Shandong Binzhou Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Academy (Binzhou)

Shandong Binzhou Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Academy, which was founded in 1963, is a municipal institute in the field of modern animal husbandry and veterinary. The academy focuses on applied basic research, applied research, public service technology research and high-tech research, scientific and technological achievements transfer, science and technology demonstration, scientific and technological training, scientific and technological services.

Over the past 60 years, the academy has held more than 360 research projects including more than 180 national, provincial, municipal projects. Many achievements have been obtained, including a total of more than 180 Technology Achievement Awards of provinces/cities/districts, more than 20 academic monographs, and more than 1500 papers published in international and national academic journals. The propolis adjuvanted inactivated vaccine against Avian cholera, leading the field of vaccine research, was awarded National Achievement and national invention patent award, creating social benefits of more than 20 billion yuan every year.

The academy has one joint laboratory of China and European countries, one postdoctoral research station, one provincial propolis vaccine demonstration engineering technology research center for livestock and poultry, provincial academician workstation, and Binzhou zoonotic disease key laboratory. 

The academy inaugurated the joint Research Centre CERAD in April 2015 to strengthen collaborative research on avian diseases between the UK and China. It also take part in six modern industrial technology systems in Shandong Province, including sheep diseases innovation team, comprehensive test stations for poultry, hogs, cattle, and other special economic animals.

Prof. Zhang, Director of Shandong Binzhou Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine Academy, focuses on research management and joint innovation platform building. 

Dr Na Tang, researcher, focuses on research and development of recombinant/vector vaccines for better prevention and control of animal viral diseases. She has over 15 years’ experience in animal vaccines R&D, including HVT vector vaccines, mycoplasma galliscepticum vaccine, goatpox virus live vaccine, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome attenuate vaccine, ect. Collaborated with Professor Venu, her current research is on CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing and recombinant vaccine development.

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Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Shanghai)

The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) is a national comprehensive agricultural research institution in China. It was established in 1957, and is affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) of China. 

Headquartered in Beijing, CAAS oversees a Graduate School, 34 affiliated research institutes located in Beijing and across China, and a Publishing House.

The Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute (SHVRI), located in Shanghai, China, is a leading institution dedicated to addressing major animal diseases, zoonotic diseases, and significant foreign diseases. With 139 employees across 11 innovation research teams and 7 administrative offices, SHVRI focuses on comprehensive biosafety public policies, fundamental theories, monitoring and early warning mechanisms, technological advancements, product development, and integrated applications. 

SHVRI not only ensures national agricultural biosafety but also provides strategic support for technological self-reliance and advancement. Since its establishment, SHVRI has undertaken over 1,000 scientific research projects, garnered more than 68 national and provincial awards, and obtained 16 national new veterinary drug certificates. The institute has published over 3,000 papers, with more than 1,100 indexed by SCI, issued 80 monographs, and held over 160 national invention patents.

Prof Ying LIAO obtained her PhD degree from Nanyang Technological University in 2007. She worked for Nanyang Technological University and Institute of molecular and cell biology (A*STAR) in Singapore from 2007 to 2014. She joined SHVRI in 2014 and is currently the group leader of the avian viral infectious diseases team.

The team members include five full professors, one associate professor, two post-doctoral fellows, two research assistants, and over 35 graduate students. They are dedicated to developing vaccines and diagnostic reagents for the prevention and control of major poultry infectious viral diseases such as Newcastle disease, Infectious bronchitis, Infectious Bursal Disease, Duck hepatitis, and Marek's disease.

Their research focuses on studying the molecular etiology and epidemiology of the pathogens, infection mechanisms, pathogenicity, and immune responses associated with these diseases.

The team has achieved significant publication milestones, with over 150 papers published in esteemed academic journals including PLOS Pathogens, Autophagy, Journal of Virology, Cell Death & Disease, Journal of Immunology, iScience, mBio, Virology, Viruses, Veterinary Research, Journal of General Virology, FEBS Letters, Antiviral Research, and others. Additionally, approximately 10 graduate students complete their studies with the team each year, contributing to the team's research and academic output.

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Institute for Animal Health, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Zhengzhou)

HAAS is a non-profit organisation sponsored by the People's Government of Henan Province, with a history of over 110 years.

HAAS is mainly responsible for carrying out innovation of agricultural science and technology and solving major common technology problems in agriculture development, providing science and technology demonstration and services, etc.

Tthe academy has 24 scientific research institutes (centres) and 9 functional divisions (offices). The academy has 920 employees on duty, including 137 senior researchers, 348 associate researchers, and 331 Ph.Ds, and 544 research assistants are employed outside of the staff.

As one of the most important institutes in HAAS, the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) was set up in 2001 and financially supported by the government of Henan province. In IAH, it has both of the Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology and the Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.

The IAH mainly focuses on the basic theory of animal immunology, the pathogenesis of animal viruses, rapid diagnostic technology and immunological products, and novel vaccines for the prevention and control of infectious animal diseases.

Jun Luo, Professor and PhD supervisor, is the head of Avian Oncogenic Viruses Group and Department of Animal Epidemiology Laboratory in IAH. He obtained his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Sun Yat-Sen University in 2006 and then joined the IAH to work on the avian immunosuppressive and neoplastic diseased.

Following significant contributions to the field of viral microRNAs through the elucidation of their oncogenic or tumour suppressor roles and regulatory mechanisms in the pathogenesis/oncogenesis of Marek’s disease, he has recently focused on the epidemiology of avian oncogenic viruses, such as Marek’s disease virus (MDV), avian leucosis virus (ALV), chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV), and reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV). In most recent studies, he is also interested on the application of CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing technology for the study of viral pathogenesis, diagnostic reagents and developing novel recombinant vaccine.

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Yangzhou University (Yangzhou)

Yangzhou University (YZU) is co-sponsored by the People’s Government of Jiangsu Province, the Ministry of Education of China and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. It is a key comprehensive university of Jiangsu Province, and one of the first authorised to grant both master’s and doctoral degrees. The history of YZU can be traced back to as early as 1902, when its predecessors, Tongzhou Private Teachers’ School and Tonghai Agricultural School, were established.

The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is an excellent school among the 32 colleges of the Yangzhou University. It has five secondary disciplines, among which the Preventive Veterinary Medicine is the National and Provincial Key Discipline, the Clinical and Basic Veterinary Medicine is the Provincial Key Discipline.

Due to its high academic reputation with over twenty research directions of characteristics, the State Government has selected CVM as the Station for Post-doctoral research station. The College has three secondary disciplines (Preventive, Clinical and Basic Veterinary Medicine) holding the right for conferring PhD Degree and six secondary disciplines (Preventive, Clinical and Basic Veterinary Medicine, Microbiology, Zoology and Professional Veterinary Medicine) for MS Degree. According to recent National survey by the Center for Degrees and Graduate Education of the Education Ministry, Veterinary Medicine of our College ranks third on the list of the primary disciplines of Veterinary Medicine and is at the top of the Graduate Potential Development.

Qin Aijian, Professor and PhD supervisor, is a nationally recognised outstanding teacher and recipient of the National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award. He has been selected for the National New Century Talents Project. He is the leader of the Ministry of Education's Innovation Team and the director of both the Key Laboratory of Poultry Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Education and the Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Preventive Medicine. He has received the BEST POSTER PAPER award at the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Convention and an honorary certificate from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

From 2000 to 2013, he served as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Yangzhou University. His research primarily focuses on the biological characteristics of pathogenic microorganisms and their pathogenic and immune mechanisms. He has led several major research projects, including those funded by the National Ministry of Science and Technology, significant international collaborations between China and the UK, and projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation.

He has published over 150 papers and has been the chief editor or deputy editor of four books. He has received one Second Prize for National Scientific and Technological Progress, two Second Prizes for Scientific and Technological Progress from the Ministry of Education, five National New Veterinary Drug Certificates, and 15 national invention patents.

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Institute of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Medicine, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Fuzhou)

Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FAAS) is a department-level institution directly under the Fujian Provincial people's Government.

Founded in 1960, it is a comprehensive agricultural scientific research institution, and is one of the earliest agricultural scientific research institutions in China. There are 118 scientific and technological innovation platforms at or above the provincial and ministerial level, and there are 8 posts and 9 experimental stations in the national modern agricultural industrial technology system.

As the chairman unit of the alliance, Fujian Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Alliance has been established to explore the construction of an innovation consortium integrating government, industry, university and research, and strive to provide strong scientific and technological support for the province's rural revitalization and agricultural and rural modernization.

The Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of FAAS, founded in 1960, is one of the public welfare research institutions in Fujian Province, mainly engaged in animal nutrition, animal genetics and breeding, pasture and animal disease prevention and control research and scientific and technological services.

Dr Chunhe Wan, Professor, is currently the vice-director of the Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and also the director of Fujian Province Animal Biosafety Level III laboratory. 

He received his bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctor's degree from Huazhong Agricultural University, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Harbin Veterinary Research Institute), and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University.

He mainly engages in the research and application of the prevention and control technology of emerging infectious diseases in poultry (especially focus to domestic waterfowls) emerging infectious disease prevention and control technology research and application.
 

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South China Agricultural University (Guangzhou)

For 115 years, South China Agricultural University (SCAU) has developed into a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive university comprised of the disciplines of agriculture, engineering, liberal arts, sciences, economics, management, law, and art. It has always contributed to the development of agriculture and society.

At SCAU, graduate programs and post-graduate programs are developing concurrently. It has a faculty that is capable of top-level and large-scale research. SCAU has been conducting agricultural research on basic theory as well as applied projects. The latest ESI data reveals that SCAU ranks among Global Top 1% in fields like Plant and Animal Sciences, Agricultural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science, Microbiology, Biology & Biochemistry, Environment/Ecology and Engineering.

The College of Veterinary Medicine has multiple national, provincial and ministerial level scientific research platforms, such as the National and Regional Joint Engineering Laboratory for Medicament of Zoonosis Prevention and Control, the Reference Laboratory of national veterinary drug residues etc.

The college has achieved remarkable researches in the fields of avian influenza prevention and control and safety evaluation of veterinary antibacterial drugs. In recent years, the college has published many SCI papers in internationally renowned journals such as Nature and Lancet, and has won a number of national, provincial and ministerial-level scientific research awards and scientific and technological achievements.

Manman Dai is a professor of preventive veterinary medicine and a doctoral supervisor, who is also the Guangdong Province Universities and Colleges Young Pearl River Scholar and Young Scholar of Yangtze River Scholar Professor Program. Manman Dai focuses on the poultry cellular immunity research and has presided over 12 national and provincial projects with a total funding of tens of millions.

Manman Dai’s team currently has 3 doctoral students, 18 master's students, and 9 undergraduate students. Relevant research results of her research team have been published in internationally renowned journals such as Lancet Microbe, PLOS pathogens, Cellular and molecular life sciences, Journal of Immunology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, etc.

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Shandong Lvdu Bio-science & Technology Co. Ltd (Lvdu)

Shandong Lvdu Biotechnology Co., Ltd., founded in 2006, is a new type of high-tech biological enterprise which covers an area of more than 666,000 m2 in Binzhou, China. 

It has invested more than 420 million yuan to build and update GMP standards veterinary vaccine workshops accordance with international GMP quality certification system. It has built 12 vaccine and diagnosis production lines with first-class facilities and equipment.

The company has rapidly grown into the world's largest green veterinary propolis vaccine R&D base for livestock and poultry, national high-tech enterprises, national government procurement of swine fever vaccine designated production base, China's industry-university research cooperation innovation demonstration unit, China's top ten famous brands in the veterinary medicine industry, the most influential brand of China's animal health industry, China's science and technology innovation of small and medium-sized enterprises, etc.

Relevant institutions in China and abroad have recognised: "Lvdu is a company with independent innovation and research and development capabilities, and can develop and produce innovative and cost-effective products"; "Lvdu is one of the world's leading biotechnology companies with investment prospects." Some vaccine products and food safety detection reagents are exported to more than 20 countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, South Korea, Singapore and other countries. Remarkable social and economic benefits have been achieved.

The company has a national postdoctoral research workstation, Shandong Academician workstation, Shandong Enterprise Technology Center, Shandong pilot demonstration Base for veterinary biological products, Shandong High density Fermentation and Efficient Expression engineering technology Research Center, Shandong Engineering Research Center for Heat-resistant protective agent vaccines, Shandong Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Technical Service Innovation Center and other R & D and innovation platforms

It has established a China-UK Joint Laboratory for Technological Innovation in Poultry disease Prevention and Control, a China-Israel International Cooperative Research Center for Poultry vaccines, and a Shandong Provincial Demonstration and Promotion Base for overseas intelligence.

The company has a first-class talent team, through flexible research mechanism and open research platform, cooperation to establish a virtual open joint research and development center to promote the industrialisation of high-tech.

Professor Shen Zhiqiang, CEO of Lvdu, former President/Secretary of Shandong Binzhou Academy of Animal Science and Veterinary Science, Professor II, graduated from Shandong Agricultural University and China Agricultural University, and has visited more than 10 countries for study and training.

His research focuses on preventive veterinary medicine, particularly in veterinary biotechnology and veterinary bio-products that have achieved remarkable results, providing rapid detection, effective diagnosis and new preventive and therapeutic products for animal diseases. He has strong theoretical and rich experience in test kits, vaccine development, vaccine production technology and GMP management, and vaccine marketing.

He created and established a new vaccine production technology using nano propolis as immune adjuvant, and made an innovative breakthrough in the field of veterinary biological products. Through this platform, many kinds of avian disease vaccines have been produced, and remarkable social and economic benefits have been generated. He has published more than 500 papers, obtained more than 100 patents, and trained a large number of post-doctoral, doctoral and master's students.
 

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Huazhong Agricultural University (Wuhan)

Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU) is a national key university of “Project 211” directly under the Ministry of Education, China. 

HZAU consists of 18 colleges and departments. Featuring life sciences, HZAU also gives much emphasis on the rational disciplinary construction of agriculture, sciences, and engineering. HZAU has established exchange and cooperation relationships with over 150 institutions of 40 countries and regions. Additionally, there are 20 international foundations and organizations who have developed cooperation programmes with HZAU.

The College of Animal Sciences & Technology / College of Veterinary Medicine has 9 departments and boasts 10 national and 23 provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms. The disciplines of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine have consistently ranked among the top universities in China. The college actively promotes international cooperation and exchange, and has established good cooperative relationships with universities and research institutions in more than 10 countries.

Dr Hongbo Zhou (HZ) is a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), China. HZ has more than 20 years of experience working in influenza virus research, and is specialised in the epidemiology, genetic variation, molecular pathogenesis and cross-species infectious of influenza A virus, and the interaction between influenza virus and host cells. During HZ’s career, he has published over 60 original peer reviewed articles on numerous aspects of influenza virus and attracted various national funding.

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Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (Beijing)

Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS) was established in 1958.

It is a public institution under the direct administration of the Beijing Municipal Government, mainly undertakes the scientific research, achievement transformation, demonstration and promotion, technical services and technical training in the fields of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery as well as veterinary medicine.

There are 652 staff with senior professional titles, including one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, one national distinguished young scholar, and 612 scientists own doctoral degree. BAAFS has 2 National Key Laboratories, 7 National Engineering Centers (Laboratories) and 18 Beijing Key Laboratories. It has signed exchange and cooperation agreements with more than 30 countries including France, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy and Spain, and established 11 international joint laboratories.

The Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine (IAHVM) of Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS) was established in September 1958 and focuses on research in the field of breeding and reproduction of excellent livestock and poultry breeds, development of large scale and healthy farming, animal nutrition and feed, preventing and controlling animal disease, zoonosis and animal origin food safety etc.

Currently, IAHVM has 99 staff, including 39 senior scientists. By the end of 2023, the institute had gained more than one hundred research fruits. Of which, 17 national and provincial or ministerial awards, 26 new veterinary product registration certificates as well as more than 150 patents and nearly 1000 publications.

Dr Yongqing Li is a research professor of Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, P, R, China. He obtained a PhD from China Agriculture University in 2004, then worked as postdoctoral scientist at Compton Laboratory, Institute for Animal Health, UK between 2008 and 2011. 

So far, he has been awarded two Science and Technology Progress prizes from Beijing and Hebei government, obtained two new veterinary product registration certificates and 14 invention patents as well as published more than 130 academic papers. Currently, his research team focuses on animal herpesviruses such as Marek’s Disease virus and Bovine herpesvirus 1, particular in immune mechanism underlying Marek's disease vaccine strain (CVI988/Rispens and HVT) as a recombinant vector.

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Sichuan Agricultural University (Chengdou)

Sichuan Agricultural University (SAU) was founded in 1906. It is a national “Project 211” key construction university and a national “Double First-Class” construction university with the coordinating development of various disciplines.

SAU consists of 27 colleges, four research institutes and two state key laboratories which cover a variety of academic fields, Preventive Veterinary Medicine is the national keystone disciplines in China. Plant and Animal Science has been ranked among the top 1‰ the ESI rankings. SAU has established long-term and substantive exchange and cooperation relations with more than 100 universities and research institutes in more than 31 countries and regions.

The College of Veterinary Medicine of SAU was established in 1912, which is one of the earliest animal husbandry and veterinary hospital departments in China. The College consists of five teaching institutions (Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacy, and Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine), eleven research centers, two veterinary teaching hospitals, one Preventive Veterinary Research Institute, the specimen museuma biosafety level 2+ laboratory, and an SPF experimental animal barrier system. The total value of the equipment exceeds 70 million yuan. Additionally, the college has extensive exchanges and cooperation with over 10 research institutes outside China, including Purdue University, Pasteur Institute of France, et al. Veterinary Medicine ranked 19th in the Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects in 2022.

Prof Shun Chen is Group leader of the Research Center of Avian Disease, Director of Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, SAU, Dean of College of Veterinary Medicine, SAU. She obtained her PhD of Preventive Veterinary Medicine from SAU in 2010 and worked as a research assistant at the University of Maryland the USA during 2013-2014. In 2012, Shun joined the Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine SAU to study avian mosquito borne flaviviruses (TMUV, USUTV, Kunjin Virus), focusing on viral transmission, host fitness, the molecular mechanisms of viral replication, and the interaction between host antiviral responses and viral non-structural proteins.

She worked as the director of Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine since 2020. Under her leadership, the Institute has formed a distinctive research team with expertise in diagnosing, preventing, and controlling waterfowl infectious diseases, understanding pathogenic mechanisms, host immune defense mechanisms, and other applied basic research both domestically and internationally.

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Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (LVRI, CAAS)

Founded in 1957 and affiliated to Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute (LVRI, CAAS) was crowned as nationwide top academic research institution. The institute is mainly engaged in the research of major animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), African swine fever (ASF), Echinococcosis and other major animal diseases, as well as prevention and control techniques.

LVRI possesses many critical scientific and technological innovation platforms, including State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention; animal bio-safety level 3 laboratories, which are ranked as the largest cluster of high-level laboratory facilities for animal bio-safety in China. It also houses three WOAH Reference Laboratories for FMD, Cysticercosis and Ovine Theileriosis. 

LVRI controls two subsidiary corporations: China Agricultural Vet Biology and Technology Co., LTD., and Lanzhou Shouyan Biotechnology Co., LTD. These are the leading animal biomedical base and reagent producers in China, manufacturing vaccines and diagnostic products for major animal diseases. 

The institute is qualified to conduct experiments on several highly pathogenic microorganisms, including foot-and-mouth disease virus, African swine fever virus, pestes des petits ruminants virus, bovine lumpy skin disease virus, and eight kinds of zoonotic pathogens such as Brucella and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These platforms effectively support the research on the prevention and control of major animal diseases and the development of the biomedical industry in China. 

Furthermore, the Institute and Lanzhou University jointly established the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2021. The College allows for the cross-integration of Veterinary Medicine, Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Animal Husbandry, Pharmacy and other disciplines. It is committed to carrying out high-level scientific and technological innovation and high-level personnel training in the fields of Animal Disease Prevention and Control, Biosafety Technology, Animal Biological Products, and Comparative Medical Research.

LVRI is home to 10 science and technology innovation teams with over 280 researchers, including 25 national and provincial leading specialists. The institute has undertaken more than 1500 scientific research projects and has won 170 academic awards, including 15 national awards and 120 provincial and ministerial awards. The institute has also developed over 220 vaccines and diagnostic reagents. 

In 2016-2023, a total of 873 SCI papers were published, including “Nat Commun, Autophagy, J Virol” and other internationally known journals. 

We have obtained 56 new veterinary drug certificates, including eight Class-Ⅰ new veterinary drug certificates (Class-Ⅰ means pioneered in the world); authorised 592 national invention patents and 27 international patents; formulated 25 national and industry standards. These achievements are leading the development of the animal biological products industry, and generating huge economic and social benefits. The institute plays a strategic, forward-looking and irreplaceable supporting role in animal disease prevention and control, the biological products industry, animal husbandry and public health security, both in China and the world. 

Guanggang Qu, Professor of Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (LVRI, CAAS), is the National expert in animal disease elimination assessment committee, designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China. He has twenty years’ experience in Veterinary Medicine, Virology, and Animal Vaccine Development. He now works in the team for Molecular Ecology of Animal Viruses with the team leader, Prof. Qiyun Zhu one of 10 innovation teams at Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute,  whichwas established in 2014. This team is clustered into veterinary immunology, a branch of eight disciplines in Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS). 

Based on the concept of the viral molecular ecology, proposed by Professor Chin-min Hsiang (1914-2006), we are employing influenza and Newcastle viruses as models to explore the inherent relationship between viruses and hosts, and to further investigate the molecular mechanisms of virus infection, immunity and coevolution. The eventual goal would be to develop novel biologic reagents against animal virus infection.

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