Registration & Coffee

Opening Welcome by Lim Chuan Poh, Chairman, A*STAR in the Main Room

Plenary Session in the Main Room

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

The Promise of Liquid Biopsies Across the Continuum of Cancer Care
Sarah Ng, Post-doctoral Fellow , IMCB, Singapore

A Feasibility Study to Detect PD-L1 and PD-L2 on the Surface of Circulating Tumor Cells Using Microfluic-Based Chipcytometry
Jinkai Teo, Scientist, Merck, Singapore

Unveiling the Circulating Tumor-endothelial Cell Cluster
Min-Han Tan, Team Leader, Principal Research Scientist, Institute Of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology A*Star, Singapore

Technology Spotlight:
Real Time Dispensing Quality Control for R&D and Production
Jeff Chen, Sales Director of SE Asia and Korea, BioDot Inc

Lunch, Poster Session and Networking in Exhibit Hall

An Exploration on how Sequencing of Circulating Cell-free RNA in Plasma are Enabling RNA-based Molecules as Clinical Biomarkers
Winston Koh, Scientist, Stanford University, United States of America

Next-generation sequencing as a tool for non-invasive prenatal testing for single gene disorders and aneuploidy
Angela Barrett, Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Singapore

The Promise of Liquid Biopsies to Precision Medicine
Richie Soong, Senior Principle Investigator, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Hall

Molecular Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells Defines Genetic Signatures for Individualized Cancer Care
Say Li Kong, Research Associate, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore

A Novel Blood-based, Host Response Gene Expression Signature for Early Sepsis
Siew Hwa Ong, CEO, Acumen Research Laboratories, Singapore

Hospital-integrated Biobank as an Infrastructure Boosting Diagnostics Discovery and Development
Olli Carpen , Professor of Pathology, Scientific Director , University of Helsinki & Helsinki Biobank, Finland

Drinks Reception & Canapes in the Exhibition Hall

End of Day One

Registration & Coffee

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Parallels to Developed Markets as China and Asia Move Forward
Nat Whitney, President, Whitney Research, Inc, China

Europe & USA Medical Device Regulatory Updates
Hwee Ee Tan, Principal Consultant/Director, DH RegSys Pte Ltd, Singapore

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Development of Blood Based microRNA Tests for Early Detection of Gastric and Breast Cancer
Lihan Zhou, Co Founder/Chief Technology Officer, MiRXES Pte Ltd, Singapore

An Improved Method for Sensitive and High-throughput Quantification of cfDNA in Liquid Biopsy using the Clarity Tube-strip Digital PCR
Johnson Ng, Founder And CEO, JN Medsys Pte Ltd, Singapore

Technology Spotlight:
Ultrafast Reversible DNA Photo Cross-Linker 3-Cyanovinylcarbazole Modified Nucleosides from Nicca
Takahiro Inatsugi, Assistant Director, Specialty Chemicals Division, Nicca Chemical Co.,Ltd.

Drinks Reception and Canapes in the Exhibition Area

Welcome Address by Philip Lim, CE0, ETPL

Presentation of DTS Award by Guest of Honour, Lim Chuan Poh, A*STAR Chairman

The DTS Series was launched in 2008 as part of A*STAR’s initiatives to seed innovation and entrepreneurship in Singapore. The DTS Forum aims to engage the local research and enterprise community – including entrepreneurs, industry professionals, researchers, scholars or students – and inspire them to explore the potential of enterprise based on innovative technologies. Click here for past news on DTS.

In Conversation with DTS - Discussion Forum - Moderator: Steve Myint , Senior Fellow , A*STAR, Singapore

Networking and Refreshment