale, Aggregate Professor, University of Messina, Italy

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