中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所 www.genetics.ac.cn
中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所(遗传发育所)最早成立于1959年，在2001-2003年经由原中国科学院遗传研究所、发育生物学研究所及石家庄农业现代化研究所整合而组成现在的研究所。目前，共有58个创新研究组，现任所长薛勇彪博士。现有职工532人，其中科技人员342人。中国科学院院士2人，研究员58人，国家杰出青年基金获得者25人，"百人计划与引进国外杰出青年人才"36人。获得3个国家基金委"创新科研群体"和2个中科院"创新团队国际合作伙伴计划"的资助。设有遗传学、发育生物学、细胞生物学、生态学和生物信息学专业硕士、博士学位培养点及博士后流动站。现有博士生导师58人。在读研究生528人（博士生390人）。在站博士后18人。
遗传发育所瞄准农业可持续发展和人口健康的国家重大战略需求，针对重要农艺性状分子机理、细胞分化与器官发育、生物分子网络、动植物品种设计以及农业资源高效利用等领域的关键科学问题，开展原始创新和集成创新研究，提出和发展具有重大影响的科学理论和概念；建立和完善动植物品种分子设计和培育的方法、重要遗传疾病研发以及农业资源高效利用的技术体系。
遗传发育所下设5个研究中心(植物基因研究中心、分子农业生物学研究中心、发育生物学研究中心、分子系统生物学研究中心和农业资源研究中心)和研究资源中心以及河北栾城农田生态系统国家野外观测试验站等网络台站支撑系统；拥有植物基因组学国家重点实验室、植物细胞与染色体工程国家重点实验室、中国科学院分子发育生物学重点实验室和河北省节水农业重点实验室；是国家植物基因研究中心（北京）的依托单位。
在国内合作方面，遗传发育所与昆明植物所共建了"昆明植物所－遗传发育所化学生物学联合实验室"。为构建农业科技创新价值链，遗传发育所分别在江苏扬州、浙江嘉兴、浙江杭州、河北石家庄、新疆石河子、湖南长沙、天津建立了以水稻、小麦、棉花、蔬菜等为重点研发对象的农业高新技术育种中心。此外，还在甘肃天水、陕西渭南、广东深圳、福建莆田等地建立了一批空间诱变育种基地。
在国际合作方面，研究所以互派学者、合作研究、举办双边研讨、联建实验室和举办国际大会等多种形式与世界许多国家的研究所、大学、公司和国际组织等进行积极务实的国际合作与交流。与北京大学-美国耶鲁大学共建"北大-耶鲁-科学院植物分子遗传学及农业生物技术联合研究中心"、与新加坡淡马锡生命科学院和英国利兹大学分别建立了国际联合实验室，2007年和先正达生物技术公司签署合作协议。曾主办过第18届国际遗传学大会和第11届国际植物组织培养与生物技术大会等大型国际大会。
2006年至今共新承担国家、院省部级及国际合作项目课题122项，目前在研课题248项。其间，共发表学术论文426篇，其中SCI论文299篇，IF累计1111；授权专利40项，审定农作物新品种7个，获国家奖4项。
遗传发育所是中国遗传学会的挂靠单位，负责编辑出版《Journal of Genetics and Genomics》、《遗传》和《中国生态农业学报》。
遗传发育所重视人才引进与培养，不断凝练科学目标，注重科研体制与管理机制创新，积极与国内外各单元建立友好合作关系，注重创造和谐科研氛围，希望通过5-10年的努力，将研究所建成具有国际影响的植物科学原始性创新研究机构，农作物品种分子设计和水资源高效利用领域的重要研究力量，模式动物发育分子生物学领域独具特色的创新单元；在我国农业科技创新和人口健康的研究领域中发挥骨干与引领作用，为国民经济发展做出基础性、战略性和前瞻性贡献。
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was founded in 2001 by a merger of three former institutes of CAS, the Institute of Genetics (founded in 1959), the Institute of Developmental Biology (founded in 1980) and the Shijiazhuang Institute of Agricultural Modernization (founded in 1978). The mission of the institute is to address fundamental questions in genetics and developmental biology and to develop new technologies for the uses in health care and agriculture sciences as well as to meet the nation's strategic needs in science and technology.
IGDB has a strong and young scientific community. Among 541 employees, 365 persons are directly involved in research activities. The faculty includes 2 Fellows of CAS and fifty-nine Principal Investigators. Among them, 36 faculty members are the recipients of the CAS Young Talented Award, also known as One Hundred Talent Program, the highest honor in CAS for young starters, and 25 of them have also received the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Award for young investigators, the highest honor for young scientists in the nation. Three research teams in the institute have received the Fund for Creative Research Groups from the NSFC, while other two teams have been supported by the CAS International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams. There are a total of 509 graduate students, and among them 346 students are doing their PhD.
Scientists in the institute use both plant and animal models to address fundamental questions in life sciences, such as genetic control of growth and development, gene expression, signal transduction, structural and functional genomics, biotech and molecular breeding, bioinformatics and systems biology. As China owns the biggest agricultural market in the world, our researchers in the Institute have also made significant efforts on water saving agriculture and agronomic studies, focusing on the improvement of crop productivity and quality as well as bio-safety.
There are five highly interactive centers in the institute: Plant Gene Research, Molecular Agro-biology, Developmental Biology, Molecular Systems Biology and Agro-Resources Research. The institute has four key labs: the State Key Lab of Plant Genomics, the State Key Lab of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, the Key Lab of Molecular and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Hebei Key Lab of Water-Saving Agriculture. In addition, the National Plant Gene Research Center (Beijing) is affiliated with the institute.
During the last three years, scientists in the institute have received more than 180 major grants from various funding agencies, including those from the national and local government and CAS as well as from international organizations. As a return, scientists of the Institute have published more than 1,200 original research articles and have owned 61 patents and 38 new crop varieties. Academician Zhensheng Li won the Grand Award of Science and Technology of China in 2006 and other two research groups earned the silver prize of National Natural Science Award and the silver prize of National Sci-Tech Progress Award in 2007, respectively.
International cooperation and exchanges are actively pursued in the frontiers of genetics, developmental biology and biotechnology. IGDB has established strong partnerships with institutions, international organizations, universities and companies from many countries around the world through exchanging visits, bilateral seminars, conferences, joint labs and research programs. Many international symposiums were organized by IGDB in the past few years, such as 11th International Congress of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology in 2006. IGDB is a member of Peking University-Yale University-CAS Joint Research Center for Plant Molecular Genetics and Agro-biotech, and established a Joint Laboratory for Life Science with Temasek Life-Sciences Laboratory, Singapore, and a Joint E-Lab for Plant Science with University of Leeds, UK. In 2007, IGDB signed a collaborative agreement of research with Syngenta Company, which is a world-leading agribusinesss enterprise. This collaboration will promote the commercialization of the scientific discoveries and inventions. To further strengthen the innovative pipeline of the institute, seven high-tech breeding centers have been established jointly with local governments, institutions, universities and companies all over China. These centers are focusing on molecular breeding of rice, wheat, cotton and vegetable.
The Genetic Society of China is affiliated to the institute as well as an Editorial Office, which publishes three major journals, Journal of Genetics and Genomics, Hereditas (Beijing) and Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture.
Director: Prof. Yongbiao Xue
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