8th MBI International Symposium (Taichung, Taiwan) 1

Programme Overview

Friday, Oct. 26 Saturday, Oct. 27 Sunday, Oct. 28

0900 RECEPTION & REGISTRATION

0930 OPENING CEREMONY REGISTRATION REGISTRATION

1000 PK1. Inflammation and

mental health: the new

frontier of personalised

psychiatry

PK2. Are we all the same? The

critical role of translational brain

research in East Asia

PK3. Studying brain DHA

metabolism: new molecules,

new methods and new insights

1050 S11. Nutritional Psychiatry S21. Translational Psychiatry

S31. Translational

Neuroscience in Taiwan

1200

LUNCH & POSTER EXHIBITS LUNCH & POSTER EXHIBITS

AWARD & CLOSING CEREMONY

LUNCH

TSNPR General Meeting

1340

1530

S13. Glympha-

tics (I) S12. JSLN S23. PNIRS (I) S22. ISBS

REFRESHMENT REFRESHMENT

1550

1700

S13. Glympha-

tics (II)

S14. Heart

& Brain S23. PNIRS (II)

S24. Academia

& Industry

1730 CLOSING CLOSING

1830

2130 GALA DINNER

1. Symposium venue: China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan | 91, Hsueh-Shih Rd, Taichung, Taiwan | GOOGLE MAP

2. JSLN: Japan Society for Lipid Nutrition 日本脂質營養學會; PNIRS: PNIRSAsia-Pacific Symposium; ISBS: ISBS Regional Asian

Meeting; TSNPR: Taiwanese Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research 台灣營養精神醫學研究學會

3. Gala dinner is held at 1st floor of The Place Taichung 大毅老爺行旅 | 601, Yingcai Rd. Taichung, Taiwan | GOOGLE MAP

4. The timetable of shuttle bus runs twice daily between The Place Taichung and symposium venue as shown below.

Fri. Oct. 26 (DAY 1) Outbound at 8:30 | Inbound at 17:30

Sat. Oct. 27 (DAY 2) Outbound at 9:30 | Inbound at 17:30

Sat. Oct. 28 (DAY 3) Outbound at 9:30 | Inbound at 12:30

8th MBI International Symposium (Taichung, Taiwan) 2

Programme Details

Friday, Oct. 26

0900-0930 MORNING RECEPTION & REGISTRATION

0930-1000 OPENING CEREMONY

Wen-Hwa Lee, President & Chair Professor, China Medical University

Kuan-Pin Su, Chairman, 8thMBI International Symposium

Hall 103

1000-1050 PK1. Inflammation and mental health: the new frontier of personalised psychiatry.

Speaker: Carmine Pariante (UK)

Moderator: Wen-Hwa Lee (Taiwan)

Hall 103

1050-1130

1130-1210

S11. Nutritional Psychiatry SK Sulforaphane: A prophylactic natural compound for psychiatric disorders. Kenji Hashimoto

(Japan) SK Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids Omega3 and brain functions, a crucial role in mood and

cognitive disorders. Sophie Laye (France)

Moderator: Te-Jen Lai (Taiwan)

Hall 103

LUNCH & POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1340-1420

1420-1440

1440-1500

1500-1520

S13. Glymphatics (I)

Chair: Karl Bechter & Huanxing Su SK A link from mild encephalitis to systemic

pathology via CSF outflow along nerves.

Karl Bechter (Germany) SS Fluid flow and solute transport in the

central nervous system. Vartan Kurtcuoglu

(Switzerland) SS Outflow of cerebrospinal fluid is

predominantly through lymphatic vessels

in mice. Steven Proulx (Switzerland) SS Smart nanoplatforms for bioanalytics and

disease theranostics. Hsin-Yun Hsu (Taiwan)

Hall 103

S12. JSLN

Chair: Makoto Arita & Yutaka Matsuoka SK The importance of LipoQuality in biological

systems. Makoto Arita (Japan) SS Effect of eicosahexanoic acid and

docosahexanoic acid on exercise performance.

Eisuke Ochi (Japan) SS Plasma Levels of n-3 Fatty Acids and Risk of

Coronary Heart Disease Among Japanese: The

Japan Public Health Center-based (JPHC)

Study. Kei Hamazaki (Japan) SS People who eat fish and seafood are half as

likely to develop depression. Yutaka Matsuoka

(Japan)

Hall 102

8th MBI International Symposium (Taichung, Taiwan) 3

REFRESHMENT

1550-1630

1630-1710

S13. Glymphatics (II)

Chair: Karl Bechter & Huanxing Su SK Macrophage derived miRNA bearing

microparticles for diagnostics and

trafficking in affective disorders and

schizophrenia. Marion Schneider (Germany) SK Study of neprilysin gene therapy

targeting the glymphatic pathway for the

treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Huanxing

Su (Macau)

Hall 103

S14. Heart & Brain

Chair: Thomas Baghai & Kevin HW Lin SK N-3 PUFA and inflammation in Major

Depressive Disorder. Thomas Baghai (Germany)

SS N-3 PUFAs in Patients with Cardiovascular

Diseases (CVDs) Comorbid Major Depressive

Disorder (MDD). Jane Pei-Chen Chang (UK) SS Fatty Acid Methylation from the Heart to the

Brain. Kevin HW Lin (USA)

Hall 102

1. PK=Plenary Keynote (50 minutes, including Q&A), S=Session, SK=Session Keynote (40 minutes, including Q&A),

SS=Session Speaker (20 minutes, including Q&A)

2. JSLN: Japan Society for Lipid Nutrition 日本脂質栄養学会

Saturday, Oct. 27

0930-1000 REGISTRATION

1000-1050 PK2. Are we all the same? The critical role of translational brain research in East Asia

Speaker: Kuan-Pin Su (Taiwan)

Moderator: Carmine Pariante (UK)

Hall 103

1050-1130

1130-1210

S21. Translational Psychiatry SK Using neuroimaging to dissect the heterogeneity of psychosis. Paola Dazzan (UK) SK Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Mood Disorder: A Translational Perspective. Po-See Chen

(Taiwan)

Moderator: Kuan-Pin Su (Taiwan)

Hall 103

LUNCH & POSTER PRESENTATIONS

(JUDEGE SESSION)

8th MBI International Symposium (Taichung, Taiwan) 4

1340-1400

1400-1420

1420-1440

1440-1500

1500-1520

S23. PNIRS Session (I)

Chair: Keith Kelley SS Introduction of PNIRSAsia-Pacific

Committee. Keith Kelley (USA)

SS The Blood-brain Interface regulates

systemic signals of pulmonary inflammation

to the CNS. Michelle Erickson (USA) SS Understanding the role of microglia and

inflammatory biomarkers in

stress-associated neuropsychiatric

disorders. Li Tian (Estonia) SS Neuroimaging of Inflammatory Subtype of

Depression. Ebrahim Haroon (USA) SS Endotoxemia-induced cytokine-mediated

responses of astrocytes transmitted by cells

of the brain-immune interface. Atsuyoshi

Shimada (Japan)

Hall 103

S22. ISBS Session

Chair: Allan Kalueff SK Zebrafish models of novel stress-related

disorders: focus on neuro-diabetes, OCD and

hallucinogenic drug action. Allan Kalueff (Russia)

SS Neuroanatomical, neuroimaging and

molecular endophenotypes of cognitive

disturbances in male rats with accelerated

senescence. Tamara Amstislavskaya (Russia) SK Chronic stress promotes the expression of

lung cancer-related factors after exposing A/J

mice to smoke: involve the inflammation and

growth factors. Cai Song (China)

Hall 102

REFRESHMENT

1550-1610

1610-1630

1630-1650

1650-1710

S23. PNIRS Session (II)

Chair: Keith Kelley SS Lessons about inflammation and the

biology of aging from Japan. Chris Coe (USA) SS The relationship between inflammation and

autophagy in schizophrenia: the regulation of

PI3K-Akt-mTOR pathway. Cai Song (China) SS Positive psychological adaptation to

cancer and evidence in stress-associated

neuroendocrine function. Ashley Wang (USA) SS East meets west: how

psychoneuroimmunology is curing modern

medicine. Colleen M Doran (USA)

Hall 103

S24. Academia & Industry

Chair: Keri Marshall SS Symbiotic relationships for people, planet,

and science. Keri Marshall (USA) SS Omega 3 treatment for psychiatric

disorders. Why may work clinical trials but fail

in real life. Guy Ben Zvi (Israel) SS Precision nutrition & omega-3 PUFAs: a

promising translational opportunity for

academia and industry to personalized clinical

applications for brain disorders. Floyd Chilton

(USA) SS Leveraging academic research and

collaboration in establishing the NutraSea

Professional Optometry Business in Canada: a

case report. Theresa Jahn (Canada)

8th MBI International Symposium (Taichung, Taiwan) 5

Hall 102

1830-2130 GALA DINNER at The Place Taichung ⼤毅⽼爺⾏旅 (Drinks served in terrace at 1730)

1. PK=Plenary Keynote (50 minutes, including Q&A), S=Session, SK=Session Keynote (40 minutes, including Q&A),

SS=Session Speaker (20 minutes, including Q&A)

2. PNIRS: PNIRSAsia-Pacific Symposium (Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society); ISBS: ISBS Regional Asian

Meeting (International Stress and Behavior Society)

Sunday, Oct. 28

0930-1000 REGISTRATION

1000-1050 PK3. Studying brain docosahexaenoic acid metabolism: new molecules, new methods and new

insights

Speaker: Richard Bazinet (Canada)

Moderator: Lu-Hai Wang (Taiwan)

Hall 103

1050-1130

1130-1150

1150-1210

S31. Translational Neuroscience in Taiwan

Chair: Hen-Hong Chang & Jane Pei-Chen Chang SK Acupuncture analgesia in mice. Yi-Wen Lin (Taiwan) SS Acupuncture intervention may reverse the altered functional connectivity of pain modulation

system on primary dysmenorrhea: a preliminary result. Cheng-Hao Tu (Taiwan) SS Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Child Mental Health: Focused on ADHD. Jane Pei-Chen Chang (UK)

Hall 103

AWARD & CLOSING CEREMONY

Lu-Hai Wang, Vice President & Chair Professor, China Medical University

Kuan-Pin Su, Chairman, 8thMBI International Symposium

Hall 103

1230-1330

1330-1430

1430-1530

TSNPR General Meeting

Chair: Kuan-Pin Su

Registration & Lunch

Annual report for 2018 & 2019

Votes & Discussion

Hall 103

1. PK=Plenary Keynote (50 minutes, including Q&A), S=Session, SK=Session Keynote (40 minutes, including Q&A),

SS=Session Speaker (20 minutes, including Q&A)

2. TSNPR: Taiwanese Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research 台灣營養精神醫學研究學會