Speaker: Gang Chen, PhD
Time : 3:30-5:00 pm , Nov.17 （Friday）
Venue: Room 300, SIBS Main Building, Yueyang Road 320
Host：Prof. Sijia Wang
CAS-PG Partner Institute for Computational Biology
Bio ：Dr. Gang CHEN is currently a co-founder and the CTO of WeGene, which is a startup to provide direct-to-consumer genetic testing and analysis in China. Dr. Chen was an adjunct assistant professor of Chinese University of Hong Kong from 2013 to 2016 and a big data consultant of Hospital Authority of Hong Kong from 2016 to 2017. Dr. Chen is a committee member of bioinformatics group of Chinese Computer Federation. Before he joined WeGene, he worked as a Vice President of internet and cloud computing at BGI-Tech and a senior researcher at BGI-Research. Dr. Chen’s research interests including bioinformatics, machine learning and their applications in personal genomics.
2015年 以聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人的身份加入WeGene.com，從事直接面向消費(fèi)者的基因檢測(cè)服務(wù)；
2013年 擔(dān)任香港中文大學(xué)和華大基因聯(lián)合舉辦的生物信息與基因組學(xué)碩士項(xiàng)目的兼職助理教授；
2012-2015年，在深圳華大基因，歷任華大基因研究院研究員、華大科技腫瘤研究員、華大科技云平臺(tái)副總監(jiān)，華大科技負(fù)責(zé)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和云計(jì)算業(yè)務(wù)副總裁。
2009-2010年，赴美國(guó)德克薩斯大學(xué)醫(yī)學(xué)部學(xué)習(xí)；
2006-2012年，在中南大學(xué)攻讀計(jì)算機(jī)博士，研究方向是生物信息
Title: DTC Genetic Testing Backboned Data Platform for Genomics Research
Abstract:
Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) genetic testing is a rapidly growing market across the globe. Data collected by large DTC genetic testing companies, such as 23andme, now plays a critical role in genetic researches, especially in GWAS. WeGene has collected, genotyped and analyzed more than 60,000 genomes in China. Various methods, such as survey, wearable devices and camera, are used to collect phenotype and behavior data. By integrating these data, WeGene is looking to provide a security and privacy protected data platform for genomics researchers in China.
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