Standard Track
Day 1. (5/27, 수) - (3층) 컨벤션홀3
Session 1
The Genomic, Epigenomic, and Transcriptomic Landscape of Human
(Organizer: Ji Hwan Park / Professor, Ajou University, Korea, Jinhyuk Bhin / Professor, Yonsei University, Korea)
09:00-09:25
Recurrent intra-tumour heterogeneity is a hallmark of metastatic prostate cancer
Anna Trigos
Professor, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia
09:25-09:45
Pangenome-based AI Model Development to Improve Variant Calling Accuracy
Jun Kim
Professor, Chungnam University, Korea
09:45-10:05
Learning Generalizable Chromatin Representations from Epigenomic Signals
Je-Keun Rhee
Professor, Soongsil University, Korea
10:05-10:25
AI-Powered Cell-Free Transcriptome Analysis for Enhanced Disease Specificity
Young-Jun Jeon
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
10:25-10:35
Panel discussion
(Chair) Ji Hwan Park
Professor, Ajou University, Korea
Session 2
From Mechanobiology to AI: Integrating Biology for Precision Medicine (KOBRA-BK Joint Session)
(Organizer: Su Bin Lim / Professor, Ajou University, Korea)
10:35-11:00
From Cell Mechanobiology to Precision Medicine: Enabling Diagnostics and Omics
Chwee Teck Lim
Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
11:00-11:20
Integrative Cancer Genomics to Decode Tumor Heterogeneity and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities
Jinhyuk Bhin
Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
11:20-11:40
AI-Driven Computational Frameworks for Biomolecular Function Prediction and Therapeutic Discovery
Balachandran Manavalan
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
11:40-12:00
From Slides to Spatial Omics: Toward Pathology-Based Precision Cancer Medicine
Joosang Lee
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
12:00-12:10
Panel discussion
(Chair) Su Bin Lim
Professor, Ajou University, Korea
Session 3
Scalable Functional Genomics (KOBRA-KOGO Joint Session)
(Organizer: Eun Jeong Lee / Professor, Ajou University, Korea)
13:20-13:45
Designing Molecular Tools for Minimally Invasive Interrogation and Perturbation in Mammalian Biology
Dong-Jiunn Jeffery Truong
Professor, Helmholtz Munich, Germany
13:45-14:05
High-Throughput Library Screening and AI-Driven Design of Gene Editing Therapeutics
Hui Kwon Kim
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
14:05-14:25
From CRISPR Screens to Therapeutic Vulnerabilities: Mapping Signaling Architectures in Lymphoma
Jaewoo Choi
Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
14:25-14:35
Panel discussion
(Chair) Eun Jeong Lee
Professor, Ajou University, Korea
Session 4
Somatic mutations in human disease (KOBRA-KSBI Joint Session)
(Organizer: Sangwoo Kim / Professor, Yonsei University, Korea)
14:50-15:15
Somatic Mutations in Aging and Neurodegeneration
Zinan Zhou
Professor, University of Chicago, USA
15:15-15:35
Identification of mosaic mutations associated with human diseases
Sangwoo Kim
Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
15:35-15:55
Resolving disease mechanisms through rare mutation discovery: complex disease genetics and somatic mosaicism
Yoo-Jin Ha
Professor, Hanyang University, Korea
15:55-16:15
Somatic Mutational Landscape of Intestinal Epithelium in Crohn’s Disease
Junho Kim
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
16:15-16:25
Panel discussion
(Chair) Sangwoo Kim
Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
Day 2. (5/28, 목) - (3층) 컨벤션홀3
09:00-10:00
Opening ceremony
Session 5
Advanced omics approaches for cancer and brain disease diagnostics
(Organizer: Goonho Park / CEO, PathoBrainSeq, USA)
10:30-10:55
Beyond Genomics: Using AI to Drive Functional Precision Medicine
Sungwon Lim
CEO, Imprimed, USA
10:55-11:20
From Silicon Valley AI to Multi-Omics Medicine - Versatile Smart Assays Transform Cancer Diagnostics and Prognosis Prediction Through Cross-D
Sunghee Yun
CEO, Erudbio, USA
11:20-11:45
Development of early precision diagnostics for neurological diseases using blood-based genomic analysis
Goonho Park
CEO, PathoBrainSeq, USA
11:45-12:05
Transforming DNA data into action with whole genome insights
Ryul Kim
Professor, Inocras, Korea
12:05-12:15
Panel discussion
(Chair) Goonho Park
CEO, PathoBrainSeq, USA
12:15-13:25
Lunch Break / Speakers’ Meeting
Session 6
AI pathology
(Organizer: Young Nyun Park / Professor, Yonsei University, Korea)
13:25-13:50
Artificial Intelligence as a co-pilot for pathologists
Julien Calderaro Learn More
Professor, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France
13:50-14:15
Enabling Spatial Biology Through AI
Long Phi Le Learn More
Professor, Harvard University, USA
14:15-14:40
AI-Driven Pathology: A New Paradigm for Prognosis and Treatment Response Prediction
Stefano Caruso
Professor, Université Paris-Est Créteil, France
14:40-14:50
Panel discussion
(Chair) Young Nyun Park
Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
Session 7
Decoding Cellular Dynamics: From Single-Cell Multiomics to Functional Mechanisms and Next-Generation Technologies (KOBRA-KBioX Joint Session)
(Organizer: Siyeon Rhee / Professor, Korea University, Korea)
15:05-15:30
Single-Cell Multiomics Analysis to Uncover Mechanisms in Heart Failure
Dongwon Lee
Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
15:30-15:55
Highly Multiplexed Nanolaser Particles for Understanding Dynamic Cellular Heterogeneity
Sangyeon Cho
Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
15:55-16:15
Spatially Resolved Single-Cell Mapping Reveals DNA Damage–Driven Fibrotic Zonation in LMNA Cardiomyopathy
Siyeon Rhee
Professor, Korea University, Korea
16:15-16:25
Panel discussion
(Chair) Siyeon Rhee
Professor, Korea University, Korea
16:25-17:30
Poster Presentation
Day 3. (5/29, 금) - (3층) 컨벤션홀3
Session 8
Building trusted AI for Health: Academic-Industry perspectives from Rutgers (KOBRA - Rutgers University Joint Session)
(Organizer: Najwa Borkadi / Professor, Rutgers University, USA)
09:00-09:25
Biomedical Informatics and Health Artificial Intelligence
Leslie A. Lenert
Professor, Rutgers University, USA
09:25-09:50
AI-Driven Systems Oncology: Transforming Cancer Data into Clinical Insight
Antonina Mitrofanova
Professor, Rutgers University, USA
9:50-10:10
AI-powered analysis of Multimodal EHR-linked DNA Biobank Data for Precision Medicine
Yoonjung Joo
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
10:10-10:30
Connected Health: Towards Brain-Computer Interfaces and Medical Intelligence for Transparent Clinical Deployment
Ji-Hoon Jeong
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
10:30-10:40
Panel discussion
(Chair) Najwa Borkadi
Professor, Rutgers University, USA
Session 9
Barriers to Breakthroughs for Effective CNS Repair: Translating Neuroengineering and NanoTherapeutics (KOBRA - Rutgers University Joint Session)
(Organizer: Ki-Bum Lee / Professor, Rutgers University, USA)
10:40-11:05
A Bioinspired Nanotechnology Strategy for CNS Repair: Combinatorial Drug, Gene, and Cell-Based Therapy
Ki-Bum Lee
Professor, Rutgers University, USA
11:05-11:30
Engineering Insoluble Cues for Cell Fate Control and Therapy
Letao Yang
Professor, Tongji University, China
11:30-11:50
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Laden Double-Network Hydrogel Nerve Guidance Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Injury Repair
Jae Young Lee
Professor, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea
11:50-12:00
Panel discussion
(Chair) Ki-Bum Lee
Professor, Rutgers University, USA
12:00-13:10
Lunch Break / Speakers’ Meeting
Session 10
Cellular Stress and Immune Microenvironment Modulation for Next-Generation Immunotherapy (KOBRA - KAI Joint Session)
(Organizer: Young-Min Hyun / Professor, Yonsei University, Korea)
13:10-13:35
Cancer cell-intrinsic UPR factor restricts IFNAR-dependent immunosurveillance by orchestrating the ER-mitochondria crosstalk
Yuting Ma
Professor, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, China
13:35-13:55
Role of CD14-expressing macrophages in inflammatory bowel disease
YunJae Jung
Professor, Gachon University, Korea
13:55-14:15
Probing the Mechanical Underpinnings of Cancer Metastasis and Immune Evasion with Single-Molecule Precision
Byoung Choul Kim
Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
14:15-14:35
Photosensitizer-Based Supramolecular Nanomedicine for Cancer Immunotherapy
Jiwoong Choi
Professor, Kyungpook National University, Korea
14:35-14:45
Panel discussion
(Chair) Young-Min Hyun / Chang-Won Hong
Professor, Rutgers University, USA
/ Kyungpook National University, Korea
Session 11
Advanced Biotechnology and Gene-Cell Therapy Delivery Technology (KOBRA - GTRC Joint Session)
(Organizer: Junho Byun / Professor, Sookmyung women's University, Korea)
15:00-15:25
Multi-Disciplinary Approaches for Precision Delivery of Bio-Therapeutics
Stefaan De Smedt Learn More
Professor, Ghent University, Belgium
15:25-15:45
Binary mineral nanoparticles enable intravascular delivery of metal ions to tumors for metalloimmunotherapy
Jong Oh Kim
Professor, Yeungnam University, Korea
15:45-16:05
Development of Immunomodulation and Nanomedicine Technologies for Precision Medicine
Sejin Son
Professor, Inha University, Korea
16:05-16:25
Lipid nanoparticle-mediated metabolic reprogramming of dendritic cells for mRNA vaccines
Dongyoon Kim
Professor, Yonsei University, Korea
16:25-16:35
Panel discussion
(Chair) Junho Byun
/ Yu Seok Youn
Professor, Sookmyung women's University, Korea
/ Sungkyunkwan University, Korea