School of Life Science & Biotechnology

School of Life Science & Biotechnology was jointly established in February 1997, by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai Branch.

Departments & Institutes:
Presently, the school has 4 departments: Biological Science & Technology, Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Zoology Environment Engineering, and 3 research institutes, involving: Biomedical Equipment, Health Technology, Biological Technology.

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The college stresses on the cultivation of high-caliber students. 90 Members form the faculty team, including 1 member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 44 professors, 1 Yangtzi Scholar. The college boasts a group of recognized scholars as well as young research leaders standing at the edge of bio-x science. Several of them won national awards for elite youth.

Fruitful achievements have been accomplished in teaching and research. Important outcomes have been achieved in the fields of 1) medical equipment, 2) nourishments of health care, 3) medicine, 4) biological technology, several of which were awarded the National prize for Advancement of Science & Technology. Among them,  'Onlly One',an health care product enjoys a high international fame. ‘Equipment of Smashing Kidney Stones Outside Body ’once achieved the first prize of National Advancement of Science & Technology. The college undertakes several national key projects in '863' and '973'. Over 10 projects are funded by National Natural Scientific Foundation and some projects are Shanghai Scientific Committee and Agricultural Committee. Recently, the School has further strengthened international exchange and has cooperation in teaching and research with institutions in US, France, UK Germany, Australia, etc.

Life Science has been listed as a subject that should be developed stressfully and preferentially. Large amount of sustentation has been obtained from '985 Project'. Excellent young scholars and research leaders have been introduced into the college in the past several years. Research are focused on the cutting-edge fields such as :DNA chips, Disease Genome & Medical Genome, NanoBiology, BioInformatics, BioMedicine, Molecular Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, and so on. Moreover, many important outcomes have been achieved.

Bio-X, the multidisciplinary research center for life science was founded in April, 2000, to foster a closer interaction of Life Science and Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science so as to make substantial breakthrough in the fields of Life Science. Professor Steven Chu, Professor of Stanford University and Nobel laureate, pays much attention to the establishment and development of the center. He visited the university and discussed with university leaders and researchers of Bio-X center in August, 2000.

The School of Life Science & Technology pushes subjects' cross and amalgamation in the light of the characteristic of science combining with engineering, in accordance with the university’s development layout. It accelerates constructing a base of Life Science & Technology with high level. It is devoting to forming its own strength and characteristic in the amalgamation of Life Science and Engineering, cultivating persons with high quality, and gaining outcomes with high level.

TANG Zhangcheng, male, was born in, January, 1941 in Shanghai. He graduated from Department of Biology, Nankai University in 1963. Then, he got the admission and was matriculated by Institute of Botanic Physiology, Chinese Academy of Science. Mr. Luo Shiwei, famous cell biologist and botanic physiologist of our country, was his tutor. Tang Zhangcheng graduated with a master's degree in 1967 and has stayed at Institute of Botanic Physiology, Chinese Academy of Science, till now. 1980.5-1982.5, he did research at School of Life Science and School of Agriculture, the University of Wisconsin, as a visiting scholar.

He has participated in or organized the research mostly of Botanic Environment Engineering for the over past 30 years. He especially researched on the affects on the plants' growing and developing of adverse environment, such as drought, salt, flood, unfavorable temperature, near-zero gravity. He also researched on plants' anti-adversity mechanism. These researches involve the composition, structure, function of botanic cellular velum, the ability of cell's osmotic adjustment, and the relationship between plant hormone and plants' anti-adversity. Due to the significance of the research he has participated in and organized, they were awarded the prize by the National Science Conference, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai Municipal government and Science & Engineering Committee of National Defence. Tang Zhangcheng has published more than 80 theses in domestic and oversea academic publications such as Science in China, Science Bulletin, Physiol Plant, Plant and Soil. He has cultivated several doctors.

Tang Zhangcheng currently holds the posts of 1) Dean of Shanghai branch of Chinese Academy of Science, 2) Head of Shanghai Institute of Botanic Physiology(adjunct), 3) Committee Member of National Scientific Association, 4) Vice President of Shanghai Scientific Association, 5) Director of Chinese Botanic Physiology Association, and 6) Delegate of the 9th National People's Congress.

Vice Dean of the School
LIN Zhixin, male, was born in January, 1947. He is a professor and a tutor for doctor candidates. He graduated from Biochemistry & Microbiology of Biology Department, Fudan University in 1968. In 1979, he was matriculated by Virus Science of Biology Department, Fudan University. Professor Wang Mingqi, famous scientist of botanic virus, was his tutor. He got a mater’s degree in 1982. He worked at the research room of Virus Science, Fudan University, from 1982 to 1988. He came to Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1988 and has worked here up to now. During this period, he was once engaged in the cooperating science research in American Cornell University and Louisiana University as an advanced visiting scholar in 1993.

He has been mostly engaged in the research of Molecular Genetics, Applying Microbiology, DNA CMOS chip for the last 20 years. He has taken on and fulfilled several projects of national natural scientific fund, national science & technology tackling key problems, and Shanghai scientific development fund. He finished the monograph Research & Application of Photosynthetic Bacterial . He is now mainly occupied by an important project of City's Science Committee' Manufacture & Application of DNA CMOS chip'. More than 20 theses have been published in such publications as 1) Newspaper of Genetics, 2) Transactions of Biochemistry & Biophysics, 3) Agricultural Transactions of Shanghai, 4) Transactions of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The undergraduate program he gives is 'General Situation of Modern Times' Biology', master program are 'Chemistry of Protein & Multi Peptide' and 'Conspectus of Gene Engineering' and otherwise. He has cultivated several doctor candidates and master students. He currently holds the posts of 1) Director of Shanghai Academy of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Academy of Microbiology, Academy of Biological Engineering, and 2) vice Director of Shanghai Research Center of Plants' Gene.