Open Access2019 China Symposium on Single‐Cell Genomics
Author(s) -
Li Yinqing,
Tian Miaomiao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
quantitative biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.707
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2095-4697
pISSN - 2095-4689
DOI - 10.1007/s40484-019-0178-5
Subject(s) - china , genomics , computational biology , biology , genetics , political science , genome , gene , law
The China Symposium on Single-Cell Genomics was successfully held in Beijing, on May 25, 2019 (Figure 1). This conference was initiated by Tsinghua University, chaired by Prof. Xuegong Zhang, and co-organized with Illumina and 10 Genomics. The focus of the symposium was to elicit a discussion on “Building cell atlas, empowering cellular medicine” with single-cell technologies. It consisted of leading experts, 10 invited talks and a panel discussion session covering the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) project progress, the latest single-cell profiling technology developments, medical applications, as well as standards, ethics, data sharing and global collaboration. The Symposium brought together upwards of 300 professionals and graduate students as well as over 4,000 online attendants.