2026 International Medical Metabolism Conference — Programme Update
Important Notice: The conference programme has been revised. Please refer to the official website for the most up-to-date information.
The key updates are as follows:
- Due to scheduling constraints, Plenary Speaker Dr. Luke O’Neill will unfortunately be unable to attend the conference.
- The Poster Presentation session has been moved forward and will now take place on 13 May.
We apologise for any inconvenience and kindly ask all participants to take note of these changes.
The detailed programme for the 2026 International Medical Metabolism Conference is now available, including each speaker’s presentation title and abstract.
The conference will be held on 13–14 May 2026, featuring four thematic sessions: Immunometabolism, Mitochondrial Function in Disease, Cancer Metabolism, and Metabolism in Nutrition and Aging. The programme brings together leading researchers from Taiwan, the United States, Korea, and beyond, advancing scholarly dialogue on the frontiers of metabolic medicine.
The full programme is available below.
05/13
Day1-05/13 Agenda
| Wednesday, May 13th, 2026 | |
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| 09:00-09:20 | Registration |
| 09:20-09:40 | Welcome & Opening Remarks Huey-Kang Sytwu, M.D., Ph.D. National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan |
| Session I. Immunometabolism | |
| Chair | Huey-Kang Sytwu |
| Co- Chair | Shie-Liang Hsieh |
| 09:40-10:20 | Plenary Speech Dr. M. Celeste Simon Leveraging Metabolism to Treat Primary and Metastatic Kidney Cancer (Abstract) |
| 10:20-10:40 | Dr. Yeonseok Chung Metabolic Control of Plasma Cell Longevity (Abstract) |
| 10:40-11:00 | Dr. Kuei-Pin Chung Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Oxidation Orchestrates Alveolar Epithelial Immunity (Abstract) |
| 11:00-11:20 | Break |
| Chair | Shaw-Fang Yet |
| 11:20-11:40 | Dr. Shie-Liang Hsieh GRC2.Fc Promotes Convergent Macrophage Reprogramming for Tissue Repair and Inflammation Resolution (Abstract) |
| 11:40-12:00 | Dr. Roni Nowarski Tissue Regulation of Intestinal Inflammation and Tolerance (Abstract) |
| 12:00-14:00 | Poster Presentation & Lunch |
| Session II. Mitochondrial Function in Disease | |
| Chair | Yi-Ching Wang |
| Co- Chair | Wen-Chun Hung |
| 14:00-14:40 | Plenary Speech Dr. Kenneth Kun-Yu Wu 5-MTP Restores Cancer Cell Mitochondrial Dynamics and Reduces Oncometabolites (Abstract) |
| 14:40-15:00 | Dr. Ting-Fen Tsai Activation of CISD2 as a Protective Strategy Against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity (Abstract) |
| 15:00-15:20 | Dr. Kai-Ti Lin Revisiting the Warburg Effect: Linking Hydrogen Sulfide to Central Metabolic Regulation (Abstract) |
| 15:20-15:40 | Break |
| 15:40-16:00 | Dr. Betty LinJu Yen Fast & Furious: The Consequential Role of the Mitochondria in Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cell (MSC) Osteogenic Commitment (Abstract) |
| 16:00-16:20 | Dr. Ruey-Hwa Chen Purinosome Fuels Mitochondrial DNA and RNA Synthesis to Mitigate Cardiomyopathy (Abstract) |
| 16:20-16:40 | Dr. Yau-Sheng Tsai Mitochondrial Control of TGFβ-Induced Cellular Plasticity (Abstract) |
| 17:00~ | Welcome Dinner |
05/14
Day2-05/14 Agenda
| Thursday, May 14th, 2026 | ||
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| Session III. Cancer Metabolism | ||
| Chair | Hsing-Jien Kung | |
| Co- Chair | Su Hao Lo | |
| 09:00-09:40 | Plenary Speech Dr. Sarah-Maria Fendt Metabolic Rewining Driving Metastasis Formation (Abstract) | |
| 09:40-10:00 | Dr. Alan Yueh-Luen Lee Mitochondrial Signaling Tunes Malignancy via the Metabolism and Immunity in the Hostile Tumor Microenvironment (Abstract) | |
| 10:00-10:20 | Dr. Wen-Ching Wang Glutathione Sensing by PKM2 Allosteric Control Couples Glyco-Redox Signaling to Ferroptosis Vulnerability (Abstract) | |
| 10:20-10:40 | Dr. Chun-Mei Hu PanMETAI: A High-Performance Tabular Foundation Model for Early Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis and Its Clinical Translation via Biofluid Evaluation (Abstract) | |
| 10:40-11:00 | Break | |
| Chair | Kenneth Kun-Yu Wu | |
| Co- Chair | Su Hao Lo | |
| 11:00-11:40 | Plenary Speech Dr. Marcia C. Haigis Lessons Learned Studying Metabolism in Aging, Cancer, and Immunity (Abstract) | |
| 11:40-12:00 | Dr. Wen-Chun Hung From Chromatin Remodeling to Metabolic Reprogramming A Story About ARID1A (Abstract) | |
| 12:00-12:20 | Dr. Sang-Jun Ha Identification and Characterization of Tumor-infiltrating Regulatory T Cell Subsets (Abstract) | |
| 12:20-13:30 | Lunch | |
| Session IV. Metabolism in Nutrition and Aging | ||
| Chair | Muh-Hwa Yang | |
| Co- Chair | Huang-Yu Yang | |
| 13:30-14:10 | Plenary Speech Dr. Hsing-Jien Kung Metabolic Modulation of Dual Therapy Resistance of Prostate Cancer (Abstract) | |
| 14:10-14:30 | Dr. Huang-Yu Yang Asparagine Deprivation Enhances T Cell Antitumour Response in Patients via ROS-Mediated Metabolic and Signal Adaptations (Abstract) | |
| 14:30-14:50 | Dr. Hua-Jung Li Lipid Metabolism-Driven CNS Repair via Targeted EV Delivery(Abstract) | |
| 14:50-15:10 | Dr. Jae Myoung Suh Hippo Meets Metabolism: Divergent YAP/TAZ Programs Coordinate Adipose Plasticity and Leptin Production (Abstract) | |
| 15:10-15:30 | Dr. Tse-Hua Tan DUSP22 Controls Lysosomal Degradation of Fatty Acid Synthase by LYZ to Prevent Lipogenesis and Obesity (Abstract) | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Poster Competition Award Ceremony | |
| 16:00~ | Departure | |