School of Life Science

Department of Biology and Biotechnology
Department of Biochemistry

Brief Introduction

1. Statistics:

A. Staff: 231
•Full-time: 231
Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering: 1
Academicians of Adjunct Professorships: 2
Professors: 50
Associate Professors: 63
With Doctor's Degree: 101
With Master's Degree: 46
B. Students: 1699
•Undergraduate Students: 926
•Graduate Students: 773

2. Programs:

•Ph.D Programs: Marine Biology Botany Zoology Physiology Aquatic Biology Microbiology Genetics Cell Biology Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Biophysics Ecology Food Safety Biology Biotechnology Environmental Sciences Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control Neurobiology Developmental Biology Information Biology	•Master's Degree Programs: Marine Biology Botany Zoology Physiology Aquatic Biology Microbiology Genetics Cell Biology Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Biophysics Ecology Food Safety Biology Biotechnology Environmental Science Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control Neurobiology Developmental Biology Information Biology Drug Analysis Pharmacology Pratacultural Science	•Undergraduate Programs: Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Biochemistry Ecology

3. Research Institutes:
Research Institute of Entomology
Research Institute of Economic Aquatic Animals
Biotechnology Research Center
Biomedical Research Center
Experimental Center for Tropic-Subtropics Forest Ecosystem
Food Engineering and Research Center
Marine Biotechnology Center of South China Sea
Bioinformatics Center of Guangzhou

4. Laboratories:
State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol
Key Laboratory for Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education
State Special Laboratory for Plant Gene Engineering
State Special Laboratory for Reproduction, Nutrition and Disease Control of Economic Aquatic Animals
Key Breeding Laboratory for Economic Aquatic Animals of Guangdong Province
Open Laboratory for Marine Functional Genomics of 863 Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology
Key Medicinal Genomics Laboratory for Guangdong Province

5. Contact us:
E-mail: ls@sysu.edu.cn
Tel: 86-20-84110786 84111728
Fax: 86-20-84036215