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Huanming Yang
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BGI, China
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Biography:
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Prof. Yang earned his Ph.D. from Copenhagen University in 1988, and received his postdoctoral trainings in France (1988–1990) and USA (1990–1994). He returned to China in 1994 and founded BGI in 1999. BGI now is ranked the third biggest center. BGI has made a significant contribution on sequencing genomes of human, rice, chicken, silkworm and many microorganisms. BGI published the first Asian’s genome by using new-generation sequencing in Nature, Nov. 6, 2009. Dr. Yang is a former member of committees or consultant groups of genetics and bioethics for UNESCO, WHO, and UN High Commission for Human Rights. He presently is the official representative of PR China in the Intergovernmental Bioethic Committee (IGBC), UNESCO, and co-vice chairman of EAGLES (European Actions on Global Life Sciences). Prof. Yang has received many awards and honors, including Research Leader of the Year by Scientific American in 2002 and Award in Biology by the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2006. He was elected as a foreign member of EMBO in 2006, an Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007, and a fellow of TWAS in 2008.
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