IRM Conference 2024 is organized by Chinese-American Lung Association and Editorial Board of Chinese Medical Journal Pulmonary and Critical.

Agenda

Day 1 (June 28)

Opening Ceremony

Compere: Dr. Xiong Weining (熊维宁)

8:30-8:35 Speech by hospital leader

8:35-8:40 Speech by Que Jianwen （阙建文）

8:40-8:45 Speech by Cao Bin （曹彬）

8:45-8:50 Speech by Hao Xiuyuan （郝秀原）

8:50-8:55 Speech by Wei Peifang （魏佩芳）

8:55-9:00 Group photo

 

Exchange meeting of the editorial boards of CMJPCCM and JRBTM

Compere: Dr. Xiong Weining (熊维宁)

9:00-9:30 Editorial board members speak freely

 

Session 1: Pulmonary Hypertension and Vasculature Development

Session chair: Dr. Cao Bin（曹彬）, Dr. Wang Jing (王婧) and Dr. Guo Qiang（郭强）

9:30-9:50

Zhou Bin (周斌), PhD

Tracing epithelial stem cells in lung repair and regeneration

Professor of Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai

9:50-10:00

Q&A and discussion

10:00-10:20

Wang Jing (王婧), MD

Professor, Peking Union Medical College

Title: Malic Enzyme 1 in Pulmonary Hypertension

10:20-10:30

Q&A and discussion

10:30-10:50

Ding Bi-sen(丁楅森), PhD

Professor of College of Life Sciences/West China 2nd Hospital, Sichuan University

Overcome Ferroptosis in the Vascular Niche to Promote Lung Regeneration

10:50-11:00

Q&A and discussion

11:00-11:20

Jiang Ming (蒋明), PhD

Professor of The Center for Genetic Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Title: The Role of Flk1+ Multipotent Progenitor Cells in Distal Lung Vasculature Development

11:20-11:30

Q&A and discussion

11:30-12:00

Thematic meeting

12:00-14:30

Lunch and noon break

 

Session 2: Biology of Asthma and Other Airway Diseases

Session chair: Dr. Zhou Xiaobo （周晓波）and Dr. Zhou Min（周敏）

14:30-14:50

Gao Peisong（高培松）, PhD

Professor of Medicine, The John Hopkins University

Title: Clara Cell RhoA contributes to airway barrier dysfunction via regulating SPPR2A.

14:50-15:00

Q&A and discussion

15:00-15:20

Zhou Xiaobo （周晓波）, PhD

Associate Professor, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Title: From GWAS to Biology in Asthma

15:20-15:30

Q&A and discussion

15:30-15:50

Chen Wei（陈伟）, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Title: Bridging Scales in Biology: Deciphering Lung Disease through Population-wide and Cell-level Multiomics Analysis

15:50-16:00

Q&A and discussion

16:00-16:20

Zhou Yang（周扬）, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Brown University

Title: Innate Type 2 Immune Responses in The Development of Atopic Asthma and Lung Fibrosis

16:20-16:30

Q&A and discussion

16:30-16:50

Su Xiao（苏枭）, PhD

教授，中国科学院上海免疫与感染研究所

Title: Neuroimmune Recognition and Regulation of Respiratory Tract

16:50-17:00

Q&A and discussion

17:00-17:20

Xu Jinfu（徐金富）, PhD, MD

教授，上海肺科医院

Title: The new understanding of ABPA

17:20-17:30

Q&A and discussion

17:30-17:50

Zhang Min（张旻）, PhD, MD

教授，上海市第一人民医院

Tilte: Diagnostic challenges of bronchial asthma

17:50-18:00

Q&A and discussion

 

Day 2 (June 29)

 

Session 3: Mechanism and Treatment of Pulmonary Fibrosis

Session chair: Dr. Jiang Dianhua（蒋典华） and Dr. Huan Caijuan (宦才娟)

8:00-8:20

Jiang Dianhua（蒋典华）, PhD

Professor, Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Title: The Evolving Paradigms of IPF Pathogenesis: What is Hot, What is Out, and What is in Doubt

8:20-8:30

Q&A and discussion

8:30-8:50

Xi Ying（席莹）, PhD

Assistant Professor of ShanghaiTech University

Title: Macrophage-Fibroblast Crosstalk in Lung Fibrosis

8:50-9:00

Q&A and discussion

9:00-9:20

Carol Liang (梁久荣), PhD

Associate Professor, Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Title: Metabolic Dysregulation in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)

9:20-9:30

Q&A and discussion

9:30-9:50

Zhang Yingze（张英泽）, PhD

Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburg

Title: TOLLIP and MMP7 in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Genetics, Biomarker, PM2.5 and Mortality.

9:50-10:00

Q&A and discussion

10:00-10:20

GengYan（耿燕）, PhD

Professor, Jiangnan University

Title: Stenotrophomonas Impairs Alveolar Renewal and Promotes Pulmonary Fibrosis

10:20-10:30

Q&A and discussion

10:30-10:50

Cao Mengshu (曹孟淑)

Professor of Gulou Hospital, Nanjing University

Title: Acute Exacerbation of Interstitial Lung Disease: New Frontiers in Diagnosis and Therapy

10:50-11:00

Q&A and discussion

 

Session 4: Lung Development andRegeneration

Session chair:Dr. Que Jianwen（阙建文）, Dr. Song Yuanlin（宋元林）

11:00-11:20

Lin Xinhua（林鑫华）, PhD

Professor of The State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), Fudan University

Title: Chromatin Remodeler Znhit1 Regulates Lung Development and Homeostasis

11:20-11:30

Q&A and discussion

11:30-11:50

Liu Yuru（刘裕如）, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology. University of Illinois at Chicago

Title: Stem cell function of alveolar type II cells in lung homeostasis and repair

11:50-12:00

Q&A and discussion

12:00-14:00

Lunch and noon break

 

 

14:00-14:20

Zhang Jin-San（张金三）, PhD

Professor ofWenzhou Medical University; Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester

Title: Identification of PD-L1+ AT2 Cells as Immature and Injury-Activated Alveolar Progenitors in Lung Repair and Regeneration

14:20-14:30

Q&A and discussion

14:30-14:50

Sui Pengfei（隋鹏飞）, PhD

Principal investigator of The Chinese Academy of Science

Title: Metabolic Control of Lung Stem Cell Fate Decision

14:50-15:00

Q&A and discussion

15:00-15:20

Chen Huaiyong（陈怀永）, PhD

Principal investigator/Director of Tianjin Key Laboratory of Lung Regeneration and Medicine, Tianjin University Haihe Hospital

Title: Metabolism of Lung Stem/Progenitor Cells and Lung Diseases

15:20-15:30

Q&A and discussion

15:30-15:50

Ning Wen（宁文）, PhD

Professor, Nankai University

Lung mesenchymal specific deletion of Fstl1 impairs alveologenesis

15:50-16:00

Q&A and discussion

 

Session 5: Lung Cancer and Treatment

Session chair: Dr. Li Jinghong（李京红）, Dr. Sun Jiayuan（孙加源）and He Yayi（何雅億）

16:00-16:20

Ji Hongbin（季红斌）, PhD

Professor of Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.

Title: Adeno-To-Squamous Transition Drives Drug Resistance in Lung Cancer

16:20-16:30

Q&A and discussion

16:30-16:50

Lu Chao（路超）, PhD

Assistant Professor of Genetics and Development, Columbia University

Title: Chromatin-metabolism crosstalk as a therapeutic target in non-small cell lung cancer

16:50-17:00

Q&A and discussion

17:00-17:20

Song Hai（宋海）, PhD

Professor of the Center for Oncology Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, Zhejiang University

Title: Regulation of Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells by EGFR Signaling in Lung Injury and Tumorigenesis

17:20-17:30

Q&A and discussion

17:30-17:50

Que Jianwen（阙建文）, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine,Columbia University

Title: Neuronal Integration in Small Cell Lung Cancer

17:50-18:00

Q&A and discussion

18:00-18:20

Peter Di (狄元璞), PhD

Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh

Title: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Immunotherapy Efficacy of Chronic Inflammation Potentiated Lung Cancers

18:20-18:30

Q&A and discussion

 

Day 3 (June 30)

 

Session 6: Infectious Lung Diseases and Immune Response

Session chair: Dr. Sun Jie(孙杰), Dr.Wang Yeming(王业明), Dr. Li Hui(李辉), Dr. Zou Xiaohui(邹晓辉) and Dr. Li Haibo(李海波)

9:00-9:20

Sun Jie（孙杰）, PhD

Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia

Title: Immune Determinants of Post-Viral Lung Sequelae

9:20-9:30

Q&A and discussion

9:30-9:50

Chen Yin（陈寅）, PhD

Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona.

Title: Fungal Exposure: A Neglected “E” in The Gene-Environment (Gxe) Interaction Research

9:50-10:00

Q&A and discussion

10:00-10:20

Ji Hong-long (James)（吉宏龙）, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago.

Title: Omics-Based Identification of Regenerative Niches For ARDS.

10:20-10:30

Q&A and discussion

10:30-10:50

Li Jinghong（李京红）, MD, PhD.

Attending Physician, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego

Title: Emerging Trends in Management of Long COVID with a Focus on Pulmonary Rehabilitation

10:50-11:00

Q&A and discussion

11:00-11:20

KEYNOTE:

Tang Nan（汤楠）, PhD

Title: Empower Lung Regeneration

Associate Investigator of The National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing

11:20-11:30

Q&A and discussion