FACULTY & RESEARCH
FACULTY & RESEARCH
Research Institute for Marine Biology

Marine Biology Institute (MBI)

Marine Biology Institute (MBI) of Shantou Universitywas established in 2001,focus on scientific research, postgraduate education and undergraduate courses teaching.Marine Biology,the main subject that our institute relies on, is the key construction discipline of the “211 project” in Guangdong province.It possesses 2 doctoral programs ,7 master programs and 8 teaching-research laboratory platforms,such as theGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology,National Shellfish Industry Technology System of Shantou Comprehensive Experimental Station,Guangdong Marine Biological Resources Comprehensive Development and International Technology Cooperation Baseas well as theJoint Training Graduate Student Demonstration Base of Guangdong province.It has 16 strong faulty members,including 7 professors,5 tutors for Ph.D students and 8 master’s supervisors,13 of whom received doctoral degrees.Since 2008,Marine Biology Institute has undertaken more than 140 important scientific researches like the international cooperative research projects withNSFC(National Science Foundation of China )andScientific Research Funds in Guangdong Province.More than 45 million funds is granted.

 

Marine Biology Institute of Shantou University has published a group of papers in the academic periodicals at home and abroad,likePNAS (Proceeding of the National Academy of Science),obtained a number of scientific and technological awards from Guangdong province and Shantou city and received plentiful national invention patents.It also formulated more than a dozen of local agricultural standards in Guangdong province.Moreover, with the popularization and application of its scientific results and advanced technology,Marine Biology Institute of Shantou Universityplays a great role in the development of local marine fishery economy,bringing an impressive economic effect,and also social and ecological effects.

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