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Kunming Institute of Zoology

Educational Program

Kunming, Yunnan, China

Kunming Institute of Zoology (Established 1999)
32 East Jaio Chang Road; 650223 , Kunming , Yunnan China
Director: Weizhi Ji Phone: 86 (871) 519-0390 Fax: 86 (871) 519-1823
Affiliations: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Mission: The research priorities of the institute are given to the conservation, exploration and sustainable utilization of animal resources in the tropical and subtropical area in China. Efforts are being directed toward the studies of taxonomy, phylogeny, conservation biology, cellular and molecular biology, as well as primatology and animal resources.

Principal Research Programs: Department of Vertebrates -- focus on systematics and ecology of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, freshwater fish, and insects in southwest China; Department of Cytogenetics and the Key Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Evolution -- study evolution, genetic diversity of mammals and domestic animals as well as human ethnic groups; Department of Primate Biology -- emphasis on neurobiology, reproduction, immunology, behavior and ecology; Conservation Biology Center -- involved in trans-boundary biodiversity conservation, ecology of endangered animals and public education for conservation; Kunming Cell Bank of the Chinese Academy of Sciences -- active in storage of tissues, semen and embryos for endemic and endangered species in China.; Biochemistry Department

Training Opportunities: Master and doctoral degrees are available for veterbrate taxonomy, ecology, genetics of mammmals and domestica animals, behavior, reproduction, neurobiology and immunology for non-human primates, and biochemistry. Post-doctural training programs for 2 to 3 years are authorized and supported by the Central Government.

Number of Staff: Total (298); Scientists (120), Support Staff (100), Graduate Students(78)

Key Personnel: Ji Weizhi, Director; Yang Jingxing, Director of Department of Vetebrates; Zhang Yaping, Director of Department of Cytogenetics and the Key Laboratory for Cellular and Molecular Evolution; Cai Jingxia, Director of Primate Biology; Xiong Youliang, Director of Biochemistry Department; Zhao Qikun, Director of Conservation Biology Center; Liu Ruiqing, Director of Kunming Cell Bank; Wang Yingxiang

Species Supported: "Nycticebus pygmaeus" (12); "Nycticebus coucang" (10); "Macaca mulatta" (760); "Macaca arctoides" (7); "Macaca assamensis" (17); "Macaca fascicularis" (152); "Macaca nemestrina" (100); "Macaca thibetana" (22); "Presbytis francoisi" (4); "Presbytis phayrei" (2); "Rhinopithecus bieti" (11); "Hylobates hoolock" (2); "Hylobates concolor leucogenys" (4)

Web Site: http://www.kiz.ac.cn/; http://www.kiz.ac.cn/ehomepage/english/section3.html

Entry created: 1998-03-30
Review requested: 2007-02-27
Entry last reviewed: 2000-08-16

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