On June 3-4, 2024, the "2024 International Symposium on Plant Omics Research" (STOC Plant 2024), hosted by the Spatiotemporal Omics Alliance and Wuhan University, and undertaken by the Shenzhen BGI Institute of Life Sciences, was successfully held at the Shenzhen BGI Spatiotemporal Center.
More than 40 report experts and more than 400 participants from 12 countries/regions around the world gathered at the scene to conduct in-depth discussions on the opportunities and challenges of spatiotemporal omics and cytomics technology in plant research.
At the meeting, the Plant Spatiotemporal Omics Consortium (STOC Plant) was officially established. The alliance will work with global researchers to focus on the research of major scientific problems in plant spatiotemporal omics, further promote the innovative application of cutting-edge spatiotemporal omics technology in plant research, and accelerate the solution of the underlying core scientific problems in plant life science research.
Spatiotemporal omics technology empowers plant research
Yang Weicai, chairman of the conference, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and researcher of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Wang Jian, co-founder and chairman of Huada Group, delivered opening speeches for the conference.
In his speech, Academician Yang Weicai reviewed the evolution of technology in the field of life sciences, from sequencing technology to single-cell technology, each technological innovation has greatly promoted the rapid development of various research directions. He pointed out that the rise of spatiotemporal omics technology has provided a new dimension to plant research. Finally, Academician Yang expects that the participating experts can fully communicate and discuss in depth, so as to provide more new ideas for promoting the progress of plant research.
Yang Weicai, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, delivered a speech
Wang Jian extended a warm welcome to the experts and guests attending the meeting. He said that BGI will continue to devote itself to technological breakthroughs and platform innovation, and provide core tools and support for researchers to explore in the field of life sciences. At the same time, he also hopes that scientists in various fields can work together to promote new breakthroughs in scientific research and make greater contributions to the development of human society.
Wang Jian, co-founder and chairman of Huada Group, delivered a speech
Xu Xun, Chairman of the Conference, Member of the Organizing Committee of the Spatiotemporal Omics Consortium (STOC), and Dean of BGI Life Science Research Institute, gave a keynote speech on "STOmics Drives a New Era in Plant Research". He reviewed the history and achievements of BGI in plant research, introduced in detail the unique technical advantages of Stereo-seq, a spatiotemporal omics technology independently developed by BGI, and shared the innovative application of Stereo-seq in plant development and nodulation. He envisions that spatiotemporal omics technologies will bring revolutionary multi-omics solutions at the single-cell level, which will greatly advance the research of plant science, opening a new era in which multi-dimensional, high-precision bioinformatics will provide unprecedented insights into the exploration of plant life processes.
Xu Xun, Chairman of the Conference, Member of the Organizing Committee of the Spatiotemporal Omics Consortium (STOC), and Dean of BGI Life Science Research Institute, delivered a keynote speech
The Plant Spatiotemporal Omics Consortium was formally established
Global scientific cooperation is of great significance to promote scientific progress and solve global problems. Based on this, BGI Life Sciences proposed the idea of the Spatiotemporal Omics Consortium (STOC) in 2022, and jointly launched the Spatiotemporal Omics Alliance with a number of scientific institutions around the world, aiming to unite, organize, promote and share global scientific efforts in mapping spatiotemporal to answer the mysteries of life.
As a sub-alliance of the Spatiotemporal Omics Alliance, the Plant Spatiotemporal Omics Alliance (STOC Plant) was officially established at this conference. Yang Weicai, He Zuhua and Huang Sanwen, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wang Jian, co-founder and chairman of BGI Group, Robert Henry, professor of the University of Queensland, Sun Mengxiang, professor of Wuhan University, Chen Fan, deputy director of Yazhou Bay Laboratory, Xu Xun, dean of BGI Life Science Research Institute, Gu Ying and Fang Xiaodong, vice presidents of BGI attended the launching ceremony of the STOC Plant.
The Plant Spatiotemporal Omics Consortium was formally established
From left to right: Chen Fan, Deputy Director of Yazhou Bay Laboratory, Sun Mengxiang, Professor of Wuhan University, Xu Xun, Dean of BGI Life Science Research Institute, He Zuhua, Academician of BGI, Wang Jian, Co-founder and Chairman of BGI Group, Yang Weicai, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Robert Henry, Professor of University of Queensland, Huang Sanwen, Academician of BGI, Gu Ying, Vice Dean of BGI Life Science Institute, and Fang Xiaodong, Vice Dean of BGI Life Science Institute
The alliance will focus on the research of major scientific issues in plant spatiotemporal omics, and is committed to building an international scientific research organization with open cooperation and data sharing, and actively promoting the formulation of application standards for spatiotemporal omics technology in plant research. At the same time, the alliance will strengthen academic exchanges, disseminate cutting-edge knowledge, promote scientific research collaboration, and help global researchers achieve more breakthroughs through leading spatiotemporal omics technology.
7 major topics decode the new progress of plant research
In the keynote report of the conference, He Zuhua, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researcher of the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, shared research on plant cell-specific immunity. He believes that vascular tissue is a good model for studying cell type-specific gene expression, and shared the laboratory's new findings on vascular bundle-specific immune-related genes.
He Zuhua, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researcher of the Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, made a keynote report
Robert Henry, a professor at the University of Queensland in Australia, introduced the team's progress in plant research using long-read sequencing technology and spatial transcriptome technology, and emphasized the importance of these technologies in understanding complex genomes and guiding crop improvement.
Robert Henry, a professor at the University of Queensland, Australia, gave a keynote speech
In addition, the conference set up seven major topics, including plant spatiotemporal omics tool algorithms, spatiotemporal omics and plant stem cell biology, spatiotemporal omics and plant organ development, spatiotemporal omics and plant environment interaction, spatiotemporal omics and plant metabolism, plant spatiotemporal omics big data, and face-to-face editing.
More than 40 industry experts from Peking University, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing University, Southern University of Science and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Swedish Life Science Laboratory, Wuhan University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, BGI Life Science Research Institute, Michigan State University, University of Crete, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Nijmegen University, Sainsbury Laboratory, Sungkyunkwan University, Zhejiang University (in alphabetical order), etc. Wonderful reports were made on seven major topics.
The successful convening of this conference presented a wonderful academic feast for the guests and injected new vitality into the development of the field of plant research. The participants not only witnessed the rapid development of plant spatiotemporal omics technology, but also felt the close collaboration and innovation potential of the global scientific community in this field. The thematic discussion of this conference also provided new insights and new ideas for addressing challenges such as food security and biodiversity conservation.
The establishment of the Plant Spatiotemporal Omics Alliance has built an open platform for international cooperation and exchange. In the future, the alliance will actively promote scientists from different disciplines and backgrounds to work together to write a new chapter in plant research.
The expert report of this conference will be pushed on the official account of BGI, so stay tuned.
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