第二屆台灣循環研究學會國際研討會 暨史丹佛-台灣生物醫學新知研討會

研討會議程

2nd Annual Meeting of Taiwan Circulation Research Society (TCRS)
2025 Stanford-Taiwan Symposium on Biomedical Advances

第二屆台灣循環研究學會國際研討會 暨 史丹佛-台灣生物醫學新知研討會

March 14-15 (Fri-Sat), 2025, B1C Hall, IBMS, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Program Agenda (March 14, Friday)

08:30-08:50 Registration

Welcome & Opening

08:50-9:05 Dr. Huey-Kang Sytwu (司徒惠康院士, NHRI President, Stanford alumnus, AS Academician)
Dr. Yijuang Chern (陳儀莊, IBMS Director)
Dr. Joseph Wu (吳慶明院士, Stanford-CVI Director, US NAM Member)
Dr. Patrick Hsieh (謝清河, TCRS President)

Group Photo

Presidential Forum
Chairs: 鍾邦柱, 司徒惠康

09:10-09:40 Dr. Helen Blau (Stanford, US NAS/NAM Member)
Reversing skeletal and cardiac muscle dysfunction in aging by targeting a GEROZYME
09:40-10:10 Dr. Chih-Hao Lee (李志浩, AS-GRC Director)
Th2 immune signaling in mitochondrial metabolism and metabolic diseases

Networking & Coffee Break 10:10-10:30

Session 1
Chairs: 陳儀莊, 裘正健

10:30-11:00 Keynote Speech
Dr. David Spiegel (Stanford, US NAM Member)
Tranceformation: hypnosis in mind, brain, body, and Apps
11:00-11:20 Dr. Kai Wollert (Hannover College of Medicine, Germany)
Developing secretome-based therapies for acute myocardial infarction
11:20-11:40 Dr. Tai-Ming Ko (柯泰名, NYCU/IBMS)
Decoding circulating immune cell dynamics through single-cell genomics and digital twins to advance precision therapies in inflammatory disease
11:40-12:00 Dr. Xinliang Ma (Thomas Jefferson)
Identification of secreted modular calcium-binding protein-1 as a novel endogenous protective molecule against acute myocardial infarction-induced cardiac rupture

TCRS General Member Meeting (B1C) and Lunch Symposium by Diamond Sponsors (B1A)

Session 2
Chairs: 楊瑞彬, 李士傑

13:30-14:00 Keynote Speech
Dr. Yevgeniya Nusinovich (Science, Senior Editor)
Notes from an editor: inside publishing at Science
14:00-14:20 Dr. Thomas Wei (魏子堂, NTU)
New generation of cannabinoid CB1 antagonists for cardiovascular disease
14:20-14:40 Dr. Patricia Nguyen (Stanford)
From angiogenesis to immune modulation – A multipronged approach for the treatment of ischemic heart disease
14:40-15:00 Dr. Yi-Cheng Chang (張以承, NTU/IBMS)
ER ribosomal‑binding protein 1 regulates blood pressure and potassium homeostasis by modulating intracellular renin trafficking

Networking and Refreshment 15:00-15:20

Session 3
Chairs: 吳華林, 謝清河

15:20-15:50 Life-time Award and Keynote Speech: Dr. Kenneth Wu (伍焜玉院士, NHRI)
5-methoxytryptophan: new member of endothelial arsenal against cardiovascular injury
15:50-16:10 Dr. Sean Wu (Stanford)
Elucidating the intrinsic cellular defects in congenital heart disease using human iPSCs
16:10-16:30 Dr. Yajing Wang (UAB)
Interplay between adipocytes and cardiac function in diabetic cardiovascular disease
16:30-16:50 Dr. Ian Chen (Stanford)
Adipocyte degeneration in calcific aortic valve disease: insights from micro-computed tomography of leaflet-dependent pathologies

Banquet
Chair: 張瑛芝 (Stanford alumnus and affiliate professor)

18:30-19:00 Keynote Speech
Dr. Joseph Wu (吳慶明院士, Stanford-CVI Director, US NAM Member)
Stem cells, genomics, and AI for drug discovery

Program Agenda (March 15, Saturday)

08:00-08:30 Registration

Session 4 Chairs
陳適安, 鄭敬楓

08:30-09:00 Keynote Speech
Dr. Joseph Hill (UTSW, Editor-in-Chief of Circulation)
Cardiology on high beam: obstacles and opportunities
09:00-09:30 Keynote Speech
Dr. Eldrin Lewis (Stanford, Cardiology Chief)
Transforming HF care in 2025 - integration of quality of life and technology
09:30-09:50 Dr. Yung-Hsin Yeh (葉勇信, CGU)
Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities in AF cardiomyopathy and AVF dysfunction
09:50-10:10 Dr. Jay Zhang (UAB-BME Chair, AHA-BCVS Chair)
Remuscularization of injured ventricle in large animals

Networking & Coffee Break 10:10-10:30

Session 5: Mini-symposium of TSOC & TCRS
Chairs: 李貽恆, 胡瑜峰

10:30-10:50 Dr. Zian Tseng (UCSF)
Molecular phenotyping of sudden cardiac death
10:50-11:10 Dr. Yibin Wang (Duke-Singapore)
Metabolic mechanism and therapeutic targets for HFpEF
11:10-11:30 Dr. Chin-Sheng Lin (林錦生, TSGH)
AI-ECG in action: clinical trials and future perspectives at TSGH
11:30-11:50 Dr. Kai-Chien Yang (楊鎧鍵, NTU)
Heal the broken heart: myocyte renewal, fibrosis and inflammation
11:50-12:10 Dr. Chloe Wilson (The Lancet, Senior Editor)
Medical publishing: challenges and opportunities

TSOC Lunch Symposium & TSLA Lunch Symposium (B1A)

Session 6: Mini-symposium of TSLA & TCRS
Chairs: 劉秉彥, 王寧

13:30-13:50 Dr. Issei Komuro (Tokyo U, Cardiology Chief)
Mechanisms of heart failure revealed by genomic and single cell analysis - from mice to humans
13:50-14:10 Dr. Hung-I Yeh (葉宏一, MMH)
Fluorescent gold nanoclusters interfere the binding of KEAP1 to NRF2 and possess multiple actions against atherosclerosis
14:10-14:30 Dr. John Shyy (UCSD)
The two-pronged phosphorylation of ACE2 determines vascular health and disease
14:30-14:50 Dr. Kevin Xiang (UC-Davis)
Intracellular GPCR signaling in HFrEF and HFpEF

Networking and Refreshment 14:50-15:10

Session 7: Mini-symposium of ACRE & TCRS
Chairs: 蔡素宜, 賴時磊

15:10-15:30 Dr. Xuejun Wang (South Dakota, ACRE President)
The proteasome functional insufficiency (PFI) hypothesis of heart failure
15:30-15:50 Dr. Zhao Wang (City of Hope, ACRE President-Elect)
Stress response in pathological cardiac remodeling and heart failure
15:50-16:10 Dr. Po-Hsun Huang (黃柏勳, VGH-TPE)
Obstructive sleep apnea-induced endothelial dysfunction is mediated by miR-210
16:10-16:30 Dr. Jiang Chang (Texas A&M)
Transcriptional errors in the heart: mechanisms and clinical significance

Networking and Refreshment 16:30-16:50

Session 8: Meeting the Editors (16:50-17:30)
Chairs: Joseph Wu, Sean Wu
Editors: Dr. Joseph Hill (Circulation), Dr. Yevgeniya Nusinovich (Science), Dr. Chloe Wilson (The Lancet)

Award Ceremony
Chairs: 顏裕庭, 陳文彬

17:30-17:50 Best paper of the year 2024
Poster Awards

Closing

17:50-17:55 Dr. Joseph Wu (Stanford)
Dr. Patrick Hsieh (IBMS)