我国首座国家基因库在深圳启动试运行

 The first national gene¹ bank, built by China's gene research giant BGI, started trial operation last Saturday in Shenzhen.

我国首个国家级基因库上周六在深圳投入试运行。该基因库由国内基因研究巨头华大基因建设。

Wang Jian, chairman of the company, said the gene bank has a collection of 10m samples of biological resources. The project is expected to boost research and business in fields of health, agriculture, diverse species and environmental protection.

据华大基因董事长汪建介绍，该基因库已存储生物资源样本1000万份。该项目将推动健康、农业、物种多样性和环保等领域的研究和业务。

我国首座国家基因库在深圳启动试运行

Approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2011, the facility is dedicated² to storing and managing the country's unique genetic³ resources and data, as well as biological information.

该基因库于2011年由国家发改委批复，用于储存和管理我国特殊的基因资源、数据和生物信息。

Wang said the company also plans to set up a national laboratory on genomics.

汪建称，该公司还计划建立一座国家级的基因组学实验室。

In addition, BGI announced on June 19th, 2016 that it, along with several institutional investors⁴, launched a startup incubator on application of gene technology.

同时，华大基因于2016年6月19日宣布，公司获得一些机构的投资，将正式启动基因技术应用创投孵化平台。

The company promised to open its technology platform and data to members of the incubator.

公司保证将向其他初创公司公开科技平台和数据。

1 gene   

n.遗传因子，基因

参考例句：

• A single gene may have many effects.单一基因可能具有很多种效应。
• The targeting of gene therapy has been paid close attention.其中基因治疗的靶向性是值得密切关注的问题之一。

2 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

3 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会