Jeju International Island Symposium
제주국제섬심포지엄
Jeju International Island Symposium
제주국제섬심포지엄
2026 Jeju International Island
Symposium (JIIS)
July 13 Mon ~ July 15 Wed
Maison Glad Jeju, Korea
2026 Jeju International Island Symposium (JIIS)
Islands and Sustainability
July 13 Mon ~ July 15 Wed, Maison Glad Jeju, Korea
Symposium
SPEAKER
Session 1. One Health & Sustainable Biotechnology - Bio-Convergence Research Center - | |||
Chairs. Drs. Dae Hwan Park & Eunju Ko | Crystal Hall / 7. 13.(Mon) | ||
Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation Title |
13:30~13:55 | Dr. Hae-Ryung Park | Chung-Ang University, Korea | The Impact of Environmental Stress on Maternal-Fetal Physiology |
13:55~14:20 | Dr. Je-Hwang Ryu | Chonnam National University, Korea | Beyond Wear and Tear: Metabolic Disease as a Driver of Osteoarthritis |
14:20~14:45 | Dr. Lam Nguyen-Ngoc | Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam | Integrative Taxonomy in Marine Dinoflagellates: Resolving Species Boundaries through Morphological and Molecular Evidence |
14:45~15:10 | Dr. Kyeong Rok Choi | KAIST, Korea | Microbial Food: Production and Consumption of Sustainable and Nutritious Food |
15:10~15:35 | Dr. In Dong Jun | KIST-Europe Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany | Biomaterial-Enabled In Vitro Thyroid Models for Enhanced Cellular Function and Advanced Functional Assessment |
15:35~16:00 | Discussion | ||
Session 2. AI-Driven Marine Biosystem Responses to Climate Change - Climate Change Research Center - | |||
Chairs. Drs. Min Woo Ha & Jun-Hwan Kim | Crystal Hall / 7. 13.(Mon) | ||
Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation Title |
16:10~16:35 | Dr. Jong Hoon Kim | Soongsil University, Korea | Dual HDAC6 and HDAC8 Inhibition Enhances STING-Mediated Innate Immune Responses |
16:35~17:00 | Dr. Chanhee Kwak | Gachon University, Korea | Predictive Assessment of Ocean-Background Signals in Jeju Coastal Marine Monitoring |
17:00~17:25 | Dr. Jun Soung Kwak | Kongju National University, Korea | Computational analysis of the 3D genomic architecture and Digital histopathology |
17:25~17:50 | Dr. Richard V. Dumilag | Sorsogon State University, Philippines | The big role of small herbaria in the Philippine |
17:50~18:15 | Dr. Dae-Kyun Ro | University of Calgary, Canada | Pathway Elucidation and Engineering of Plant Specialized Metabolism |
18:15~18:40 | Discussion | ||
Plenary Lecture | |||
Chair. Dr. Myung Sook Kim | Crystal Hall / 7. 14.(Tue) | ||
Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation Title |
10:30~11:30 | Dr. Kwang-Sik Choi | Jeju National University, Korea | Chemoautotrophic marine bivalve Pillucina pisidium and its association with the seagrass Zostera marina: a three-stage symbiosis in the seagrass bed ecosystem |
Session 3. Cellular Stress & Therapeutic Innovation - Basic Biology Research Center - | |||
Chairs. Drs. Ji Won Kim & Jinu Kim | Crystal Hall / 7. 14.(Tue) | ||
Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation Title |
13:00~13:25 | Dr. Xuan-Hung Nguyen | Vin University, Vietnam | iPSC-derived disease modeling and therapeutic development |
13:25~13:50 | Dr. Jung-Min Kim | Kyung Hee University, Korea | Targeting Heterotopic Ossification Using AAV-Gene Therapy |
13:50~14:15 | Dr. Solip Park | CNIO (Spanish National Cancer Research Center),Spain | Deciphering the Dynamic Cancer Fitness Landscape: From Context-Specific Genetic Interactions to Proteomic Network Perturbations |
14:15~14:40 | Dr. Miso Park | Kangwon University, Korea | An acidic tumor microenvironment drives PMN-MDSC survival and pro-tumorigenic reprogramming |
14:40~15:05 | Dr. Kyoung Seob Song | Kosin University, Korea | Mitochondria-ER crosstalk under redox control: A new regulatory axis |
15:05~15:30 | Discussion | ||
Session 4. Environmental Adaptation/Biodiversity: Marine Genomics and Its Application | |||
Chair. Dr. Kwang-Sik Choi | Crystal Hall / 7. 14.(Tue) | ||
Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Presentation Title |
15:40~16:05 | Dr. James Davis Reimer | University of Ryukyus, Japan | Marine tropicalization: Results from the MPAShift project across southern Japan |
16:05~16:30 | Dr. Jae-Sung Rhee | Incheon National University, Korea | From Target Species Detection to Ecosystem-Level Monitoring: Expanding the Applications of eDNA in Marine Environments |
16:30~16:55 | Dr. Chaolun Allen Chen | Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan | The Pivotal Role of Taiwan in the Evolution and Biogeography of Scleractinian Corals in East Asia: Synthesis, Progress, and Future Directions |
16:55~17:20 | Dr. Seong-Il Eyun | Chung-Ang University, Korea | Genomic Adaptations of Aquatic Invertebrates to Extreme Environments: Hypoxia in Deep-Sea Vents and Salinity Fluctuations in Estuaries |
17:20~17:45 | Dr. Takeshi Noda | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology,Japan | Usefulness of Scleractinian eDNA metabarcoding system for monitoring coral reefs. |
17:45~18:10 | Discussion | ||
