On November 9th and 10th, The third plenary meeting of the second session of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China was held in Kunming. The director of the Academic Committee researcher Hao Xiaojiang, the deputy director Academician Sun Handong and Academician Deng Zixin, Professor Tu Yongqiang, Researcher Ding Jian, Research...
November 24th, 2009, State Development and Reform Commission held the completion and acceptance meeting of National Key Science Project-The Southwest China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species (Germplasm Bank for short) in Kunming Institute of Botany of CAS. The Acceptance Committee director is co-served by the deputy director of State Development and Reform Commission Zhang Xiaoqiang, the vice-presi...
In order to further develop and promote Academician Wu Zhengyi's academic thought and promote the study of evolutionary biology, 'The Seminar on Wu Zhengyi's academic thought' was held in Kunming Institute of Botany on May 15th 2009. The researchers of Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, Lu Anmin, Chen Zhiduan, Gao Tiangang, Wang JinXiu, the researcher of Wuhan Botanical Garden of CAS Li Jia...
Recently, the expedition team, led by researcher Sun Hang of KIB and composed by 16 members, has successfully completed the fieldwork which has lasted for more than 20 days in County Zuogong, Mangkang, Basu of Changdu area and County Chayu, Bomi, Muotuo, Linzhi of Linzhi area and has safely returned to Kunming.
This expedition mainly focused on the research and collection of plant germp...
Sep. 8th 2009, the first 'National Wild Plants in Minimum Population Protection and Back-to-nature' project was started in Kunming. Three endangered wild plants in minimum population in Yunnan Province, Manglietiastrum sinicum, Cyclobalanopsis sichourensis and Paphiopedilum concolor, were officially implemented the experiment of returning to nature, in order to achieve the objectives of the...
Recently, Yunnan Development and Reform Commission replied the Announcement No.1469 'Feasibility study report on the 'Laboratory Project of Natural Medicine Activity Screening Engineering in Yunna province' declared by KIB and agreed to construct this project.
Yunnan province is one of the world's biodiversity hotspots and its wildlife species account for more than 50% of the whole nat...
October 15th, 2009, the panel experts from Life Science and Biotechnology Bureau of CAS and Planning and Finance Bureau checked and accepted the scientific objectives of National Key Science Project-'The Southwest China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species', undertaken by Kunming Institute of Botany of CAS, Yunnan University and Kunming Institute of Zoology of CAS. The panel listened to the proj...
August 25th, 2009, Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department organized relevant experts to check and accept the project 'the clinical study (Phase I) of the first Class new drug Phenchlobenpyrrone' undertaken by Prof. Hao Xiaojiang of State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, KIB. The experts contrasted the assignment statement of project plan, lis...
September 5th to 28th, 2009, six members, including senior visiting scholar Dr. Wang Yun, researcher of New Zealand Plants and Food Research Institute, led by the KIB research group leader Prof. Liu Peigui, studied the fungi resources in desert and semi-desert regions of Northwest China and in the coniferous forests of cold temperature zone. The study has achieved fruitful results.
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