Dear PKU-Bio alumni,

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It is that time of the year again! We are excited to announce that the 3rd PKU Bio-Net Annual Conference will be held on July 16th 2011, at Columbia University, New York City. This is a reunion for alumni of PKU School of Life Sciences (former Department of Biology) and other PKU alumni working in life science-related fields. Please visit us at http://www.pkubio.org/nyc2011/and spreads the words!

We may be students, postdocs, professors, lawyers, consultants, doctors or engineers, but we are all from the same big family, PKU-Bio. Let’s find out about our old friends and make new friends; let’s spark innovative ideas and strike creative collaborations; let’s meet and connect! Seize your opportunity by joining the 3rd PKU Bio-Net Annual Conference!

Please register at http://www.pkubio.org/nyc2011/registerAn early registration discount will be offered to the attendees who register by June 30th, 2011.

We are honored to have the following distinguished guests attending the conference:

* Tessier-Lavigne, Marc, President, Rockefeller University (Keynote speaker)

* Cui, Changhai, Program Director, NIAAA/NIH

* Deng, Xingwang, Professor, Yale University

* Gao, Fen-Biao, Professor, University of Massachusetts at Worcester

* Gu, Wei, Professor, Columbia University

* Hu, Sean X, Managing Director, Bionest .

* Li, Willis, Professor, University of California at San Diego

* Rao, Yi, Dean, School of Life Sciences, Peking University

* Tong, Liang, Professor, Columbia University

* Wu, Eric, Managing Principal, Analysis Group

* Wu, Hao, Professor, Cornell University

* Xie, Sunney, Professor, Harvard University

* Zhang, Samuel, Director, Bristol-Myers Squibb

* Zhong, Ling, Counsel, RatnerPrestia

* Zhong, Sheng, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

* Zhong, Weimin, Associate Professor, Yale University

* Zhou, Pengbo, Professor, Cornell University

* Zou, Lily, Senior Director, Sandoz

Sincerely,

3rd PKU Bio-Net Annual Conference Organization committee.