PKU BIO-Net Symposium 2025

8:30AM - 2:00PM

Registration

9:00AM - 9:20AM

Opening Remarks
Chenjian Li, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
Moderator: Jianghang Yin, Postdoc Fellow, UCSF

9:20AM - 9:50AM

Keynote Speech
Youxing Jiang, Professor, Physiology, Biophysics, UTSW, HHMI Investigator
Moderator: Jin Yang, Postdoc Fellow, UTSW

9:50AM - 12:00PM

Morning Session
Moderator: Jianghang Yin, Postdoc Fellow, UCSF

9:50AM

Tao Wang, Associate Professor, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson

10:10AM

Jin Wang, Professor/Director, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine

10:30AM

Coffee Break

10:40AM

Elizabeth Chen, Professor, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, UTSW

11:00AM

Qian Cong, Assistant Professor, McDermott center for human growth and development, UTSW

11:20AM

Mengting Han, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington

11:40AM

TBD, Sponsor Talk, RWD Life Sciences

11:50AM - 12:10PM

Photo and Social hours (Zhangyuan Yin, Postdoc Fellow, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard)

12:10AM - 1:10PM

Lunch

1:10PM - 1:40PM

Keynote Speech
Duojia Pan, Professor/Chair, Physiology, UTSW, HHMI Investigator
Moderator: Ruoshi Peng, Postdoc Fellow, UTSW

1:40PM - 3:50PM

Afternoon Session
Moderator: Boxun Li, Postdoc Fellow, Duke University

1:40PM

Han Liang, Professor/Interim Chair, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson

2:00PM

Xinxin Li, Principal Advisor, Pharmcube

2:20PM

Shan Meltzer, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt, HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

2:40PM

Coffee Break

2:50PM

Qiang Feng, Assistant Professor, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Biomedical Engineering, UTSW

3:10PM

Tuoqi Wu, Assistant Professor, Immunology, UTSW

3:30PM - 4:00PM

Keynote Speech
Pan Zheng, Founder, Chief Medical Officer, and Board Member, OncoC4
Moderator: Chenjian Li, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Peking University

4:00PM - 4:50PM

Concurrent Panels
Panel I: Building a Career as a Scientist in Academia
Moderator: Xuqiu Lei, Senior Scientist, Merck

Elizabeth Chen, Professor, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, UTSW

Youxing Jiang, Professor, Physiology, Biophysics, UTSW, HHMI Investigator

Shan Meltzer, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt, HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow

Duojia Pan, Professor/Chair, Physiology, UTSW, HHMI Investigator

Jin Wang, Professor/Director, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine

Tao Wang, Associate Professor, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson

Panel II: Beyond Academia
Moderator: Weidong Feng, Senior Scientist, ArsenalBio

Jinming Gao, Professor/Chair, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, UTSW

Siyang Hao, Principal Scientist, Bristor Myers Squibb

Xinxin Li, Principal Advisor, Pharmcube

Han Liang, Professor/ Interim Chair, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, MD Anderson

Jinny Wang, Director, Head of R&D and Service at NuProbe USA Inc.

Pan Zheng, Founder, Chief Medical Officer, and Board Member, OncoC4

4:50PM - 5:10PM

Quiz and Raffle drawing

5:10PM - 5:20PM

Concluding Remarks

Duojia Pan, Professor/Chair, Physiology, UTSW, HHMI Investigator