简介：TheChina-UKSystemsBiologyWorkshop2005washeldduringJune20-21intheNationalScienceParkofZhejiangUniversity,Hangzhou,China.ItwasorganizedbytheInstituteofBioinformatics,ZhejiangUniversity,andwasinitiatedbyProf.Dr.JunZhu(ZhejiangUniversity)andProf.Dr.JohnFindlay(UniversityofLeeds,UK).TheworkshopwaspartoftheprogramcalledUK-ChinaPartnersinScience,aone-yearcampaignthatwasinitiatedbytheBritishgovernmenttoexploremorecollaborationsbetweenUKandChinaonscienceandtechnology.Itwasattendedalsobyarepresentativeofthisprogram,Mr.FrankYuan,seniorscience&innovationofficer.Theideaoftheworkshopwastobringtogetherexpertswithspecialistsinsystemsbiologyinordertopromotethe"naturalpartnership"betweenscientistsfromthetwocountries.Themostimportantitemsofsystemsbiologyconsideredattheworkshopwere:(1)Newtechnologiesandadvancesinsystemsbiology;(2)Researchdevelopmentsingenomicsandproteomics;(3)Newmethodologiesandsoftwareincomputationalbiology;(4)ResearchcollaborationonsystemsbiologybetweenChinaandUK.