Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at BGI College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Human Disease Genomics.

Mainly engaged in the application development of second-generation sequencing technology and translational research in cancer genomics and immunogenomics.

Undertaken more than 10 scientific research projects such as the National '863' Major Project, National Key R&D Project, CAS Knowledge Innovation Project, and National Natural Science Foundation. During the 'Twelfth Five-Year Plan' period, as a member of the '863' project overall expert group and coordinator of the 'China Cancer Genome Project', he led the '863' major project 'Genome Technology for Major Diseases', which joined the 'International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC)' for international cooperation. Achieved good research results in non-invasive prenatal genetic testing technology development and clinical application, tumor single-cell research, viral genome integration research of tumor cells, and genomic research of esophageal cancer, bladder cancer, and kidney cancer, with related papers published in Cell, Nature, and Nature Genetics.

Ph.D. graduate from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering. Currently responsible for the scientific research planning of the Environmental Ecology Laboratory.

Long-term research on microbial communities and ecosystem functions. Metagenomics of important ecological system microbial communities and comparative genomics of important resource microorganisms.

As a major participant, established the world's first fungal functional database FUNGuild. So far, 20 SCI articles have been published, including 8 articles as the first or corresponding author.

Researcher at BGI-Research Institute, graduate tutor at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Joined BGI in 2010, focusing on genomics, particularly in the development of bioinformatics tools and big data mining for animal and plant genomes, including de novo genome assembly, population genetics, transcriptomics, and cytomics. By integrating experimental, biological, mathematical, and computer knowledge, valuable information for scientific research and application is extracted from animal and plant genomes.

R&D Director and Senior Project Leader at BGI Genomics Shenzhen, China

Joined BGI Genomics in 2009, focusing on genomics big data collection, analysis, and information mining related to animal, plant, and microbial genomes. Familiar with the technical features and applications of next-generation high-throughput sequencing, and proficient in the data characteristics, analysis methods, and software of genomics big data, including de novo genome assembly, metagenomics, etc.

As the project leader at BGI, completed multiple collaborative research projects such as gecko genome and Riemerella anatipestifer genome, led several large-scale collaborative projects in genome assembly using second and third-generation sequencing technologies, and published more than 10 articles in top international academic journals.

Dr. Xie received her Ph.D. degree in molecular biotechnology in 2019 from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. After graduation, she joined the R & D department of BGI Genomics as a senior engineer to develop tools and pipelines to facilitate bioinformatic analysis.

Her research interest lies primarily in fields such as molecular-assisted crop breeding and improvement, bioinformatics tools development and multi-omics applications.

She was the recipient of the Young Scholars Thesis Award (the Chinese University of Hong Kong) in 2019. To date, she has published 18 papers in multiple research journals, including but not limited to Science, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Communications, etc.

Special Scientist at the Digital Earth Research Institute, BGI-Research Institute

Engaged in the research of vertebrate sex chromosome evolution. Focusing on monotremes and primates, the research reveals the evolutionary history of sex chromosomes in mammals and the degeneration events of the Y chromosome.

Researcher at BGI-Research Institute, Ph.D. supervisor at Digital Earth Research Institute, graduated from Peking University School of Life Sciences. He has worked on functional genomics of plants such as Arabidopsis, rice, and sorghum at Peking University Department of Biotechnology, Peking University Bioinformatics Center, University of California Davis Department of Plant Pathology, and US Bioenergy Joint Research Center.

Currently mainly engaged in plant variomics, and crop population genetics, with the goal of using resequencing technology to conduct in-depth research on crop domestication history, pan-genome assembly, molecular markers of important agronomic traits, and identification of associated genes.

Participated in or led projects such as the Ministry of Agriculture's rice disease and pest resistance transgenic project, the US NIH rice disease resistance research project, and the US DOE bioenergy crop project. Published 12 articles in journals such as Plant Cell, New Phytologist, Molecular Plant Pathology, applied for 3 patents, and has a comprehensive research background in multiple disciplines.

Associate researcher in bioinformatics at BGI-Research Institute Digital Earth Research Institute, Biodiversity Research Center, and Wutong Talent D Class in Yantian District, Shenzhen.

In recent years, the main research direction is polar organism genomics, using genomics technology to explore the evolutionary history of polar organisms mainly living in Antarctica and the world's third pole, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the impact of environmental changes on polar organisms.

Research mainly focuses on the system evolution and environmental adaptability of polar organisms (such as penguins, pikas, etc.), using multidisciplinary research methods to construct the evolutionary relationships of related groups and reveal the molecular mechanisms of some groups adapting to polar environments. Major research results have been published as first and corresponding authors (including co-authors) in international academic journals such as Nature Communications, Zoological Research, and Conservation Genetics; participated in the writing of a professional book. Other early genomic project results have been published in journals such as Nature, Science, and GigaScience.

Microbial culture genomics, genomic research, microbial classification and evolution, and functional research of probiotics.

Doctor of Virology from the University of Hong Kong; Associate Researcher in Bioinformatics at BGI-Research Institute in Shenzhen, Project Leader of Infection Spatiotemporal Omics Research; Shenzhen Overseas High-level Talent Class C, Shenzhen Yantian District 'Wutong Talent' Class C.

Combining cutting-edge genomics, single-cell transcriptomics, and spatial transcriptomics technologies to explore the pathogenic mechanisms of acute/chronic infectious pathogens (such as HPV infection and cervical cancer, COVID-19 infection and respiratory diseases, Echinococcus infection and hydatid disease, etc.), elucidating the interactions between pathogens and host cell proliferation, immunity, and metabolic pathways at different stages of disease progression, providing new insights for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of acute/chronic infectious diseases.

Participated in the genetic tracing of H7N9 avian influenza virus in 2013, with related results published in Nature. In recent years, research on the genetic variation and pathogenic mechanisms of COVID-19 and human papillomavirus has been carried out, with more than ten papers published in high-level journals such as Advanced Science, Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Genomics, and Genome Biology and Evolution.

He mainly focuses on the "bacteria-brain" axis, construction of human symbiotic bacteria reference set, and precision medicine multi-omics.

Led and participated in the construction of the human gut microbiome reference gene set, rat gut microbiome reference gene set, and human nasal cavity symbiotic microbial genome set. In the past five years, as the first author, corresponding author, and co-author, published 11 high-level scientific research papers in journals such as Cell Systems, Nature Communication, Molecular Psychiatry, Microbiome, Nature Biotechnology. Served as guest editor for Frontiers in Microbiome, reviewer for Journal of Neuroinflammation, BMC Microbiology, and Frontiers in Microbiology. Also authorized/applied for 11 patents, 5 software copyrights, and 3 technology transfers.

Multi-omics study of human disease, disease translational research, immunogenetics.

She has published more than 50 papers in this field (h-index 29, more than 2000 citations according to Google Scholar), 17 of which were published as the first or corresponding author. She is the inventor of 15 patents (12 have been granted, seven of which she was the first inventor), she has applied for 4 software copyrights and participated in the writing of one book.

Li Yan is a Senior Scientist at the Precision Health Research Department of BGI Research. She obtained her Ph.D. in Statistical Genetics from the Department of Psychiatry, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong.

She specializes in genetic analysis of complex traits, genetic risk prediction for human complex diseases, and the construction of genetic statistical models for multiple disease comorbidities.

She has published 14 SCI papers, including 6 as first author or corresponding author, in journals such as Molecular Biology and Evolution, Aging Cell, Cell Reports, and The Spine Journal. Her research has proposed two pathogenic genetic mechanisms for back pain.

Dr. Zhi Ping currently serves as the Chief Scientist at the Institute of Biochemistry of BGI-Research, Shenzhen. He earned both his B.Sc. and Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.

His research currently focuses on the development of transcoding algorithms and integrated systems of DNA data storage, bioinformatics analysis of synthetic biology, and other BT-IT converging directions.

He has published 8 related papers in prestigious journals including Nature Computational Science, Advanced Science, National Science Review, GigaScience, etc.

Ph.D. in Genomics, currently responsible for single-cell genomics 'reading' tool research at the Super Cell BGI-Research Institute. Previously received first-class funding from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation and is a high-level talent in Shenzhen.

Development and application of ultra-high-throughput single-cell multi-omics sequencing technology (including species cell atlas, large population cohort studies of diseases, etc.).

As a core member, participated in the development of the domestic high-throughput single-cell microfluidic system DNBeLab C4 and completed industrial transformation. In recent years, published more than 20 papers in journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, with a cumulative impact factor of 201.4 as the first or corresponding author (including co-authors), applied for 5 invention patents, and authorized 1.

Including the development of sequencers and related technologies, single-cell sequencing technology, spatiotemporal omics sequencing technology (stereo-seq), and the translational application of sequencing technology in disease and agriculture.

So far, 242 SCI-indexed papers have been published in top international scientific journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, with more than 30,000 citations in the past five years. He has presided over or participated in several major projects, including the National 863 Sequencer Development Project, the National Development and Reform Commission's Industrial Agglomeration Project, etc. He has won awards such as the "Ministry of Science and Technology's Big Challenge Young Scientist", "Pengcheng Outstanding Talent Award", "Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Award" First Prize, and "Ministry of Education Natural Science Award" Second Prize. In July 2020, he was selected for the National Hundred, Thousand, and Million Talent Project and awarded the honorary title of "Outstanding Young and Middle-aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions".