Figure 2. Map of representative institutions under the different MCB research programmes in China.
Historically, there are two main streams of molecular and cell biology (MCB) research programmes in China. One pipeline is orchestrated by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). CAS includes 20 institutes studying biological sciences at which diverse subject areas are being investigated. The second avenue is governed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), and this includes several universities. The newly established National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS) represents the third system. The map illustrates the geographic locations of five representative institutions under CAS (orange), four representative universities under the MOE (white) and the NIBS (purple).