SMBE 2025 - Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology & Evolution, 2025

08:30-21:00 (UTC+8) | SMBE2025 Special Session: The 1st Conference for Chinese Molecular Biology & Evolution (CMBE）

Symposium Organizer：

NO.	Beijing Time (UTC+8)	Type	Presentation Topic	Speaker	Affiliation / Organization
1	08:30-08:40		Introduction & Opening Remarks	Jian Lu	Peking University

08:40-10:00 (UTC+8) | Session I: Evolutionary Theory and Methodology

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NO.	Beijing Time (UTC+8)	Presentation Topic	Speaker	Affiliation / Organization
1	08:40-09:00	The concept of genetic drift and the many paradoxes - The Wright-Fisher (WF) model vs. the Generalized Haldane (GH) model	Chung-I Wu	Sun Yat-sen University
2	09:00-09:15	Linear covariation between germline and somatic mutation rates across ciliates and mammals	Jianzhi Zhang	University of Michigan
3	09:15-09:30	“Mutation-driven evolution": intrinsic properties of duplication mechanism shape the evolutionary trajectory of duplicate genes	Yong Zhang	Institute of Zoology, CAS
4	09:30-09:45	Tree of life at two levels: from species to cell	Xionglei He	Sun Yat-Sen University
5	09:45-10:00	Non-human primate evolution and genetics	Dongdong Wu	Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS

10:00-11:00 (UTC+8) | Session II: Evolutionary Genomics and Phenotypic Innovation

Session Chair：

NO.	Beijing Time (UTC+8)	Presentation Topic	Speaker	Affiliation / Organization
1	10:00-10:15	Ancient genomics reveals the origin, dispersal and human management of domestic pigs in China	He Yu	School of Life Sciences, Peking University
2	10:15-10:30	The making of elaborate Nigella petals	Hongzhi Kong	Institute of Botany, CAS
3	10:30-10:45	A Century of Discovery in Mendel’s Pea Genes	Shifeng Cheng	Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, CAAS
4	10:45-11:00	Muli-omics analyses of lamprey illuminate ancestral vertebrate innovations	Bing Su	Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

14:00-15:30 (UTC+8) | Session III: Human and Animal Evolution

Session Chair：

NO.	Beijing Time (UTC+8)	Presentation Topic	Speaker	Affiliation / Organization
1	14:00-14:15	Deciphering animal complex traits by grand synthesis	Wen Wang	School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University
2	14:15-14:30	Genetic Basis and Evolutionary Mechanism of Lactase Persistence in East Asian populations	Shuhua Xu	Fudan University
3	14:30-14:45	Investigating the evolution of fish diversity within the tree of life	Shunping He	Institute of Hydrobiology, CAS
4	14:45-15:00	The Rise of Genomic Diversity of Animal Sex Chromosomes	Qi Zhou	Zhejiang University
5	15:00-15:15	Evolutionary process underlying receptor gene expansion and cellular divergence of olfactory sensory neurons in honeybees	Jin Xu	School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University
6	15:15-15:30	Mitochondrial DNA Mutation and Disease: Young and Old	Zhenglong Gu	Fudan University

16:00-17:30 (UTC+8) | Session IV: Disease, Virus, and Environmental Genomics

Session Chair：

NO.	Beijing Time (UTC+8)	Presentation Topic	Speaker	Affiliation / Organization
1	16:00-16:15	Deciphering tumor evolution with spatiotemporal lineage tracing	Zheng Hu	Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2	16:15-16:30	Genomic evolution of emerging and re-emerging viruses	Aiping Wu	Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, CAMS
3	16:30-16:45	Genetic Links Hidden by Evolution: A Case Study for Translational Fidelity and Longevity	Jian-Rong Yang	Sun Yat-sen University
4	16:45-17:00	Origin and evolution of double-stranded RNA sensors	Guanzhu Han	Nanjing Normal University
5	17:00-17:15	Deciphering and forecasting viral evolution via AI-augmented molecular evolution	Jian Lu	Peking University
6	17:15-17:30	Environmental DNA (eDNA) Map of China	Wensheng Shu	South China Normal University

18:30-21:00 (UTC+8) | Session V: Dinner and Discussion

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2025-07-21 (Monday)