MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Biosciences, a private company developing a disruptive technology platform for real-time detection of biological events at single molecule resolution, today announced it is co-sponsoring a summit on “New Biology” along with Sage Bionetworks, the Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology (SCBIT), and Tsinghua University. The meeting will take place at the International Conference Center, Tsinghua Science Park, in Beijing, China on August 19, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The New Biology Summit will bring together distinguished thought-leaders in genomics and bioinformatics to discuss new technologies such as third generation DNA sequencing. The topics will focus on the potential application of these technologies and their impact across basic research, human health and public policy.

Speakers:

• Stephen Friend, M.D., Ph.D., President and Co-Founder of Sage Bionetworks
• Roger Kornberg, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate and Professor of Structural Biology, Stanford University
• Yi-Xue Li, Ph.D., Vice Director and Professor of Systems Biology at Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Director Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology
• Zuhong Lu, Ph.D., Director, State Key Lab for Bioelectronics, Southeast University
• Eric Schadt, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Pacific Biosciences
• Stephen Turner, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Pacific Biosciences
• Jun Wang, Ph.D., Executive Director, BGI Shenzhen
• Yu Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Director, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Jun Yu, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Director of Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Xuegong Zhang, Ph.D., Director, Bioinformatics Division, Tsinghua National Laboratory of Information Science and Technology; Professor of Pattern Recognition and Bioinformatics, Department of Automation at Tsinghua University
• Guoping Zhao, Ph.D., Executive Director, Chinese National Human Genome Center, Shanghai, CAS member

Space is limited, and RSVP is required. For more information and to request free registration, visit: http://www.pacificbiosciences.com/China_evite2010/index.html

Members of the media, please contact Nicole Litchfield at nicole@bioscribe.com or 00-1-415-793-6468.

About Pacific Biosciences

Pacific Biosciences’ mission is to transform the way humankind acquires, processes, and interprets data from living systems. The company has developed a disruptive technology platform for the real-time detection of biological events at single molecule resolution. Single Molecule Real Time (SMRT™) Biology is designed to revolutionize the life sciences by revealing the underlying networks that define living systems. The first application for the SMRT Biology platform is a paradigm changing approach to DNA sequencing. SMRT technology could ultimately make it possible to sequence individual genomes as part of routine medical care. DNA sequencing is expected to be the first of many transformative SMRT Biology applications that will benefit society by driving radical advances in fields such as personalized medicine, agriculture, clean energy, and global health. For more information visit www.pacificbiosciences.com.