SABPA OC/LA 15th Annual Biomedical Forum

This exciting forum by SABPA OC/LA will bring you the latest innovations in biomedical industries, cutting-edge developments of pharmaceuticals and medical devices, entrepreneurship, and career development.  We aim to provide an attractive platform to promote life sciences and biotechnology, connect entrepreneurs, scientists, investors and students, and stimulate alliances across biomedical industries in SoCal and Pacific Asia.  Join us for the exciting learning and networking opportunities! 

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Program Agenda

8:00 – 8:50

Registration and Networking

8:50 – 9:00

Welcome & Introduction of SABPA: Jason Wang, Ph.D. President of SABPA OCLA Chapter

Hua Gong, Ph.D.  President of SABPA

 

Morning Session Moderator: Shanghao Li, Ph.D. Sr. Product Manager, WuXi AppTec

9:00 – 9:30

Presentation: Weian Zhao, Ph.D. Professor, UC Irvine; CEO, Aureka Biotechnologies

“Digitalizing Therapeutic Discovery”

9:30 – 10:00

Presentation: Guangqiang Jiang, Ph.D., Co-Founder & CTO, Axonics, Inc.

“Innovations in Bioelectronic Medicine”

10:00 – 10:10

 Break

10:10 – 10:40

Presentation: Peter Wei, Ph.D. President and Founder, MVC Pro, Inc.

“ChatGPT and Its Disruptive Impact on Biomedical Applications”

10:40 – 11:10

Presentation: Thomas Miller, Ph.D. Co-founder and CEO, Entos, Inc.

“How generative AI solved the 1000-fold selectivity grand challenge in HER2 cancer drug discovery”

11:10 – 12:10

Panel Discussion: Henry Yan, J.D. Andrew Zhang, Ph.D. Carrie Shang, J.D. Jerry Liu, MBA

“Innovative Artificial Intelligence Speeds up Biomedical Growth”

12:10 – 13:10

Lunch & Sponsor Presentations

 

Afternoon Session Moderator: Yiming XuStaff Quality Engineer, BD

13:10 – 13:30

Presentation: Mary Pitman, Ph.D., UC Irvine

“Computer-Assisted Drug Discovery: Separating Hype from Reality”

13:30 – 14:00

Presentation: Gen–sheng Feng, Ph.D., Professor, UCSD

“SHP2 as a pharmaceutic target in AI-assisted cancer therapy”

14:00 – 14:20

Presentation: Laura Li, Ph.D., Breakthrough Genomics

“Liquid biopsy for early detection of pancreatic cancer”

14:20 – 14:30

Break

14:30 – 15:00

Presentation: Sofia Lee, Assistant Director of Career Services, UCLA

“Career Success Strategy for Foreign-Born Professionals & International Students”

15:00 – 16:00

Panel Discussion:  Partner with

Yiming Xu, Sofia Lee, Ed.D. Charles Lee, Ph.D  Yutao He, Ph.D  Huaina Li, Ph.D  Kate Patterson, Ph.D. Yan-Bo Yang, Ph.D.      

 “Insightful Tips on Career Development While Overcoming an Increasingly Challenging Job Market”

16:00 – 16:15

Raffle Drawing

16:15 – 16:30

Closing Remarks, Dongmei Huang, MS. Executive Vice President of SABPA OCLA Chapter

Regular Attendees: $20
Full-time Students: $10
SABPA Members get 50% Discount

 (Lunch and parking included)

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SABPA OCLA 15th Biomedical Forum

Organizing Committee members (alphabetic order of last name)

Richard Chang, Xinghua Chen, Libin Cui, Wenjun Fan, Haojun Fu, Quanyin Gao, Hua Gong, Ying Gong, Emily (Xuning) Guo, Dongmei Huang, Huaina Li, Shanghao Li, Jian Liu, Vivian Liu, Alex Lu, Daisy Ni, Kevin Shao, Stella Shao, Arden Wang, Hui Wang, Jason Wang, Yinong Xie, Yiming Xu, Yan-Bo Yang, Tracy Yeo, Mingfeng Zhang, Eric Zhou, Zhen Zhu

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Please send your questions or comments to 

info_ocla@sabpa.org