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Hosting Organization |
China Medicinal Biotech Association
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People's Government of Foshan, China |
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People' s Government of Sanshui District, China |
Science & Technology Bureau of Foshan City, China |
Dalian BIT Life Sciences, Inc., China |
Supporting Organization |
Science & Technology Bureau of Foshan Sanshui District, China |
The Administrative Committee of Sanshui Industrial Park, Foshan, Guangdong |
Publicity Department of CPC of Foshan Sanshui District, China |
Kaichuang Investment Co., Ltd., China |
Guangzhou Gendustry Inc. |
Foshan Sanshui New Energy Medical Devices Investment Co., Ltd
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Gendustry Institute of South Medical University |
South China Biochip Research Center
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Press Release of WCG-2008 |
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On December 5-7, 2008, BIT's 2nd World Congress of Gene-2008 was held successfully in Foshan, China. During the Opening Ceremony, Dr. Xiaodan Mei, the Executive Chairman of this event delivered opening remarks to welcome all our participants.
Totally, there were nearly 200 participants from more than 20 countries and regions attended the WCG-2008. With a theme of "Decoding Life for Human Health", many honored guests presented at the ceremony and gave brilliant speeches on invitation, among them are Dr. Avram Hershko, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2004; Dr. Trevor G Marshall, Director, Autoimmunity Research Foundation, USA, Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Western Australia; Dr. Victor Shi, President, QIAGEN Asia ... |
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Programmed Sessions at a Glance |
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Exhibition |
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Time: 09:00-17:00 Dec 5-7, 2008 |
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To meet face-to-face with the international movers and shakers in the field of gene science and biotechnology |
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To meet with key decision marker around the world |
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To explore business opportunities in China and beyond |
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To spotlight advanced technologies and their scientific and commercial applications |
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Conference Background |
The 1st World Congress of Gene (WCG) is the most influential congress that BIT organized in the past four years. The aim of t is to follow up the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of DNA double-helix structure in Nature from April 25, 1953 by Dr. James Watson and Dr. Francis Crick. In 2003, US Congress designated April 25 of every year as National DNA Day and the whole April as Genome Month. National DNA Day has provided a significant occasion for young generations to learn genetics.
For such a purpose, BIT sponsored a new meeting platform creation; WCG has received broad support from those world leading research institutes. With many leading scientists involved in such operation, and those institutions already actively involved in DNA Day celebration in the past .....
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DNA Discovery: Important Events |
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1865 - Mendel's Laws of Heredity presented. |
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1905-1908 - Bateson and Punnett showed that genes modify action of other genes. |
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1953 - Watson and Crick proposed double-stranded, helical, complementary, anti-parallel model for DNA. |
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1973 - First human-gene mapping conference held. |
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2000 - Working draft of human genome sequence completed. |
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2003 - Celebrated 50 years of DNA's double helix. |
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Hightlights of the Event |
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Invite 3-5 High Profile speakers as plenary lecturers |
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Invite 20-30 leading scientists of the Human Genome Project |
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Organize 200 scientific and technological presentations at the leading edge of the life sciences |
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Schedule 2-3 DNA-related scientific popularization programs for the public |
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Integrate 2 cultural events |
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Keynote Speakers |
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Dr. Avram Hershko
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2004 |
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Dr. Jan-Åke Gustafsson
Professor & Chairman, Dept. of Biosciences & Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden |
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Dr. Trevor G Marshall
Director, Autoimmunity Research Foundation, USA
Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Western Australia. |
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Dr. Victor Shi
President, QIAGEN Asia |
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Key Dates |
April 30, 2008 |
Deadline for early bird registration |
September 30, 2008 |
Speech Opportunities Application Deadline |
December 3, 2008 |
Opening Registration |
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BIT's conferences-2008 |
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WCC-2008
(June 12-17, 2008, Shanghai, China) |
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WSA-2008
(July 20-26, 2008, Kunming, China) |
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CEMD-2008
(Oct.22-28, 2008, Beijing & Xi'an, China) |
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