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Thank you for signing up for the inaugural WLA Research Conference. Please read the following notice for a pleasant experience.
All participants need to register for the conference online at our official website and pay the registration fee and/or the banquet fee.
The registration fee is $200.00 per person and $50.00 per person for the banquet fee.
You can purchase up to 5 extra tickets with each having their contact information.
A full refund is available before July 20, 2020 (Beijing Time). After this date, refunds will not be provided.
You are welcome to bring your research poster and display at the Poster Session of WRC.
You are encouraged to read the Poster Presenter Guidelines to help you better prepare for the session.
The Best Poster Prize will be awarded at the closing of the meeting on July 28.
Please bring your ID document to pick up your badge and meeting materials at the Registration table on July 26, 2023, 10 am - 2 pm.
Please wear your badge during the meeting. Contact WLA Labs staff immediately if lost, and temporary one will be provided.
Meeting materials include a program book, a note pad, a pen and a WRC bag.
English is the working language of the meeting. No interpretation service is provided.
The venue of the meeting is La Salle Versailles, Shanghai Science Hall. You can take metro line 13, at Middle Huaihai Road, or drive here.
The parking lot is at right side of the building.
We recommend the following 2 premium hotels nearest to the meeting that can offer you a delightful experience:
a) Okura Garden Hotel Shanghai, five stars: No. 58, Maoming South Road
b) Intercontinental, five stars: No. 118, Ruijin 2nd Road
General inquiry, please contact info@wlalabs.com.cn.
In case of emergency, please contact 021-655 7670
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WLA Shanghai Center (Shanghai Science Hall), Shanghai, China
WLA Labs
1.5-day, single-stream, on-site symposium
July 27 - 28, 2023
200 (advanced online registration + on-site registration required)
$200 + Banquet fee $50 (optional)
The WLA Laboratories (WLA Labs) is an independent, nonprofit research institute committed to basic research and fostering the next generation of scientific talents. Scheduled to be inaugurated this July, the WLA Labs has planned a series of academic events, including the WLA Research Conferences (WRC). As an annual symposium of the WLA Labs, the WRC will create an open and interactive platform for scientists worldwide to freely discuss the most recent scientific discoveries and research findings. Each year, the conference will bring together experts in different areas of life science around the world, focusing on topics of current interest and debate.
The 2023 WLA Research Conference on Cells and Genes will take place on July 27 – 28, 2023, in Shanghai, and is hosted by the WLA Shanghai Center and organized by the WLA Labs. The chairs of this meeting are Prof. Roger Kornberg of Stanford University and Prof. James Rothman of Yale University. Prof. Kornberg wins the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on "the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription", whereas Prof. Rothman shares the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Prof. Randy Schekman and Prof. Thomas Südhof for his work on "how messages are transmitted inside and outside our cells." Their fundamental research has inspired many important advancements in genetics and cell biology.
The 2023 conference will feature frontier researchers in molecular and cell biology, structural biology, epigenetics, subcellular imaging, and related areas of biotechnology. It will have 5 plenary sessions, each for 90 minutes with 3 invited speakers. The conference highly encourages the latest unpublished results. Recording, photos, and videos are not permitted during the conference.
Prof. Roger Kornberg, Chair
2006 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Stanford University, U.S.A.
Prof. James Rothman, Co-Chair
2013 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Yale University, U.S.A.
Prof. Wolfgang Baumeister
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany
Prof. Chuan He (何川)
2023 Wolf Prize Laureate in Chemistry
The University of Chicago / HHMI, U.S.A.
Prof. Steven McKnight
UT Southwestern Medical Center, U.S.A.
Prof. Carol Robinson
Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford, UK
Prof. Yigong Shi (施一公)
Westlake University, China
WLA Labs
University of Padua, Italy
WLA Labs / WLA Shanghai Center
WLA Labs
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
WLA Labs
WLA Labs / WLA Shanghai Center
July 26, 2023 (UTC+8)
WLA Shanghai Center (Shanghai Science Hall), Shanghai, China
Registration and Check-in (Shanghai Science Hall)
WLA Labs Tour
Reception (All registered attendees, InterContinental Shanghai Ruijin)
July 27, 2023 (UTC+8)
WLA Shanghai Center (Shanghai Science Hall), Shanghai, China
Registration and Check-in
Opening Remarks: Xiangdong Wu
Executive Director, World Laureates Association;
Chair, World Laureates Association Shanghai Center
Keynote Speech: Turbocharging neurotransmitter release
James Rothman, Ph.D., Sterling Professor of Cell Biology, Yale University
Session 1: Primitive Proteins
Chair: Steven McKnight
Speaker #1 Steven McKnight
How do protein domains of low sequence complexity work?
Distinguished Chair in Basic Biomedical Research, Department of Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Speaker #2 Dirk Görlich
The FG phase – A smart material for controlling transport between the cell nucleus and the cytoplasm
Scientific member and Director, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
Speaker #3 Cong Liu
Protein amyloid aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases
Principal investigator, Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry (IRCBC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Video: Lei Cai
Scientists are the Hope of 500 Thousand ALS Patients' Lives
Home of ALS Patients (HAP)
Lunch Break
Session 2: Molecular Mechanisms Behind the Central Dogma
Chair：Yigong Shi
Speaker #1 Yigong Shi
Mechanism of RNA splicing by the spliceosome
President, Westlake University
Speaker #2 Yanhui Xu
Structural insights into preinitiation complex assembly on chromatin
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University
Speaker #3 Alexey Amunts
How genes become machines in mitochondria
Associate Professor, Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Stockholm University
Poster Session / Coffee Break
Session 3: Receptor Signaling Across Cell Membranes
Chair: Carol Robinson
Speaker #1 Carol Robinson
From recombinant complexes in detergent micelles to receptor signaling across native membranes – The promises and pitfalls of native mass spectrometry
Dr. Lee's Professor of Chemistry, Director, Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford
Speaker #2 Georgios Skiniotis
Time-resolved cryoEM of G protein activation by a GPCR
Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Professor of Structural Biology, Stanford University
Speaker #3 Aashish Manglik
Seeing Scents: Towards a structural basis of olfaction
Associate Professor, Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Anesthesia, UC San Francisco
Banquet (Registered guests only)
July 28, 2023 (UTC+8)
WLA Shanghai Center (Shanghai Science Hall), Shanghai, China
Session 4: New Frontiers in RNA Biology
Chair: Chuan He
Speaker #1 Chuan He
Reversible RNA methylation in gene expression regulation
John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago / HHMI
Speaker #2 Xiao Wang
Translating spatial cell atlas to tissue function
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, MIT; Core member, The Broad Institute
Speaker #3 Ling-Ling Chen
Lnc-ing RNA processing and function
Investigator, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); New Cornerstone Science Laboratory
Coffee Break
Session 5: Trends in Structural Biology
Chair: Wolfgang Baumeister
Speaker #1 Wolfgang Baumeister
Structural biology in situ: The promise and challenges of cryo-electron tomography
Director, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Speaker #2 Nenad Ban
Revealing the remarkable machinery for production of proteins in human cells
Professor of Structural Molecular Biology, ETH Zürich
Speaker #3 Roger Kornberg
Chromatin, chromosomes, and transcription
Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor of Medicine, Stanford University
Poster Prize Announcement: Prof. Ernesto Carafoli (University of Padua, ltaly)
Closing Remarks: Prof. Roger Kornberg
Session 2:
Molecular Mechanisms Behind the Central Dogma
July 27, 2023 / 13:00-14:30 P.M.
Session 3:
Receptor Signaling Across Cell Membranes
July 27, 2023 / 16:00-17:30 P.M.
Session 5:
Trends in Structural Biology
July 28, 2023 / 11:00-12:30 P.M.