Traditional medicine provides us with a huge untapped resource of potentially effective and safe drugs, that have been tested in humans for thousands of years. In this episode, Jacques and Irene traveled to Beijing, China, to interview Dr Chang Liu, the Deputy Director of the Center for Bioinformatics at the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development (IMPLAD) Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Dr Chang is applying genomic technologies to study the herbs used in Chinese traditional medicine to ensure the efficacy and safety of such compounds. Links: The Institute of Medicinal Plant Development (IMPLAD) in Beijing, China http://www.implad.ac.cn/en/index.htm For more info on applications in agrigenomics http://www.illumina.com/areas-of-interest/agrigenomics.html For more info on applications in other areas: https://www.illumina.com/science/publication-reviews.html See all our Adventures in Genomics videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlah8wHBByBXEO0dNW-xNvvX_ Subscribe to the Illumina video channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxWMU29FF4kIG8YmQf6Zv0g?sub_confirmation=1 View customer spotlight videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlajfheLzgbI4S7xBn7IDbt79 View Illumina webinars https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlahpXlnrrXlQw9itVJ8yHwUZ View Illumina product videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlaj6YuZmkfxZcT9twqDgP2Xd View Illumina support videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKRu7cmBQlajbm2KGsICWb-JOnusJfYvM