ShanghaiTech-SIAIS BioForum 2014--Cellular Processing of Information

Date；November 17-21,2014

Place:Shanghai,China

ShanghaiTech University was founded in 2012 under the sponsorship of China’s Ministry of Education and the Chinese Academy of Sciences as a Research Institution pursuing excellence in Science & Engineering and Management Science. It consists of four Schools and two Institutes, one of which is the Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies (SIAIS). The Institute aims to become a leading antibody research institute in the world, and is building a state-of-the-art research organization focused on the elucidation of the most fundamental problems in life science research. It has established nine laboratories that cover all areas of antibody research, spanning over a series of related topics in cell biology and biochemistry.

To celebrate the establishment of the institute and the collocation of Amgen R&D center in STU campus, the Scientific Governance Board of the SIAIS has decided to cooperate with Amgen Biopharmaceutical R&D (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in the organization of the ShanghaiTech-SIAIS BioForum 2014. The topic chosen for the BioForum is Cellular Processing of Information. It is planed to organize the ShanghaiTech-SIAIS BioForum on a topic of this type each year. The venue of the BioForum will be the Shanghai Science Hall. The BioForum will last 3.5 days, from November 17 through 20 of this year, and will offer a high level panorama of modern developments in this very exciting and all-encompassing area. The Scientific Governance Board of the Institute, as a pleasure to welcome all interested scientists to the ShanghaiTech-SIAIS BioForum 2014.

At the end of the Symposium, a one-day BBRC Author Workshop (www.elsevier.com ) ;(www.elsevier.com/locate/ybbrc ) will be organized on November 21, to discuss scholarly publishing procedures and research and publication ethics.
Speakers:
Dolors Alsina, Executive Publisher, Elsevier, the Netherlands
Ernesto Carafoli, Editor-in-Chief, BBRC, Padova, Italy
Zengyi Chang, Peking University, Beijing, China
Ouhong Wang, Amgen, Shanghai, China
Yongzheng Hui, Former Vice Minister of Science and Technology of China

Organizing Committee
Ernesto Carafoli, Padova, Italy (Chair)
Richard A. Lerner, La Jolla, USA
Biao Jiang, Shanghai, China
Guang Yang, Shanghai, China
Mingqiang Zhang, Shanghai, China
Ying Liu, Shanghai, China (Secretariat)
liuying@shanghaitech.edu.cn

Confirmed Speakers
Wolfgang Baumeister, Martinsried (BBRC lecture)
Xuetao Cao, Beijing
William Catterall, Seattle
Zengyi Chang, Beijing
Zhu Chen, Beijing (Keynote Lecture)
Philip Cohen, Dundee
Raymond A Dwek, Oxford
Paul Greengard, New York
Ming Lei, Shanghai
Richard A. Lerner, La Jolla (Amgen Lecture)
Haifan Lin, New Haven
Craig Montell, Santa Barbara
Zihe Rao, Beijing
Luca Scorrano, Padova
Michael Sela, Rehovot (Keynote Lecture)
Scott Simonet, Thousand Oaks
Sachdev Sidhu, Toronto
Xiaodong Wang, Beijing
Charles Weissmann, Zurich
Ian A. Wilson, La Jolla
Gregory Winter, Cambridge
Ruiping Xiao, Beijing

Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline:September 15, 2014
Abstract Acceptance Notification:October 1, 2014
Online Registration Deadline:October 31, 2014
Opening Ceremony and Reception:The evening of November 17, 2014
Conference Dates:November 17 - 20, 2014
BBRC Author Workshop:November 21,2014

Contact:siaisbioforum@shanghaitech.edu.cn