On May 19, Shu Hongbing, an academician of the CAS Member and president of the Medical Research Institute of Wuhan University, arrived as president of Wuhan Biotechnology Research Institute, committed to promoting the Institute to build a national innovation platform.
Han Jin, secretary of the Party Committee of Wuhan University, Zhao Xuemei, deputy secretary of the Party Committee, and Zhu Deyou, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and head of the Organization Department, attended the appointment of academician Shu Hongbing. Liu Jie, member of the Standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the East Lake High-tech Zone Working Committee, issued the letter of appointment, Shen Yangdong, deputy director of the East Lake High-tech Zone Management Committee, read out the appointment documents, and Feng Li, deputy director, presided over the appointment activities.
Wuhan Biotechnology Research Institute is the first new industrial technology research institute in Hubei, led by Wuhan University, integrating the scientific and technological resources in the biological field of universities and institutes in Wuhan, and established in the East Lake High-tech Zone. It has become an important carrier for undertaking major national scientific and technological tasks and an important platform for the integration of scientific and technological innovation resources in the biological field of provinces and cities. More than 180 enterprises have been born and more than 300 scientific research achievements have been translated. At present, the East Lake High-tech Zone is struggling to build the Hubei East Lake Science City and build a global life and health science and technology innovation center, of which Wuhan Biotechnology Research Institute is an important part. At the meeting, Han Jin introduced several measures and institutional arrangements of Wuhan University to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. He said that the East Lake High-tech Zone has huge development potential and multiple national strategic opportunities. It is an important partner of Wuhan University to accelerate the construction of "double first-class". Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, Wuhan Institute of Navigation, and the satellite signal ground receiving station have all settled in the Optical Valley. Wuhan University will, based on its own advantages, strengthen the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, transform technology into real productive forces, and directly serve the economic and social development of Optics Valley. Liu Jie thanked Wuhan University for its long-term strong support for Optics Valley and its deep participation in the technological innovation and industrial development of Optics Valley. The High-tech Zone warmly welcomed Academician Shu Hongbing to the post, and hoped that Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology would actively invest in the construction of Hubei East Lake Science City, constantly attract and gather high-end talents, and gradually become a new force of the national strategic scientific and technological force, and an important source of technological innovation in the biological industry, Help Optics Valley build a global life and health technology innovation center. After the meeting, Academician Shu Hongbing and Secretary Liu Jie visited Wuhan National Human Genetic Resources Library (hereinafter referred to as "Wuhan Sample Library"). Zhang Hanrui, general manager of Wuhan Sample Library, introduced the construction and operation of Wuhan Sample Library.
Academician Shu Hongbing is mainly engaged in the research of immune-related cell signal transduction. He and his team are tackling key technologies of cell and gene therapy.
According to the relevant provisions of the Administrative Measures for the Identification of High-tech Enterprises (GKFH [2016] No. 32) and the Guidelines for the Identification and Management of High-tech Enterprises (GKFH [2016] No. 195), the National Leading Community Office for the Identification and Management of High-tech Enterprises issued the "Notice on the Filing and Publicity of the Fifth Batch of High-tech Enterprises Identified by the Hubei Provincial Accreditation Agency in 2022", Wuhan Biological Sample Bank Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Wuhan Sample Bank") is recognized as a high-tech enterprise.
High-tech enterprises refer to resident enterprises that have been registered in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) for more than one year by continuously carrying out research and development and transformation of technological achievements, forming core independent intellectual property rights of enterprises, and carrying out business activities on this basis within the "High-tech Fields Supported by the State". It is a knowledge-intensive and technology-intensive economic entity.
In the future, Wuhan sample bank will further promote the conservation and utilization of human genetic resources and the transformation of achievements, and promote the innovation of biotechnology sources, so that Wuhan sample bank will become a "national" brand platform with strong "hematopoietic" ability, and help the high-quality development of the big health industry.
1、 Wuhan sample library was approved by Wuhan Enterprise R&D Center On November 11, 2022, Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology issued the Notice on Publishing the First Batch of Wuhan Enterprise Research and Development Center Filing List in 2022 (WK [2022] No. 98), and the enterprise research and development center of Wuhan Biological Sample Bank Co., Ltd. was recognized at the municipal level.
Wuhan Enterprise Research and Development Center (hereinafter referred to as "R&D Center") is a relatively independent scientific and technological research and development specialized organization established within the enterprise, mainly engaged in the research and development of new technologies, new products, new processes and new materials, and promoting the industrialization and application of scientific and technological achievements.
Wuhan Biological Sample Library will effectively strengthen the construction and management of the research and development center, give full play to the supporting role of the research and development center in improving the technological innovation ability, and make positive contributions to the economic and social development of Wuhan. 2、 Wuhan sample library won the recognition of "Optics Valley Gazelle" enterprise in 2022 On November 4, 2022, the Science and Technology Innovation Bureau of Wuhan East Lake High-tech Zone issued the Notice on Publicizing the List of Enterprises to Be Identified as "Optics Valley Gazelle" in 2022, and Wuhan Biological Sample Library was successfully listed.
"Gazelle enterprises" refer to small and medium-sized enterprises that have crossed the Death Valley and entered a high growth period with the support of technological innovation or business model innovation. The scope of identification is mainly that the industrial field conforms to the development direction of national and provincial strategic emerging industries, covering emerging industries, new generation information technology, biological health, artificial intelligence, financial technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, consumption upgrading and other fields, also known as "high growth enterprises". Such enterprises have the characteristics of "specialized, refined, special and new". The growth rate, scientific and technological content and industrial prospects are the three core indicators for the selection of "Gazelle Enterprises".
In the future, Wuhan sample library will "base itself on Hubei, radiate the central region, and look around the world", and contribute to accelerating the research and development of innovative drugs, promoting the development of translational medicine, and leading the industrial transformation and upgrading.
On September 22, 2022, the "First Symposium on Biosafety Informatics", sponsored by the Chinese Society of Bioinformatics (preparatory), the Chinese Society of Biotechnology, the Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, and the Hubei Society of Bioinformatics, hosted by Wuhan Biological Sample Bank Co., Ltd., and co-organized by the Wuhan East Lake National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone Biomedical Industry Association, was grandly opened in the Wuhan National Human Genetic Resources Library. The opening ceremony of the conference was presided over by Zhang Hanrui, General Manager of Wuhan Biological Sample Bank Co., Ltd., Wang Songlie, Executive Vice President of Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology, and Zhang Hongyu, Dean of Information College of Huazhong Agricultural University and President of Hubei Bioinformatics Society, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
General Manager Zhang Hanrui presided over the meeting
Wang Songlie, Executive Vice President, delivered a speech
President Zhang Hongyu delivers a speech
With the theme of "Biosafety Informatics", the conference, centering on biosafety and high-performance computing, cutting-edge bioinformatics, the safe sharing and utilization of biological sample resources in the era of big data, biosafety and genomics big data, medical biosafety and bioinformatics and other professional directions, invited experts from the Medical Department of Peking University, Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Guangzhou National Laboratory Experts from Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units carried out in-depth exchanges to explore opportunities for cooperation.
In the warm applause at the scene, the first biosafety informatics seminar officially kicked off, and the follow-up will present you with wonderful reports.
On April 1, the 2022 "National Security Publicity" finals organized by the National Security Office of Wuhan Municipal Party Committee concluded successfully. After several rounds of fierce competition, such as the preliminary round and the second round, Zhang Hanrui, the general manager of Wuhan National Human Genetic Resources Bank, won the first prize in the Wuhan National Security Publicity Competition.
Award Ceremony of Wuhan National Security Publicity Competition (the first on the left is General Manager Zhang Hanrui)
President Zhang delivered a speech with the theme of "building a biosafety barrier and protecting people's life and health". A wonderful speech was made from "what is human genetic resources, the current status of human genetic resources protection, why human genetic resources should be protected, and how to protect human genetic resources", which won full applause. President Zhang said: "Human genetic resources are our 'life instructions', which contain the mysteries of the human body, and are an important basis for life science research and drug research and development. The human genetic resources bank is like a' life bank ', which stores the kindling of life and continues the hope of life. Human genetic resources are closely related to everyone. Each of us is not only the carrier of human genetic resources, but also the potential beneficiaries of human genetic resources. Wuhan National Human Genetic Resources Bank is responsible for the protection of human genetic resources in China. We will live up to our mission and contribute to Hubei's new strength in building the national biosafety defense line. "
To protect human genetic resources is to safeguard the future of the Chinese nation. In order to realize the "Healthy China" strategy, each of us must work hand in hand to build a national human genetic resource pool. Through this speech, the rich connotation of human genetic resources and the significance of human genetic resources to national security were publicized, and the safety awareness of the general public was raised. Wuhan National Human Genetic Resources Bank will take this opportunity to deeply implement the overall national security concept, continue to protect our human genetic resources and safeguard the defense line of national biosafety in the new era. Wuhan National Human Genetic Resources Bank Wuhan National Human Genetic Resources Library, jointly established by Wuhan Institute of Biotechnology and Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Investment Group, is the first third-party sample library approved for the preservation of human genetic resources after the promulgation and implementation of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Administration of Human Genetic Resources. The total library is located in the D1-3A and D1-3B buildings in the Innovation Park of Optics Valley Biological City, with a building area of more than 60000 square meters. At present, the first phase of Wuhan sample library building has been put into use, and has achieved 15 million tubes of sample preservation and 30 PB of sample related information private cloud storage capacity. Wuhan National Human Genetic Resources Library focuses on the conservation and utilization of human genetic resources, technology development, achievement transformation and data sharing. Through the layout of the "three centers" of the conservation center, the information center and the innovation center, it links the government, industry, education, research, medicine and people, promotes the effective protection and rational use of human genetic resources in China, and supports the innovative development of the biomedical industry, It has become the bottom strategic support for independent innovation of China Optics Valley's life science and biological industry.