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 以联合创始人的身份加入WeGene.com，从事直接面向消费者的基因检测服务；

2013年 担任香港中文大学和华大基因联合举办的生物信息与基因组学硕士项目的兼职助理教授；

2012-2015年，在深圳华大基因，历任华大基因研究院研究员、华大科技肿瘤研究员、华大科技云平台副总监，华大科技负责互联网和云计算业务副总裁。

2009-2010年，赴美国德克萨斯大学医学部学习；

2006-2012年，在中南大学攻读计算机博士，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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