NNI Neuro-Oncology Symposium Date : 10 October 2014, Friday Time : 8.45am – 5.30pm *Registration will start at 8.15am Venue : Seminar Room L1-S1, Level 1 The Academia, Singapore General Hospital Singapore 169856 Programme TIME TOPIC 0815 – 0845 REGISTRATION 0845 – 0900 Address by Guest-of-Honour 0900 – 0930 Neuro-Oncology at National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) & Molecular Classification of Glioblastoma 0930 – 1000 Challenges in Glioma Surgery 1000 – 1030 The Role of DNA Aptamers in Oncology 1030 - 1100 TEA BREAK 1100 – 1130 Systemic Therapy for Glioblastoma and its Challenges 1130 – 1200 Molecular Biology of Brain Tumours: Towards Patient Stratification for Therapeutic Strategies * Programme subject to change without prior notice. SPEAKER Prof Wong Tien Yin Group Director, Research SingHealth Assoc Prof Christopher Ang Beng Ti Senior Consultant Head of Neurosurgery (NNI-SGH Campus) National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) Assoc Prof Ng Wai Hoe Deputy Director, NNI Head and Senior Consultant Department of Neurosurgery (NNI-TTSH Campus) National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) Dr Seow Yiqi Research Fellow Molecular Engineering Laboratory Biomedical Science Institute (BMSI) Dr Tham Chee Kian Consultant Division of Medical Oncology National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) Dr Carol Tang Senior Research Scientist Neuro-Oncology Research Laboratory National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) Event Secretariat: 1200 – 1215 Bridging the Gap between Neurosurgery and Research – The Role of a Clinician-Scientist 1215 – 1330 LUNCH 1330 – 1400 Modeling Brain Tumours in Drosophila 1400 – 1430 Technologies for Brain Tumour Diagnosis, Imaging and Surgery 1430 -1500 Is Metabolic Reprogramming Required for EpithelialMesenchymal Transition? Advances in Neuroimaging for Brain Tumours 1500 – 1530 1530 - 1545 TEA BREAK 1545 – 1615 Molecular Imaging in NeuroOncology 1615 – 1645 Targeting the Tumour Microenvironment for Glioma Therapy 1645 – 1715 Radiation Therapy for Malignant Glioma 1715 – 1730 Targeted Excision of High-Grade Glioma with Photoacoustic Imaging and Labelled Nanoparticles 1730 Closing Remarks Dr Sharon Low Registrar Department of Neurosurgery National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) Assoc Prof Wang Hongyan Signature Research Program in Neuroscience & Behavioral Disorders Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) Assoc Prof Liu Bin Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering National University of Singapore (NUS) Assoc Prof Andrew Tan School of Biological Sciences Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Assoc Prof Tchoyoson Lim Senior Consultant Department of Neuroradiology National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) Dr Julian Goggi Project Manager and Team Leader Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) Dr Ivy Ho Research Scientist Molecular Neurotherapeutics Laboratory National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) Dr Keith Lim Senior Consultant Department of Radiation Oncology National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) Dr Ling Ji Min Registrar Department of Neurosurgery National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) Assoc Prof Ang Beng Ti Senior Consultant Head of Neurosurgery (SGH Campus) National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) END OF SYMPOSIUM * Programme subject to change without prior notice. Event Secretariat: