The first annual meeting of Bioinformatics & Drug Design Platform in Centre for Translational Medical Research in Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine (Institute of Basic Research in  Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences & Institute of Integrated Bioinformedicine and Translational Science, Hong Kong Baptist University) was held in Shenzhen, China on October 26~28, 2012.

The theme for this annual meeting was advancing the establishment of integrating bioinformatics and data mining in the field of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine. Forty-two members from Beijing, Hong Kong, Lanzhou and Henan participated in the meeting. Prof. Aiping Lu (Dean of the School of Chinese Medicine and Director of IBTS), Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian (Associate Vice-President of Hong Kong Baptist University and Professor of IBTS), Dr. Ge Zhang (Deputy Director of IBTS), Dr. Zhijun Yang (Associate Professor of IBTS) and other members delivered lectures during the meeting. The team members also summarized their work in the past year and framed the working plan for the next year.

Prof. Aiping Lu, Dr. Zhijun Yang, Prof. Zhaoxiang Bian and Dr. Ge Zhang (right to left) during meeting break

All members taking photo after meeting