In order to promote the interdisciplinary integration of clinical medicine, genetics, epigenetics, bioinformatics research and emerging biomedical technologies for difficult and rare diseases, the 3rd International Forum of Genetics and Epigenetics in Precision Medicine had been held in Beijing from July 2 to 3, 2021.

现发布中国医学科学院脊柱畸形大数据研究与应用重点实验室开放基金资助课题（以下简称“开放课题”）指南, 本年度计划资助5-7个项目，每项拟资助1-2万元，研究期限1-2年。

Early-onset scoliosis (EOS), defined by an onset age of scoliosis less than 10 years, conveys significant health risk to affected children. Identification of the molecular etiology underlying EOS patients could provide valuable information for both clinical management and prenatal screening. In this study, we consecutively recruited a cohort of 447 Chinese patients and another cohort of 13 EOS patients from the United States to test the diagnostic yield and clinical impact of ES.

On September 5th, 2019, Dr. Nan Wu was invited to the annual meeting of 2019 International Consortium for Spinal Genetics, Development and Disease (ICSGDD; formerly ICSG and ICVAS), Stockholm, Sweden. He gave a key note lecture entitled “The genetic and molecular aspects of Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS)”. Dr Nan Wu paid a visit to National Genomics Infrastructure (NGI) of Sweden.

On May 28, Dr. Hakon Hakonarson, the director of Center for Applied Genomics and professor of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), USA, paid a visit to Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) and gave a lecture entitled “Integrative Genomics Discoveries and Development at centre for applied genomics at CHOP” at the 44nd PUMCH Academic Salon Series in scholarism auditorium of PUMCH.

Welcome to the meeting of the International Consortium for Spinal Genetics, Development, and Disease (ICSGDD), 5-7 Sepember 2019.

On April 15, Dr. Brendan Lee, the director of Molecular and Human Genetics and director of Center for Skeletal Medicine and Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA，and Dr. Sau Wai Cheung, professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA, paid a visit to Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH).

Congenital vertebral malformations (CVM) are associated with human TBX6 compound inheritance which combines a rare null allele and a common hypomorphic allele at the TBX6 locus.

On September 2, Dr. Shiro Ikegawa, the director of laboratory of Bone and Joint Diseases, RIKEN center for Intergrative Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, paid a visit to Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) and gave a lecture at the PUMCH Academic Salon Series in scholarism auditorium of PUMCH.

With the recent advance in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), disease-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and copy number variants (CNVs) have been extensively reported. Accordingly, the issue of incorrect identification of recombination events that can induce the distortion of multi-allelic or hemizygous variants has received more attention.

Brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVM) represent a congenital anomaly of the cerebral vessels with a prevalence of 10–18/100 000. BAVM is the leading aetiology of intracranial haemorrhage in children. Our objective was to identify gene variants potentially contributing to disease and to better define the molecular aetiology underlying non-syndromic sporadic BAVM.

On May 5th, 2018, DISCO study group held 2018 Forum for Genetics and Epigenetics of Skeletal Associated Disorders in Beijing, China. Professor Guixing Qiu, a senior member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering was the chairperson of the 2018 Forum for Genetics and Epigenetics of Skeletal Associated Disorders. Dr. Zhihong Wu, Dr. Nan Wu and Dr. Jianzhong Su were co-executive chairpersons of this forum. The forum lasted for 2 days.

On April 6th, 2018, Dr. Nan Wu was invited to give a key note lecture at the 2nd annual meeting of International Consortium for Spinal Genetics, Development and Disease (ICSGDD; formerly ICSG and ICVAS), Shenzhen, China.

Dr. Carol Wise, the director of molecular genetics and basic research at Scottish Rite Hospital, Texas, USA, visited Beijing Key Laboratory for Genetic Research of Skeletal Deformity of Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH) on April 10th 2018.

This study is the first proteomic research to delineate the total and differential serum proteins in TBX6 haploinsufficiency-caused CS. The proteins discovered in this experiment may serve as potential biomarkers for CS, and lipid metabolism might play important roles in the pathogenesis of CS.