A delegation led by ZHOU Wenneng, deputy director general of Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, paid a visit to China Zebrafish Resource Center (CZRC) at IHB on Sept. 8, 2016.

A delegation led by ZHOU Wenneng, deputy director general of Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, paid a visit to China Zebrafish Resource Center (CZRC) at Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IHB) on Sept. 8, 2016.    

Prof. Xu Xudong, deputy director of IHB, welcomed the visiting delegation. Prof. SUN Yonghua, director of the CZRC, presented with PPT the scientific utilization of zebrafish as a model, the development and future development plan of the Center.    

ZHOU Wenneng fully affirmed the achievements that the CZRC had made in data collection and creation, standard conservation and data sharing. He said that the CZRC shall serve all the related labs; the data and resources shall reach the international standard; and the means to obtain the data and resources shall be convenient.    

Scientists who study zebrafish in China are a group of unity and open-mindness. On behalf of the Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Zhou said that the Department will help promote the development of the CZRC. He also said that the CZRC is gradually building itself as a national laboratory animal resources center and is qualified enough to apply for the qualification certificate issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology.    

Later, the delegation visited the Baiji Dolphinarium and the CZRC.  

A delegation led by ZHOU Wenneng, deputy director general of Department of Basic Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, visited the CZRC.