A support system for scientific research incorporating public sharing of facilities plays an integral part in supporting innovation within the Institute. It plays a significant role in improving standards of scientific research, promoting interdisciplinary research and training of highly qualified scientists. The Institute established the "Chinese Academy of Sciences Protein Science core facility center" in line with the requirements laid out in the "Eleventh 5-year plan" for national science and technology core facility establishment.
The center currently has more than 30 large pieces of equipment including a high flux X-ray diffractometer FRE to collect data for protein crystal structure determination, a 200 Kilovolts cryon electron microscope, 3 Tesla NMR image systems for brain imaging, a 600 MHz NMR spectrometer, and a mass spectrometer.
These pieces of equipment, such as the NMR brain imaging system, electron microscope and NMR spectrometer, are shared between the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, China National Science Foundation and the Department of Science and Technology of Beijing.
In addition, there is a large animal experimental center which meets national safety standards.
The center now has 100 million RMB worth of equipment. Our institute is continuously investing in the core facility center. The core facility center will soon be improved further as a result of a second round of major investment. About 180,000 equipment hours service time was used in 2006. In addition to providing services for the basic research program at IBP, this included facilitating experiments from about 50 projects from outside the Institute. The center also provided service and consultation for more than 150 institutes or companies.
The center's staff includes chief scientists, and scientists with PhD or Master's degrees in the fields of biology or engineering. There are 38 full-time technical support personnel in the center. They not only provide services but also develop new methodology and design new equipment.
Administrator of Center:
Xiang Wang （王翔）
Assistant Administrator of Center:
Xuemei Li（李雪梅）
Chief Scientists of Center:
Fuquan Yang（杨福全）
Zhushan Zhang(张竹山)
Xuemei Li（李雪梅）
Yong Tian（田勇）
Core Facility Center
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
15 Datun Load, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100101, China
Tel: 8610-64888442
Fax: 8610-64871293
