The scientific program includes the Presidential Lecture, four Plenary Lectures, and 25 symposia focusing on the latest research breakthroughs. In addition, a poster session will be arranged for young scientists to present their research progress. This year, we are fortunate and honored to host Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz (National Institutes of Health, USA), Dr. Peter J. Park (Harvard Medical School, USA), Dr. Barry Ganetzky (University of Wisconsin, USA), and Dr. Junying Yuan (Harvard Medical School, USA) as plenary lecturers and Professor Chin-Ha Chung (Seoul National University, Korea) as the inaugural Presidential lecturer. In addition, more than 150 world-class scientists from domestic and foreign institutions will introduce cutting-edge studies in the symposia. A symposium on research ethics will also be held.

There will be a series of ceremonies for the Academic Research Awards, the KSMCB Life Science Award, the Molcules & Cells Award, the Macrogen Scientist Award, the Ilchun Memorial Lecture, the Bioneer Next Generation Research Award, the Excellent Doctoral Thesis Award, the Excellent Poster Award, etc. In particular, we provide travel grant awards and outstanding oral presentation awards to young international participants. In addition, many companies and industries in the field of bioscience will participate this conference for exhibition of research materials, biotools, and equipments. 

We are confident that this conference will provide participants with the most updated information on the latest scientific advancements and valuable opportunities to exchange the ideas and launch future collaborations.

I eagerly look forward to meeting you at the International Conference of the KSMCB in Seoul, Korea this October.

Sincerely yours,