Introduction:
The department was established in 1927 as sericulture department and gradually emerged as today’s Department of "Economic Zoology" which includes the subjects Sericulture, Apiculture and Aquaculture. This department was one of the first departments to offer undergraduate courses in Sericulture and admitting foreign students. The department is authorized by the state council to confer Masters and Doctoral degrees and also provides positions for Post Doctoral research also. Presently the department has National key discipline as "Rearing animals of Economic importance" which emphasizes on the subjects mentioned earlier. In addition the Department has a privilege of receiving grants from "211 projects" to strengthen the discipline and is a prestigious honor to receive grants amongst Chinese universities.
Presently the department has 28 Faculty including 10 professors, 11 Associate professors and 7 Assistant professors among which 13 teachers have Doctoral degree and 6 are eligible to supervise Ph.D students and 15 to supervise graduate students. Presently 23 masters, 22 Doctoral, 30 senior foreign visiting scholars and one post doctoral student are enrolled in the department.
The department has two main Research Laboratories
1) Comparative molecular Biology Lab
2) Germplasm Bank and Molecular breeding lab
and two research centers specialized in
1) applied biological resource and material engineering
2) Silkworm bye product utilization
And in addition one exhibition hall (Exhibiting Commercial hi-tech silkworm bye products.)
The instrumentation and Infrastructure of 10 million RMB has been installed in these centers which is used for both academic and research purposes.
Major fields of research include, gene functioning, genetic engineering, Research to provide technical support and quality evaluation to ensure high and efficient production, disease prevention and control, silkworm bye product utilization and commercial production of products. At present there are 40 on going projects funded by 'National science Foundation, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and other related industries and the total research fund is over 10 million RMB at present.
The department is actively engaged in overseas academic exchanges and scientific cooperation with foreign institutions. The department had hosted and organized first International conference on Sericulture in 1996 and has co-sponsored two other international academic conferences in 1997 and 2001, renowned Japanese professors Komi Masuo, Matsuda Yosio and Tanaka Yosimaru were invited as visiting professors as early as 1928.
Now the department has successfully established close cooperative relations with Institutions like "The sericulture research of Chinese academy of agricultural sciences, Shanghai Institute of Entomology of Chinese academia sinica,
Address:
Tel./Fax.: +86-571-86971670
Web site: http://www.cas.zju.edu.cn
Academic administration committee
Head of the discipline | Lou Chenfu |
Director of the department | Lu Xingmeng |
Associate director | Hu Fuliang |
Main division and laboratories
Germplasm resources and molecular breeding laboratory
Director : Xu Mengkui; associate director: Chen Yuyin
Name | title | Major research fields |
Dr. Lou Chenfu | professor | Transgenic technique, tissue culture and molecular biology of mulberry, |
Xu Mengkui | professor | Genetics, breeding and seed technology of silkworm, Bombyx mori. |
Dr. Chen Yuyin | professor | Breeding and molecular genetics, seed technology of silkworm, Bombyx mori |
Dr. Zhong Boxiong | professor | Molecular biology, silkworm breeding. |
Dr. Ye Zhiyi | Associate professor | Genetics and breeding, disease control and prevention of mulberry, biology of animals with specific economic importance. |
Jiang Yonghuang | Associate professor | Molecular biology and silkworm breeding |
Su Songkun | Lecturer | Molecular genetics and functional elements of honey bee |
Liu Hong | Technician | Seeding technology of silkworm, biological techniques in research of animals with specific economic importance. |
Comparative molecular biology laboratory
Director: Lv Sunling, associate director: Miao Yungeng
Name | title | Major research fields |
Lv Sunlin | professor | Physiology of Insect |
Dr. Lu Xingmeng | professor | Pathology of invertebrate, microbiology |
Lu Xuefang | professor | Physiology and pathology of Silkworm, Bombyx mori |
Dr. Miao Yungeng | professor | Physiology and biochemistry of Silkworm, Bombyx mori |
Shao Qingjun | Associate professor | Aquatic nutriology, technology of water environmental control |
Zhu Bingquan | Associate professor | Zoology of Animals with special economic importance |
Su Miaoan | Associate professor | Aquatic biology, ichthyography |
Xu Haishen | lecturer | Pathology of hydrobiont |
Dai Xianjun | lecturer | Pathology of hydrobiont |
Wang Fangwei | Assistant professor | Molecular biology of microorganism, biocontrol techniques |
Biological resources and material engineering center
Director: Zhu Liangjun; associate director: Zhu Xiangrui
Name | title | Major research fields |
Dr. Zhu Lianngjun | professor | Natural high molecular material and silk processing |
Dr. Zhu Xiangrui | Associate professor | Applied chemistry, processing of sericultural byproducts |
Dr. Mian Sijia | Associate professor | Biological material, silk protein, silk processing |
Hu Fuliang | Associate professor | Honey bee product processing, biology of honey bee |
Jin Peihua | Associate professor | Management of sericultural information |
Lin Rong | lecturer | Applied chemistry |
Bioreactor center
Director: Shi Lianggeng; associate director: Xu Yusong
Name | title | Major research fields |
Dr. Shi Lianggen | professor | Silkworm Bombyx mori as bioreactor, silkworm rearing technology |
Dr. Xu Yusong | associate professor | Molecular biology of animal development, molecular biology of insects, functional genome |
Dr. Wu Xiaofeng | associate professor | Expressing system of baculovirus, silkworm Bombyx mori as bioreactor |