The 2019 Summer Camp of the Center for Quantitative Biology of Peking University will be held at Peking University from July 4th to 6th, 2019. The registration time is July 3rd 13:30-16:30. The application process will start on May 9, 2019.

   The summer camp activities include visits, special reports, academic exchanges and teacher-student friendship activities. At the same time, the selection of graduate students for 2020 will be arranged. For students who participate in the summer camp activities throughout the course, our center will provide accommodation and meals in Beijing during the summer camp (no accommodation for students from local schools in Beijing), and subsidize the round-trip travel expenses at the price of ordinary hard seat train tickets. 

   The Center for Quantitative Biology of Peking University (formerly the Theoretical Biology Center of Peking University) was established in 2001 with the proposal of Mr. Li Zhengdao and the strong support of Peking University. The purpose of the center is to use the multidisciplinary advantages of Peking University to promote the interdisciplinary integration of quantitative disciplines such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering, and information and life sciences, to find quantitative laws in complex biological systems.

   The center conducts research in the following directions: complexity principles and laws in living systems; systems biology; synthetic biology; computational biology; physical biology; artificial intelligence and biological systems; quantitative biological technology; single-molecule biophysics; bioinformatics; complex disease networks and drug design.

   The center has a strong and dynamic faculty from different academic backgrounds, including academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changjiang Distinguished Professors, Jie Qing and You Qing. The members of the center are distributed in frontier interdisciplinary research institutes, physics colleges, chemistry colleges, life colleges, mathematics colleges, engineering colleges, and McGovern Institute for Brain Research. 

1.      Qualification

1)      third grade (graduating in 2020) students in universities

2)      excellent academic performance, with scientific research experience preferred

3)      professional backgrounds on mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, biology, medicine, materials, electronics and other related science and engineering, have a strong interest in interdisciplinary fields, and are interested in academic research

4)      good command of English

2.      Application materials

Download: http://www.aais.pku.edu.cn/tongzhi/shownews.php?lang=cn&id=821

1)      One application form for the 2019 Summer Camp of  Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies of Peking University (fill in the Peking University template, Annex 1)

2)      1 personal statement (about personal academic background, previous research work, future study and research plans, goals, etc.) (filled in Peking University template, annex 2)

3)      There are not less than two recommendation letters from experts, that is, experts who require associate professors (including) or above are recommended separately (fill in Peking University template, Annex 3).

4)      1 copy of undergraduate transcripts (stamped by the Academic Affairs Department), 1 copy of the ranking scores for the general assessment of the previous two and a half years (stamped by the Academic Affairs Department) (filled in Peking University template, Annex 4)

5)      Proof of your English proficiency, such as a copy of the National English Test Band 4 and Band 6, or TOEFL, IELTS and GRE tests.

6)      Other supporting materials (such as copies of representative academic papers or other original work achievements reflecting their academic level, copies of award certificates, etc.) 

Remarks: Please refer to the announcement issued in the summer camp registration system for "Apply for Professional" in the application form.

3.      Submit application

1)      Register online

Applicants log in to the website http://www.aais.pku.edu.cn/summer (alternate website: http://pkuaais.cn/summer), register and fill out the summer camp registration application form, and the deadline for online declaration is June 12 Sunday at 17:00. Note that the information of all the paper application materials must be completely consistent with the online newspaper information, otherwise the material is considered to be fraudulent. The Center for Quantitative Biology implements a mentor rotation system, and there is no need to select a mentor when filling in the summer camp registration information in the system.

2)      Material submission

Please arrange the above application materials in order and put them into the A4 large envelope, and mark the "The Center for Quantitative Biology" in a conspicuous position on the envelope. Please sort the mailing materials in order and send them by EMS courier (Beijing local school students can be sent directly) to the following address:

Address: Room 301-3, 100871, East Wing Building, the Old Chemistry Building, Peking University, No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District

Consignee: Miss Jiang Pingping

Tel: 010-62759595

The deadline for mailing materials is before 5 pm on June 14 (subject to the arrival date of the application materials), and applications will not be accepted if they expire. The mailing of materials only accepts the EMS courier method. If you use other courier companies to send mail, the materials will not be delivered normally, and you will be responsible for the consequences.

3)      Those who only apply online without mailing paper materials, who only mail paper materials without online registration, or who apply for registration in other ways will not be accepted. Applicants can check whether the paper materials have been received in the to-do work items in the personal interface by checking the personal registered mailbox or logging in the website, and do not accept phone or mail to check the signing of application materials.

4.      Material review and admission

The review and acceptance work ends in late June. To screen the interview status and the admission results, please log in to the website to view and perform corresponding operations in the to-do items on the personal interface (the specific process can be found in the summer camp registration operation guide). During the material review, we will not accept phone or email to inquire about the progress. The final admission list will be published on the homepage (http://www.aais.pku.edu.cn and the alternate website http://pkuaais.cn) of Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University without notice.

Approved students should report on time according to the requirements. If you are unable to participate in this summer camp due to special circumstances, please inform the relevant teachers before June 30.

5.      Contact information

The Center for Quantitative Biology

Ms. Li, Tel: 010-62759599, Email: cmlee@pku.edu.cn

Ms. Jiang, Tel: 010-62759595, Email: jpping@pku.edu.cn

Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies

Consultation for the policy: Ms. Zhao, Tel: 010-62760228，Email：ryzhao@pku.edu.cn

Cultation for the registration website: Ms. Liu, Tel: 010-62763478， Email：1606586431@pku.edu.cn

6.      Related Links

The website of the Center for Quantitative Biology:

http://cqb.pku.edu.cn│http://pkuaais.cn/cqb（alternate）

Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies:

http://www.aais.pku.edu.cn│http://pkuaais.cn（alternate）

The summer camp of Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies:

http://www.aais.pku.edu.cn/summer│http://pkuaais.cn/summer（alternate）

For more information, please pay attention to the WeChat Official Account of the Center for Quantitative Biology.