Dear colleagues and friends,

It is a great pleasure to host you for the GPB Frontiers Symposium 2020 (GFS2020)! It will be held in Beijing, China, December 18–20. GFS2020 is hosted by Genetics Society of China, together with Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) / China National Center for Bioinformation (CNCB), and organized by the journal Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics (GPB). This symposium is one of the series initiated in 2012, whose goals are to provide a field-associated open podium for in-depth discussions on frontier discoveries, key issues, and challenges, and to foster future collaborations among the attendees and represented institutions and organizations. Invited speakers are outstanding scholars who have contributed significantly to frontier advancements of genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. Junior scientists are also invited for bringing current progresses and stimulating ideas in their fruitful research activities. This year’s symposium has two themes: "Single-cell Omics and SARS-CoV-2". We sincerely hope that such gathering becomes a premier platform for in-depth scientific communication and knowledge sharing, effectively promoting career development and research collaborations.

Sincerely yours,

Jun Yu, Ph.D

Chair, GPB Frontiers Symposium 2020

Editor in Chief, Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics

Professor, BIG, CAS / CNCB