The Second Joint Research Symposium of the China-U.S. Research Center for Life Sciences was held in Omaha, US on September 15, 2009.

　　Dr. KANG Le, president of Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (BIOLS, CAS), attended the symposium and delivered an important speech. 17 scientists from China and US gave presentations focusing on cancer, development and immunology and had a round-table discussion to formulate future cooperation plans.