Beijing Institute of Genomics signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement on the ginseng genome research in Changchun on November 11, 2010.
Russian scientist Prof. Eugene Vysotski, from Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, visited Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG) on November 1, 2010.
A cornerstone laying ceremony for the new laboratory building of Beijing Institute of Genomics was held at the construction site on October 15, 2010.
Ms. Rachel Sangster, Journal Publisher for Asia Pacific from Taylor & Francis Group, visited BIG on Sep. 2, 2010 and gave a lecture on how to get an article quicker and better published.
An Australian delegation from Australian National University visited Beijing Institute of Genomics on July 19, 2010.
June 26, 2010 sees the 10th anniversary of the first draft of the human genome. Hundreds of Chinese scientists joined together on that day in a conference in Beijing to celebrate this great event.