Chinese BGI Institute Opens Collaborations in Denmark
Copenhagen 10 February 2012
BGI Europe (Beijing Genomics Institute) - one of the world's major genomic sequencing centers - today officially opens its European headquarter at Copenhagen Bio Science Park in Copenhagen.
Biopeople welcomes BGI Europe as new neighbour at COBIS. We are honoured to co-organise the BGI Europe led International Conference on Genomics (ICG-Europe 24-26 May 2012) with University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark and Aarhus University.
BGI Europe partners already in a new national technology platform that will facilitate the mapping of the Danish genome. Platform partners are University of Copenhagen, Technical University of Denmark, Aarhus University, Aalborg University, Bavarian Nordic A/S and Genomic Expression ApS.
The official opening today bears testimony to the successful collaboration between Europe and China.
Links: BGI Europe: http://www.bgisequence.com/eu/
BGI Europe News release: http://www.bgisequence.com/eu/newsandevents/conferences/european-genome-research-center-is-opening-soon/
University of Copenhagen, News Release on the national technology platform, 3 march 2012: http://nyheder.ku.dk/alle_nyheder/2011/2011.3/nyt_center/
International Conference on Genomics 24-26 May 2012 (ICG Europe): http://www.icg-europe.org/
Biopeople contact for the ICG Europe: Science Liaison Officer Thomas Schou Larsen
