Brief Introduction:

Founded in April 1959, the Kunming Institute of Zoology, affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a comprehensive research institution in China focusing on biodiversity evolution, conservation, and sustainable utilization.

Research Focus:

1. Biodiversity & Conservation: Studying and protecting ecosystems in Southwest China, Eastern Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.

1. Evolution & Genetics: Advancing fundamental understanding of evolutionary processes and genomics.

3) Primate Models & Human Health: Developing non-human primate models to understand disease mechanisms and pharmaceutical research.

4) Genetic Resources: Cultivating and studying domestic animal genetics and their wild counterparts.

Core Direction：

1. Animal Diversity Conservation and Bio-industry Empowerment

2. Decoding complex animal traits under the Evo-Devo-AI Framework

3) Creating Disease Animal Models guided by Translational Medicine

Goals:

KIZ aims to build a full-chain innovation system to promote seamless connection from animal resource exploration to industrial application and achieve systematic, holistic breakthroughs in genetic evolution and animal models.

Ranking:

4 Global ESI Top 1% Disciplines:

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Plants and Animal Science

Environment/Ecology

Biology/Biochemistry

Platforms:

1. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution and Animal Models

2. National Research Facility for Phenotypic and Genetic Analysis of Model Animals (Primate Facility)

3. Kunming National High-level Bio-safety Research Center for Non-Human Primates

4. Animal Bank at the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species

5. National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Natural Bioactive Peptides

6. Natural Active Peptide Engineering Laboratory, CAS

7. Kunming Wildlife Cell Bank, CAS

8. Biodiversity Large Instrument Regional Center (Southwest), CAS

9. Kunming Animal Specimen Bank

International Collaboration

Participating in:

Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Center, CAS

China-Africa Joint Research Center, CAS

China-Sri Lanka Joint Science and Education Center, CAS

Central Asia Ecological and Environmental Research Center

Central Asia Medicinal Research and Development Center

International projects:

International Primate Genome Project (2018–)

International 10,000 Canine Genome Project (2015–)

B10K Genome Project (2015–)

Cold CODE Program for Amphibians and Reptiles (2011–)

International DNA Barcode Project (2008–)