1998

Academician Bei Shizhang is selected in the first group of senior academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on June 18.

Beijing Yanjing Zhongke Biotechnology Co is established in November. 

Yang Fuyu wins the Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Progress Award.  

1999

Harold Varmus, an American scientist and a Nobel Prize winner, visits the Institute of Biophysics in November. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

2003

A celebration of the 100th Birthday of Academician Bei Shizhang and the 45th Anniversary of the Institute of Biophysics is held on September 26. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

The institute starts preparations for the first phase of the protein science research platform construction. The picture shows the proteomics research laboratory. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

2004

The 10th International Conference on the Crystallization of Biological Molecules (ICCBM10), co-hosted by the Institute of Biophysics, is held in Beijing on June 5. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

The Institute of Biophysics establishes a protein and peptide drug laboratory. The lab is selected as a key laboratory of the institute in 2011. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

Leland Hartwell, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, visits the Institute of Biophysics on August 27. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

2005

The Institute of Biophysics hosts the opening ceremony of the first public science day of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in May. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

2006

BioSino Bio-Technology & Science Inc is listed on the Hong Kong GEM on February 27. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

The Chinese Academy of Sciences-Laboratory of Structural Virology and Immunology (LSVI) of The University of Tokyo is established at the Institute of Biophysics on May 26. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

The 2006 Nobel Prize Winner Beijing Forum-Life Science Roundtable is held at the Institute of Biophysics on September 6. The event is hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Beijing Municipal People’s Government, and jointly organized by the Beijing Municipal People’s Government’s Foreign Affairs Office, the Chinese Academy of Sciences International Cooperation Bureau and the Institute of Biophysics. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

The Ministry of Science and Technology holds a briefing to announce the start of construction of a batch of national laboratories on December 14. The National Laboratory for Protein Science built on resources of the Institute of Biophysics becomes one of 10 national laboratories. The Preparatory Office of the National Laboratory for Protein Science is formally established on April 19, 2007. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn] 

2007

The Youth Federation of the Institute of Biophysics is established in May. The picture shows the founding meeting. [Photo/ibp.cas.cn]