May 28 2016 (Saturday).
Genentech Hall, University of California, San Francisco

The Program

8:30-9:00 Registration

9:00-9:10 Opening remarks

9:10-9:30 Hong Wu (78'), Dean of School of Life Sciences, Peking University

9:30-9:50 Yiyou Chen (88'), Founder and CSO, New Horizon Bioscience
Entrepreneurship: career by choice

9:50-10:10 Bo Liu (81'), Professor, University of California, Davis
What can plants teach us about microtubules?

10:10-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-10:50 Dong Wei (87'), Senior Director, Program Leader, Baxalta
Career Evolution: From Scientific Hypothesis Testing to Business Problem Solving.

10:50-11:10 Yong Wang (USTC 98'), Senior population geneticist, Ancestry DNA
From Population History to Family History - My transition from academia into industry.

11:10-11:30 Group photo

11:30-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:15 Sponsor introduction (Clindata Insight Inc., Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation, Eureka Therapeutics Inc.,Vivo Capital LLC.)

1:15-1:35 Li Gan (86'), Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute / Professor, University of California, San Francisco

1:35-1:55 Min Han (78'), Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder / Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Place more value on independent thinking - Thoughts on career and running a basic science lab.

1:55-2:15 Lijing Jiang (02'), Postdoctoral fellow, Nanyang Technological University (History of Biology)
Peking University and Modern Biology in China: Li Ruqi's Career in Genetics as a Window.

2:15-2:35 Charlene Liao (82'), Project Team Leader, Genentech
尊师在行动－北大生科院尊师基金活动简介

2:35-3:00 Coffee break

3:00-5:00 Concurrent panel sessions (Academia, Industry, Beyond Bio)

5:00-5:20 Chongren Xu (78'), Professor, School of Life Sciences / President of the Alumni Association of School of Life Sciences, Peking University

5:20-5:25 Closing remarks

5:30 Adjourn

The Panelists

Academia:


Li Gan (86'), Senior Investigator, Gladstone Institute / Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Min Han (78'), Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder / Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Guo Huang (95'), Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco

Bo Liu (81'), Professor, University of California, Davis

Hong Wu (78'), Dean of School of Life Sciences, Peking University

Chongren Xu (78'), Professor, School of Life Sciences / President of the Alumni Association of School of Life Sciences, Peking University

Zhu Wang (99'), Assistant Professor, University of California Santa Cruz


Ying Yang (01') Biotechnology Specialist, BICI

Ya Yang (01'), (Starting Fall 2016) Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

Industry:


Yiyou Chen (88'), Founder and CSO, New Horizon Bioscience

Xu Cui (96'), Founder and CEO, BizGenius

Pei Han (04'), Scientist, Amgen

Charlene Liao PhD (82'), President and CEO, Immune-Onc Therapeutics, Inc.

Jingjun Liao (93'), CEO, Purple Stone

Wenjun Ouyang (87'), Executive Director, Amgen

Yong Wang (USTC 98'), Senior population geneticist, Ancestry DNA

Dong Wei (87'), Senior Director and Program Leader at Baxalta

Luhan Yang (04'), Founder and CSO, eGenesis

Peng Yang (93'), Founder and CEO, Clindata Insight

Jinzhong Zhang (78'), Head of Preclinical Development, Santen

Laura Zhu (87'), Vice President, Lifemax Laboratories

Beyond Bio Professions:


He Bian (02'), Assistant Professor, Princeton University (History of Science)

Qiushi Fu (89'), CIO, Fortune Capital

Lijing Jiang (02'), Postdoc fellow, Nanyang Technological University (History of Biology)

Ji Li (00'), Associate Director, Navigant

Shuai Li (02'), Software Engineer, Airbnb

Dongbiao Shen (03'), Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell

Luke Tang (98'), General Manager, Techcode Accelerator

Zhanping Wu (93'), Legal Director, Vivo Capital

Chi Zhang (TJU 98'), Senior Marketing Director, Transamerica Financial Advisors

Xinjian Zhou (97'), Associate Dean, BICI