Program

Program Format

	Track 1: Breaking Genomics Research and Technology
These sessions will highlight cutting-edge research in areas such as human genomic Variation, Structural Biology and evolutionary genomics, and practical implications of genomics research. Experimental and computational approaches for effectively utilizing the latest DNA sequencing technologies will be presented during concurrent sessions.

	Track 2: System Biology
The section will focus on the symbiotic interplay between biology, technology, and computation of systems biology, hot topics include " proteomics", " genomics", "metabolomics" and "Signaling Networks" etc. Also speakers will provide the new ways in applying systems biology and systems theory to medicine.

	Track 3: RNA Biology
This section is design to cover covering the latest findings about RNA science, methodology, technology, and applications. Hot topics include Chemical Biology of RNA, Emerging Methodologies for RNA Science, RNA Structure and Folding, RNAs in Diseases, Therapeutic RNAs, Small RNAs etc.

	Track 4: Genome-based Drug Discovery and Gene Therapy
This section aims to bring together both industry and academia thought about emerging genome technical progress and its application in the development of new therapeutic understanding and novel compounds. Beside the concurrent sessions will highlights cutting edge research in the fields of gene and cell therapy.

	Track 5: Human Genetics, Genome and Diseases
This section will present a significant contribution to the advancement of human genetics of common disease, also devoted to the challenges of human genome variation studies and genetic Analysis.

	Track 6: Human Genomics and Personalized Medicine
This section will explore the fundamental, translational, and clinical sciences driving the progress of human genomics and personalized medicine movement.

	Track 7: Other Omics and Applications
This section aims to provide a comprehensive view of omics, such as the Emerging Proteomics, Metagenomics, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics, and Interactomics etc. It will present the studies from bench to data analysis together with early-stage experimental researchers and its latest development.

	Track 8: Non-Human Functional Genomics and Beyond
This session included comparative and functional genomics studies of several, diverse, animal and plant, hot area covers transgenic animal, forest functional genomics, fish and insect functional genomics.


Young Scientist Forum

Day one April 25th, 2012
09:00 – 09:40 am	Opening Ceremony and Welcome Remarks
10:00 – 12:30 am	Keynote Forum Ⅰ
01:30 – 05:30 pm	Keynote Forum Ⅱ
06:00 – 08:30 pm	Welcome Banquet and Performance

Session 8-1: Animal Functional Genomics and Genetics Research Time: April 26, 2012, Thursday, 08:30- 12:10 Place: Xi‘ an, China
Chair	Call for Host
08:30-08:55	Speech Opportunity Available
08:55-09:20	Title: Genomic- and Protein-Based Approaches for Connectin-Like Protein Identification in Amphioxus and Ascidian Dr. Akira Hanashima, Project research fellow, Chiba University, Japan
09:20-09:45	Title: Functional Genomics and Genetics on T cell receptor loci in Camelus dromedarius Dr. Salvatrice Ciccarese, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Bari, Italy
09:45-10:10	Speech Opportunity Available

Session 8-2: Transgenic Animal Research and Technologies Time: April 26, 2012, Thursday, 13:30-17:10 Place: Xi’ an, China
Chair	*Dr. Wojtek Auerbach*, Senior Director Embryonic Stem Cell Technology Velocigene, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, USA
Co-Chair	Call for Co-Host
08:30-08:55	Speech Opportunity Available
08:55-09:20	Title: TBD Dr. Bob Kesterson, Associate Professor of Genetics, Director, Transgenic Mouse Facility, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
09:20-09:45	Title: TBD Dr. Kin-Mu Lee, Professor and Director Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
09:45-10:10	Speech Opportunity Available
10:10-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-10:55	Speech Opportunity Available
10:55-11:20	Title: TBD Dr. Jörg Distler, Department for Internal Medicine and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University of Erlangen–Nuremberg, Germany
11:20-11:45	Title: High Throughput Gene Targeting, a Resource of Definitive Null Knockout for >4000 Genes in ES Cells from C57BL/6 Mice Dr. Wojtek Auerbach, Senior Director Embryonic Stem Cell Technology Velocigene, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, USA
11:45-12:10	Speech Opportunity Available

Session8-3: Plant Functional Genomics Time: April 26, 2012, Thursday, 13:30-17:10 Place: Xi’ an, China
Chair	*Call for Host*
Co-Chair	Call for Co-Host
08:30-08:55	Title: Genetic Engineering of Cereals - Methods and Applications Dr. Goetz Hensel, Molecular Biologist, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Germany
08:55-09:20	Title: Molecular Approaches to Ancestry and Domestication of Crop Plants: Barley and Clover as Examples Dr. Abdelfattah Badr, Professor of Genetics, Faculty of Science Tanta University, Egypt
09:20-09:45	Title: Construction of MNU-induced Mutant Pools and High Performance TILLING System for Detection of SNPs in Rice Dr. Toshihiro Kumamaru, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyuashu University, Japan
09:45-10:10	Title: Rice Landrace Diversity in Nepal. Socio-economic and Ecological Factors determining Rice Landrace Diversity in three Agro-ecozones of Nepal Dr. Jwala Bajracharya, Senior Scientist, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Nepal
10:10-10:30	Coffee Break
10:30-10:55	Title: Genetic Diversity of Peruvian Arracacia and Improvement Challenges Dr. Raul Blas, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agronomy, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Peru
10:55-11:20	Title: Molecular Imaging of Auxin Transport Routes and Inducible Manipulation of Auxin Perception Reveal Systems Properties in Plant Organ Patterning Dr. Thomas Berleth, Professor, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Canada
11:20-11:45	Title: Collaborations to Enhance the Utilization of DNA Technologies Dr. Elijah K Gichuru, Deputy Director of Research, Coffee Research Foundation (CRF), Kenya
11:45-12:10	Speech Opportunity Available

Session 8-4: Forest Functional Genomics and Genetics Time: April 27, 2012, Friday, 08:30- 12:10 Place: Xi‘ an, China
Chair	*Call for Host*
08:30-08:55	Speech Opportunity Available
08:55-09:20	*Title:* Plastid NDH Genes in Plant Evolution Dr. Bartolome Sabater, Professor, Department of Plant Biology, Alcalá University, Spain
09:20-09:45	Title: TBD Dr. Edival Zauza, Divisão de Tecnologia Florestal, Suzano Papel e Celulose, Brazil
09:45-10:10	Speech Opportunity Available

Session 8-5: Maize Functional Genomics and Genetics Time: April 27, 2012, Friday, 08:30- 12:10 Place: Xi‘ an, China
Chair	*Call for Host*
08:30-08:55	Speech Opportunity Available
08:55-09:20	Title: The Role of Functional Genomics and other Omics in the Evaluation of Transgenic vs Non-Transgenic Maize Dr. Eugenia Barros, Principal ResearcherCSIR – Biosciences, South Africa
09:20-09:45	Title: Genetic Modification of Corn Starches That meet the Requirement for Food and Chemical Application: Invention of Maize vitx-8132 Mutant with Unique Starch Properties Dr. David Pan, Honor Researcher/Scientist, University of Wisconsin, USA
09:45-10:10	Speech Opportunity Available

Session 8-6: Bacterial Functional Genomics Time: April 27, 2012, Friday, 13:30-17:10 Place: Xi’ an, China
Chair	Dr. Yankai Jia, Director of Next Generation Sequencing, GENEWIZ, Inc., USA
13:30-13:55	Speech Opportunity Available
13:55-14:20	Title: TBD Dr. Alexander Rakin, Senior Researcher, Yersinia I Group Leader, Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Germany
14:20-14:45	Title: Using Next Generation Sequencing to Find Functional Mutants in Microorganisms Dr. *Yankai Jia*, Director of Next Generation Sequencing, GENEWIZ, Inc., USA
15:45-15:10	*Title:* Clinical Implications of Bacterial Functional Genomics - Bench to Bedside *Dr. Shashikiran Umakanth*, Professor of Medicine, Manipal University, India

Session 8-7: Fish Functional Genomics Time: April 27, 2012, Friday, 13:30-17:10 Place: Xi’ an, China
Chair	Call for Host
13:30-13:55	Speech Opportunity Available
13:55-14:20	Title: Isolation and Characterization of Growth and Reproduction Related Genes in the Chinese Sturgeon Dr. Chuang-Ju Li, Associate Researcher, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, China
14:20-14:45	Title: The Short-lived Annual Fish Nothobranchius Furzeri as an Innovative Model for Genetic Investigations on Aging Dr. Alessandro Cellerino, Tenure-track Researcher, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy
15:45-15:10	Speech Opportunity Available

Session 8-8: Insect Functional Genomics Research Time: April 27, 2012, Friday, 13:30-17:10 Place: Xi’ an, China
Chair	Call for Host
13:30-13:55	Speech Opportunity Available
13:55-14:20	Title: Ancient Mariner Transposon Inserted by Some Other Transposable Elements at Different Period in the Genome of Domesticated Bombyx Mori and the Most Related Species B. Mandarina Dr. Yumiko Nakajima, Associate Professor, Division of Functional Genomics, Center of Molecular Biosciences, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
14:20-14:45	Title: TBD Dr. Klaus H. Hoffmann, Professor, Universitt Bayreuth, Germany
15:45-15:10	Speech Opportunity Available

Hosting Organizations

Information Research
Center of International Talent, SAFEA

China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade
Xi'an Sub-Council

China Medical Biotech Associatio

Operating Organization

BIT Congress Inc.
Foreign Experts Databank
of SAFEA-Dalian Biotechnological
and Medical Experts Subdivision

Official Travel Agent

BIT World Travel Service, Inc.