Biological Data Science, AI and Medicine (BAM) Workshop 2025
cum
1st Annual Meeting of the Bioinformatics Society of Hong Kong



5th June, 2025

LT-D, HKUST, Hong Kong



Poster

Participants Poster

Overview

The primary objective of the program is to assemble leading scientists in the fields of computational biology, biomedical data science, and AI-driven medicine research. These experts will be given a platform to showcase their latest breakthroughs and discoveries, with the aim of promoting the dissemination of information to other academic communities and encouraging interdisciplinary communication and collaboration. The event aims to foster collaboration and share insights on integrating technologies in medical research and healthcare. Significant time will be allocated for informal discussions and participant-driven sessions, encouraging networking and the exchange of ideas to initiate new joint research efforts.

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Invited Speakers

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

School of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong

Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Division of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

School of Biomedical Sciences, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University

Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

School of Computing and Data Science, The University of Hong Kong

Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Department of Computer Science, Hong Kong Baptist University

Department of Automation and School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University

Programme

Venue: Lecture Theatre D (LT-D), Academic Building, HKUST, Campus Map

Time Schedule
08:45 -- 09:00 Check in
Session #1 Chairs: WANG Haitian Maggie & WANG Jiguang
09:00 -- 09:20 A Scalable and Versatile Tool for Analyzing Large-scale Subcellular Spatial Transcriptomics Data
YANG Can, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
09:20 -- 09:40 Conformational Epitope Prediction Aided with LLM
FAN Xiaodan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
09:40 -- 10:00 Matrix Decomposition Problems with High-dimensional Biological Data
SHIH David Jen Hao, The University of Hong Kong
10:00 -- 10:20 Can We Turn a Mobile Phone into a Digital Stethoscope?
HO Joshua Wing Kei, The University of Hong Kong
10:20 -- 10:40 Take Group Photos & Tea Break (outside LT-B)
Session #2 Chairs: HUANG Yuanhua & WANG Xin
10:40 -- 11:00 Optimizing Long-term Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease with Reinforcement Learning
LUO Ruibang, The University of Hong Kong
11:00 -- 11:20 Domain Identification and Multi-slice Integration with Spatial Transcriptomics Data
ZHANG Eric Lu, Hong Kong Baptist University
11:20 -- 11:40 Decoding mRNA Translational Regulation and Optimizing mRNA Therapies via Deep Learning
XIE Zhi, Sun Yat-sen University
11:40 -- 12:00 Inferring Mutational Processes from Cancer Genomes
WONG Jason Wing Hon, The University of Hong Kong
12:00 -- 13:30 Lunch (by invitation only)
**Meal coupons will be available at the end of Session 2

Light Lunch Meeting (by invitation only)
The Second Council Meeting of Bioinformatics Society of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (in preparation)
Session #3 Chairs: CHEN Hao & YU Weichuan
13:40 -- 14:10 A Personal Journey in Bioinformatics and AI
Keynote Speaker: ZHANG Xuegong, Tsinghua University
14:10 -- 14:30 Efficient Molecular Modelling and Drug Development with Large Language Models
LI Yu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
14:30 -- 14:50 Harnessing Large AI Models for Transforming Biomedicine
CHEN Hao, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
14:50 -- 15:10 Bridging Spatial Transcriptomics and Histology Images for Cost-effective Analysis
YU Lequan, The University of Hong Kong
15:10 -- 15:40 Tea Break (outside LT-B)
Session #4 Chairs: LIN Zhixiang & MU Quanhua
15:40 -- 16:00 Spatially Resolved Fingerprint of Immunotherapy Response and Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
WU Zhenqin Michael, The University of Hong Kong
16:00 -- 16:20 A Combinatorial Perspective on the Identification of Peptides with Multiple Post-translational Modifications
YU Weichuan, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
16:20 -- 16:40 Cellular Plasticity and Spatial Organization in Osteosarcoma Progression
MU Quanhua, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
16:40 -- 17:00 Decoding Clonal Cell Differentiation Dynamics with Bacoded scRNA-seq
HUANG Yuanhua, The University of Hong Kong
17:00 -- 17:20 AI for Glioma Classification
WANG Jiguang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
17:20 -- 17:40 Bioinformatics Society of Hong Kong
Discussion and Sharing
HUANG Yuanhua, MU Quanhua, WANG Jiguang, YANG Can
17:40 Dinner (by invitation only)

Organizers

HUANG Yuanhua, MU Quanhua, WANG Jiguang & Bioinformatics Society of Hong Kong (In preparation)

Acknowledgements

The workshop is partially sponsored by the Division of Life Science (HKUST), and the HKUST–HKUST(GZ) 20 for 20 Cross-campus Collaborative Research Scheme.