Initiated the foundation of the BIG Data center (BIGD) in Beijing Institute of Genomics (BIG) (Meeting ID: SZBGH3-10-2015).
Established the BIG DATA Working Group for formulating a 5-year plan for BIGD development (Meeting ID: SZBGH3-11-2015).
BIG Directors approved the proposal for founding BIGD (Meeting ID: SWH-3-21-2015).
BIGD founding teams were established, where members were primarily from two research laboratories (Headed by Dr. Zhang Zhang and Dr. Jingfa Xiao, respectively) and institution-affiliated core genomic facility groups (Headed by Wenming Zhao) (BIG Official Document ID: BIG-47-2015).
Officially appointed Zhang Zhang and Wenming Zhao as BIGD's Executive Director and Deputy Director, respectively (Meeting ID: SWH-3-22-2016).
BIGD is officially founded (BIG Official Document ID: BIG-5-2016).
Directors of EMBL-EBI, Ewan Birney and Rolf Apweiler as well as representatives visit BIG.
The manuscript of BIG Data Center has been accepted for publication in Nucleic Acids Research.
Orangzied the 1st Big Data Forum for Life and Health Sciences on Dec.5-8 in Beijing.
Organized the 1st Scientific Advisory Board Meeting on Jan.15-18 in Beijing.
Attended the INSDC annual meeting and presented the GSA in DDBJ, Japan.