BIT’s Annual International Congress

of Genetics-2017(ICG-2017)

April 25-27, 2017

Xi’an, China

Highlights of ICG-2017

● A Plenary Forum from a Panel of Leading Experts in

Genetics Field

● Hear and Discuss the Most Exciting Research

Discoveries in Genetics Field with 150+ Oral

Presentations

● Network with Senior Scientists, Executives and Others

over 40 Scientific and Business Sessions

● Look for a Job, Fellowship, Postdoctoral Position, or

New Collaborator

● Visit over 40 Commercial and Nonprofit Exhibits

Offering New Products and Services

● Kinds of Tech Tours to Famous Science Spots &

Historical Sites in China

Operating Organization

Hosting Organization

Register online at:http://www.bitcongress.com/icg2017/registration.aspContact Us:emma@dnaday.comTel: 0086-411-84799609-839

Information Research Center of International

Talent, China; State Administration of

Foreign Experts Affairs, China

BIT Group Global Ltd.

Welcome Message

If you have been to prior meetings, we warmly welcome your

return as our regular friends. If this is your first meeting, we also

welcome you to our "family" gathering.

We look forward to seeing you in Xi‟an!

Sincerely Yours,

Dr. Xiaodan Mei

Executive Chair

Organizing Committee of ICG-2017

ICG-2017, as one of BIT‟s major congresses, providing an

extremely wide professional themes such as Advances in Genetics

Research; Medical Genetics; Genetic Models and Non-Human

Genetics, will be essentially an annual gathering for leading

geneticists, business leaders and investors in the academia and

industry realm to discuss current issues and innovations in the field

of genetics and related disciplines, as well as build strong network

among us. Outstanding keynote speakers and well known experts

from around the globe will be expected to share their knowledge in

this comprehensive genetics congress.

Xi„an enjoys the title of “A Natural Museum of History”, it has been

the most popular tourist city in China and the World owing to its

brilliant historical and cultural relics, and spring is the most pleasant

season for a visit. There would also be an opportunity to travel to

other Chinese cities and present lectures. You are welcomed to

submit papers and abstracts. Besides that, you are also encouraged

to organize new session if your current research interests beyond

our topics.

On behalf of the organizing commission, we welcome you to attend

the BIT‟s 2nd Annual International Congress of Genetics (ICG-2017),

which will be held in Xi‟an, China during April 25-27, 2017. ICG-

2017 is dedicated to promote life science and biotech

development and accelerate international education exchange and

scientific information exchange in China. It is custom designed to

provide a platform for both academic and industrial sections

professionals from every corner of the world to exchanges their

achievements.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Conference Program

Branch 1: Breakthrough in Basic Science of Genetics

and GenomeSession 101: Genomic Instability and DNA RepairSession 102: Structural and Functional GenomicsSession 103: DNA Methylation, Epigenetics, Chromatin and TranscriptionSession 104: Cytogenetics & Single Cell GenomicsSession 105: Molecular Genetics and Molecular PathologySession 106: Proteomics, Metabolomics, Glycomics and Lipidomics

Branch 2: The Up-to-date Genetic Technologies and

ApplicationSession 201: Current and Emerging Sequencing TechnologiesSession 202: CRISPR and Precise Genome Engineering TechniquesSession 203: Gene Testing and Molecular Diagnostic TechnologiesSession 204: Bioinformatics, Computational and Statistical GenomicsSession 205: RNAi, siRNA and MicroRNA

Branch 3: Human GeneticsSession 301: Cancer and Tumor GeneticsSession 302: Cardiovascular GeneticsSession 303: Psychiatric Genetics, Neurogenetics and Neurodegeneration

Session 304: Genetics of Immune & Autoimmune DisordersSession 305: Prenatal, Newborn Screening and Reproductive Genetics Session 306: Pharmacogenomics, Genomic Biomarkers and Personalized MedicineSession 307: Clinical Genomics and its ApplicationsSession 308: Forensic Genomics and its Applications

Branch 4: Animal GeneticsSession 401: Animal Genetics, New Breeding Technologies, and Transgenic AnimalSession 402: Poultry and Livestock Genetic Improvement and EvolutionSession 403: Animal Models in Studying Genetic Diseases

Branch 5: Plant and Microbial Genetics Session 501: Plant and Crop Genetics Session 502: Plant and Crop Genetics ( Part II )Session 503: New Technologies for Plant Breeding and Crop ImprovementSession 504: Maize GeneticsSession 505: Microbial Genomics, Microbiome and Metagenomics

Young Investigators Forum

Scenery of Xi’an

Xi'an is the capital of Shanxi province, and a

sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of

China. One of the oldest cities in China, with

more than 3,100 years of history, the city

was known as Chang'an before the Ming

Dynasty. Xi'an is one of the Four Great

Ancient Capitals of China, having held the

position under several of the most important

dynasties in Chinese history, including Zhou,

Qin, Han, Sui, and Tang. Xi'an is the eastern

terminus of the Silk Road and home to the

Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Since the 1990s, as part of the economic

revival of interior China especially for the

central and northwest regions, the city of

Xi'an has re-emerged as an important

cultural, industrial and educational centre of

the central-northwest region, with facilities for

research and development, national security

and China's space exploration program. It is

now one of the most populous built-up areas

in inland China with 7,168,005 inhabitants,

including urban parts of Xianyang (Weicheng

and Qindu districts).

Previous Event Report

On April 25-28, 2016, BIT's 1st International Congress

of Genetics (ICG-2016), with the theme of “Genetics

and Future”, was successfully held in Dalian

International Conference Center, China. Many keynote

speakers and a lot of renowned speakers from many

countries attended this conference.

As the keynote speakers, Dr. Arieh Warshel,

Distinguished Professor, University of Southern

California, USA, Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry,

2013; Dr. Zu-Hang Sheng, Senior Principal Investigator,

National Institutes of Health, USA; Dr. Kenneth K. Wu,

President & Distinguished Investigator, National Health

Research Institutes, Taiwan; Dr. Caifu Chen, Senior Vice

President of R & D, Integrated DNA Technologies, USA;

Dr. Zhongyi Cheng, CEO, PTM BioLabs, China; Dr. Philipp

Kapranov, Professor, Director, Huaqiao Univerisity,

China gave their wonderful speeches at keynote forum

and are warmly received.

There are 6 sessions of the conference following the

keynote forum. Nearly 100 world-renowned experts,

professors, laboratory principals, project leaders and

representatives of well-known enterprises attended the

ICG-2016, together with other 6 parallel congresses,

about 1000 outstanding international scientists in

related field attended the conference and showed

their latest progress.

The conference was a great scientific festival with

wonderful opportunities to learn about the Genetics.

Meanwhile, it has promoted the communication of

colleagues and collaboration of partners in this field.

After the conference many participants expressed their

satisfaction with the content of the congress and had

fine memories of Dalian. Depending on the warmly

support and good suggestions from all of the

participants, we are quite confident in organizing ICG-

2017 which would be better and more successful than

ICG-2016. All of us are looking forward to meeting

you again in 2017.

Previous Event Report

Introduction to ICG-2017

ICG-2017 is a dedicated conference where you will have

the opportunity to learn about new developments in the

field of genetics and genomics and share aspects of your

own work by submitting oral presentation, poster or paper.

We are proposing the excellent and unique scientific

program, with the communication of outstanding

international experts, we hope productive discussions

would stimulate creative ideas to translate new discoveries

into better practice and application.

Also, ICG-2017 will include diversified workshops, poster

sessions, matchmaking activities, award ceremony, university

seminars, industrial park field trips and post-conference tech

tour etc. We expand with newly designed magnificent

scientific and social programs continuously to maximize your

network and partner hunting in a free communication meeting

environment.

After months‘ preparation by the organizing committee, we have proposed excellent and unique ScientificProgram, nearly 150 outstanding international scientists working at the forefront of research haveconfirmed their presentation and many experts have been also in further discussion.

Dr. Christian Patermann, Former Director, European Commission, Germany

“Father” of the European Bioeconomy

Dr. Robert Plumb, Professor, Imperial College London, UK

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Dr. Martin Banwell, Professor, The Australian National University, Australia

Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Keynote Speakers of ICG-2017

Dr. Dongping Zhong, Professor, The Ohio State University, USA

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fellow of the American Physical Society

Dr. Yuxin Yin, Dean in School of Basic Medical Sciences, Director in Institute of Systems Biomedicine,

Peking University Health Science Center, Peking University, China

Renowned Speakers of ICG-2017

Dr. Sagadevan G. Mundree

Professor

Queensland University of

Technology

Australia

Dr. Woo Kyung Moon

Professor

Seoul National University

College of Medicine

Korea

Dr. Barry Merriman

Professor

University of California, Los

Angeles

USA

Dr. Xinghua Victor Pan

Associate Scientist

Yale University School of

Medicine

USA

Dr. Bernard Perbal

President

International CCN Society

France

Dr. David Jeruzalmi

Associate Professor

Harvard University

USA

Dr. William Gartner

President & CEO

Global Cancer Diagnostics Inc.

USA

Dr. Zaida Luthey-Schulten

Professor

University of Illinois

USA

Dr. David H. Gelfand

Independent Consultant

iCareDx

USA

Dr. Susana C. Raimondi

Director

St. Jude Children's Research

Hospital

USA

Dr. Yi Pan

Distinguished Professor and

Associate Dean

Georgia State University

USA

Dr. Dongliang Ge

Director

Gilead Sciences

USA

Dr. Giulio Tarro

President

Foundation T. & L. de

Beaumont Bonelli for Cancer

Research

Italy

Dr. Thomas Eulgem

Associate Professor

University of California,

Riverside

USA

Dr. Simon W Rabkin

Professor

University of British Columbia

USA

Dr. Yuke He

Professor

Shanghai Institutes for

Biological Sciences, Chinese

Academy of Sciences

China

Dr. Jiangwen Zhang

Associate Professor

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China

Dr. Eef Hogervorst

Professor

Loughborough University

UK

Dr. Sanjay I. Bidichandani

Professor

University of Oklahoma

USA

Dr. Mia Horowitz

Professsor

Tel Aviv University

Israel

Dr. E. Scott Sills

Medical Director

Center for Advanced Genetics

USA

Dr. Jun Zhu

Professor & Director

Institute of Bioinformatics,

Zhejiang University

China

Dr. Veronica J Hinton,

Associate Professor

Columbia University

USA

Dr. Kristel Van Steen

Associate Professor

University of Liege

Belgium

Renowned Speakers of ICG-2017

Dr. Ling Sun

Professor

Fudan University

China

Dr. Giovanni Meola

Professor

University of Milan

Italy

Dr. Josef T. Prchal

Professor

University of Utah

USA

Dr. Chungui Lu

Professor

Nottingham University

UK

Dr. Yang Zhang

Associate Professor

University of Michigan

USA

Dr. Piotr Kusnierczyk

Professor

Polish Academy of Sciences

Poland

Dr. Guangju Zhai

Associate Professor

Memorial University of

Newfoundland

Canada

Dr. Amandio Vieira

Associate Professor

Simon Fraser University

Canada

Dr. Klaus Palme

Professor

University of Freiburg

Germany

Dr. Carl Edwards

Head

Amicrobe, Inc.

USA

Dr. Peter L. Nagy

Chief Medical Officer

MNG Laboratories

India

Dr. Tie-lin Yang

Professor

Xi'an Jiaotong University

China

Renowned Speakers of ICG-2017

ICG-2017, as one of BIT‟s major congresses,

providing an extremely wide professional themes

such as Advances in Genetics Research; Medical

Genetics; Genetic Models and Non-Human

Genetics, will be essentially an annual gathering

for leading geneticists, business leaders and

investors in the academia and industry realm to

discuss current issues and innovations in the field

of genetics and related disciplines, as well as

build strong network among us. Outstanding

keynote speakers and well known experts from

around the globe will be expected to share their

knowledge in this comprehensive genetics

congress.

Now We Are Calling For

There will be an exhibition of posters at the

conference and the abstracts of accepted posters

will be published in the conference program. You

will be notified if your abstract has been

accepted for poster presentation as soon as it has

been reviewed by the organizing committee. All

accepted posters will be presented during the

Poster Viewing Session. Posters will be reviewed

for oral presentation 4-6 weeks prior to the

conference. Oral presenters will be notified by

email or telephone at least 3 weeks before the

conference. The selected presenters will be

posted on the agenda.

Materials to hang your poster will be available at

the poster area. The set-up time is TBA. You will

receive your poster number 4-6 weeks prior to

the conference. Your presence is recommended

during lunches and coffee breaks for discussion

with those who are interested in your research.

*Regular poster size is 70 cm (wide) by 90 cm

(high)

Sponsorship programs are uniquely designed

to meet your business development goals.

Through sponsorships, you can demonstrate

your expertise to top decision makers

representing Aquaculture & Fisheries

companies, academic research institutions,

national labs, and research organizations.

Sponsors can optimize the exposure of their

company through direct access to top tier

delegates.

The SAB is tasked with providing advice on thematter of science and technology to theconference, guiding its program and providingoverall strategic vision, and focusing onstrengthening the interface between science,policy and society in areas relevant to smartmaterials. On behalf of organizing committee,we sincerely invite you to join in the ScientificAdvisory Board of the 3rd Annual World Congressof Smart aterials-2017 as one of the SABMember.

A supporting exhibition will be held inconjunction with the conference enablingcompanies to exhibit their products and servicein front of a professional audience.

ICG-2017 invites accredited media organizationsworking on scientific news to apply for acomplimentary press pass. To qualify for presscredentials, you are required to be affiliatedwith an internationally, nationally or regionallyrecognized media outlet, and hold editorial titleand/or position as an industry analyst.

Now We Are Calling For

Concurrent Conference

The 7th Annual World Congress of Molecular & Cell Biology

(CMCB-2017)

The 1st International Biotechnology Congress

(IBC-2017)