International Speakers
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Dr Douglas Brash
Yale University, USA
Dr. Brash received his BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Illinois, minoring in Physiological Psychology. After a PhD in Biophysics, he began elucidating the steps leading from ultraviolet light photons to human skin cancer....Read More>>
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Prof Larry Chamley
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Prof Larry Chamley is in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland where he heads a research group studying the biology and immunology of reproduction. Prior to this position he spent two years at the University of Liverpool......Read More>>
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Prof Peter Durie
Hospital for Sick Children || University of Toronto, Canada
Peter R Durie is a Senior Scientist, Physiology and Experimental Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children’s Research Institute and Professor of Pediatrics, the University of Toronto....Read More>>
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Dr Connie Eaves
University of British Columbia, Canada
Dr. Eaves holds a BA and MSc from Queen’s University, Kingston, ON and a PhD from the University of Manchester in the UK. Following post-doctoral training at the Ontario Cancer Institute in Toronto, she joined the faculty of the British......Read More>>
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Dr David Feldman
Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
David Feldman, MD, is Emeritus Professor of Medicine (Active) at Stanford University School of Medicine where he was chief of the Endocrinology Division for 10 years. His current major research focus is hormone dependent cancer including breast cancer and prostate cancer....Read More>>
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Dr Thierry Fournier
INSERM/Université Paris Descartes, France
After a Master in Toxicology (Paris VII, France), Thierry Fournier obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Paris XI, France. His thesis focused on regulation of acute phase protein gene expression by xenobiotics, nuclear receptors and cytokines....Read More>>
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Dr James Frost
BioMolecular Imaging
Jim has had a long history in molecular and biomarker imaging starting from his early work as a MD-PhD student at Washington University where he completed his PhD degree in nuclear and radiochemistry and his post-graduate training for diagnostic radiology......Read More>>
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Dr J Silvio Gutkind
National Insitute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, USA
Dr. Gutkind is currently the Chief of the Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch. His research team studies the molecular basis of cancer, with emphasis on basic mechanisms of signal transduction and cell growth control, and their dysregulation in oral cancer......Read More>>
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Dr Martin Hewison
UCLA Orthopaedic Hospital, USA
Dr Hewison is currently Professor in Residence at the David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA where his group has an established interest in the role of vitamin D in human physiology, and in particular the interaction between vitamin D and......Read More>>
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A/Prof Frédéric Hollande obtained his PhD from the University of Montpellier in France, in 1994. Following a post-doc in Melbourne, he was recruited by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in 1996....Read More>>
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Dr Bruce Lessey
University of South Carolina and Clemson University, USA
Dr. Bruce A. Lessey is a physician-scientist with a long standing interest in basic and translational research on endometrial function. He received his PhD studying steroid receptor biology at Colorado State University (1976-1980), with an interest that expanded to human......Read More>>
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A/Prof Mats Lindblad
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Dr Lindblad is a senior consultant and head of the Esophageal and Gastric Team at the Department of Surgery at the Karolinska University Hospital and an Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden....Read More>>
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Dr Karin Loser
University of Münster, Germany
Karin Loser received her diploma in Microbiology and after a PhD in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry she started as a postdoc at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Muenster where she investigated the impact of transcription factors on cardiomyocyte function during acute......Read More>>
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Prof Frank McKeon
Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore
Frank McKeon oversees a laboratory devoted to the cloning of stem cells of regenerative tissues including cancer precursor lesions and technologies to understand the genetics of their self-renewal, commitment, and differentiation. For cancer precursors, in particular early lesions in the......Read More>>
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Prof Huck Hui Ng
Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore
Professor Huck-Hui NG is the Executive Director of the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)....Read More>>
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Dr Louise O'Brien
University of Michigan, USA
Dr. O'Brien earned a BSc (hons) from the University of Leeds and PhD (in neonatal physiology) from Keele University the United Kingdom. After completing post-doctoral work in maternal and infant health research, Dr. O'Brien relocated to the United States in......Read More>>
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Prof Cees Oudejans
VU University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Cees Oudejans’ interests center on the molecular events controlling early placental development in humans as the (epi)genetic phenomena associated not only yield mechanistic information on pregnancy‐associated diseases (pre‐eclampsia, HELLP) and newways for non‐invasive prenatal diagnosis (using placental DNA or RNA......Read More>>
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Prof Wesley Pike
University of Wisconisin-Madison, USA
Our laboratory is focused upon the molecular mechanisms whereby vitamin D, the sex steroids, and other systemic hormones regulate the production as well as cellular activity of bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts....Read More>>
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Dr Peter Psaltis
Mayo Clinic, USA
Dr Psaltis graduated from the University of Adelaide Medical School in 1999, as the recipient of over twenty academic prizes including the University’s most prestigious academic award across all faculties (The Alumni University Medal)....Read More>>
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Prof Freddy Radtke
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Freddy Radtke graduated from University of Zürich in molecular biology 1994, a postdoctoral fellowship at Genentech Inc. USA 1995-1996 was followed by a postdoctoral position at ISREC Switzerland 1997-1999; Assistant Member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research 1999-2004 promoted......Read More>>
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Prof Allan Robins
ViaCyte, USA
Allan Robins, Ph.D. Dr Robins recently stepped down as Acting CEO of Viacyte with the appointment of Dr Paul Laikind as President and CEO. Dr. Robins currently serves as Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, a position he has held......Read More>>
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A/Prof Patrick Tan
Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Singapore
Dr. Patrick Tan holds a joint appointment as an Associate Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and a Group Leader at the Genome Institute of Singapore....Read More>>
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Prof Masao Tanaka
Kyushu University, Japan
1974 Graduated from Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan...Read More>>
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Dr Mark Vickers
University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr Mark Vickers is a Senior Research Fellow at the Liggins Institute and the National Research Centre for Growth and Development at The University of Auckland....Read More>>