On September 1-2, Beijing Genomic Institute-Shenzhen, Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation, Taipei Biotech Association and Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre worked together to host the 2008 Conference of Personalized Medicine in Greater China in Shenzhen Pattaya Hotel and panel discussion in Hong Kong Science Park. After the conference, many expressed delight in the opportunity to meet other researchers from the different locations and to explore collaborative possibilities. Many also expressed the desire to see the conference develop into a recurrent event hosted among the different locations.

Fig. 1 Over 130 researchers participated in the conference.

Fig. 2 Grand opening of the conference is in the morning of Sept 1, 2008.

Fig. 3 The participants visited BGI Shenzhen in the evening of Sept 1, 2008.

Fig. 4 The panel discussion is held in HK Science Park in the afternoon of Sept 2. 2008.

Fig. 5 Participants of the panel discussion in HK Science Park.

Fig. 6 There are still lots of discussion during the cocktail gathering even after the panel.

Fig. 7 Prof. Huanming Yang, Academician, Chinese Academy of Science; Director,
Beijing Genomic Institute – Shenzhen

Fig. 8 Prof. Chung-Hsuan Chen, Director, Distinguished Research Fellow, Genomics Research Center,
Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

Fig. 9 Prof. Juliana Chan, Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Fig. 10 Prof. Simon Lee, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau

Fig. 11 Prof. Duanqing Pei, Director, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health,
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fig. 12 Prof. Jeffrey Wong, Department of Biochemistry, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Fig. 13 Prof. Jun Wang, Associate Director, Beijing Genomic Institute – Shenzhen

Fig. 14 Prof. P.C. Sham, Chair Professor in Psychiatric Genomics, University of Hong Kong

Fig. 15 Dr. Jonathan Flint, Head, Psychiatric Genetics at Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics

Fig. 16 Dr. Shih-Feng Tsai, Investigator, Division of Molecular and Genomic Medicine,
National Health Research Institute (Taiwan)

Fig. 17 Prof. Mary Waye, Director, HK Bioinformatics Center, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Fig. 18 Prof. Lu-Ping Chow, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine,
National Taiwan University

Fig. 19 Prof. Hannah Xue, Director, Applied Genomics Center, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Fig. 20 Prof. Kaitai Zhang, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Fig. 21 Prof. Bing Su, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fig. 22 Prof. Changqing Zeng, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Fig. 23 Prof. Jian Wang, Associate Director, Beijing Genomic Institute – Shenzhen

Fig. 24 Prof. Ching-Chuan Jiang, Director, Department of Orthopedics, College of Medicine,
National Taiwan University

Fig. 25 Prof. P.C. Shaw, Director, Centre for Protein Science and Crystallography,
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Fig. 26 Prof. Biaoyang Lin, Zhejiang California International NanoSystems Institute, Zhejiang University

Fig. 27 Prof. Li Ying Xiong, R&D Dean, China Medical University (Taiwan)

Fig. 28 Prof. Jingde Zhu, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Shanghai Cancer Institute

Fig. 29 Prof. Jong-Tsong Chiang, College of Management, National Taiwan University

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