The Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences are a research institute of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences, in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
, established on July 3, 1999.
When it was created, it was one of four basic science research institutions of China. The organization assimilated the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Shanghai Institute of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of , Shanghai Institute of Physiology, Shanghai Brain Research Institute, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, Shanghai Institute of Entomology, Shanghai Bioengineering Research Center, Shanghai Research Center of Life Science, and the State Research Center of Genes.
[ Its director is biochemist Li Lin, who has served since 2013.]
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1999 establishments in China
Research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Education in Shanghai