This discipline will focus on the development of new theories, new methods and related applied research in the fields of bioinformatics, medical information and biomechanics, and actively explore the intersection with life science and other disciplines such as electronics, information and materials science, which will play an important role in promoting the development of these disciplines. Therefore, this discipline has a very important strategic position in promoting scientific and economic development and benefiting mankind.
Focusing on the long-term development plan and short-term development strategic goal of biomedical engineering in China, the discipline has carried out a series of basic and applied research, and formed its own characteristics in the fields of biomechanics and human function reconstruction, biomedical information and biological control, applied biotechnology, nano-biomedicine, bioinformatics and so on.
This discipline began to recruit doctoral students in 2003, and now there are 1 1 graduate students. In recent years, it has undertaken a number of national 863 projects, national 973 projects, national natural science foundation, Shanghai key science and technology projects, Shanghai nano special projects and other projects, and achieved a number of representative scientific research achievements, some of which have reached the domestic leading and international advanced level.
The research direction of this topic is:
1. Biomechanics and functional reconstruction of human tissues and organs
2. Biological information and medical information
3. Biological materials and their medical applications
4. Basic and clinical research of medical imaging
5. protein and genetic engineering.
6. Biomedical engineering and basic medical biochemistry and molecular biology are the most advanced and active subjects in life sciences. In recent years, the techniques and methods of molecular biology have been widely used in other fields of life science, which makes the research of this subject more and more the basis of research in other fields, and also highlights its importance, which has a very important strategic position in promoting the development of science and technology, economy and society and benefiting mankind.
Tongji University's doctoral program in biochemistry and molecular biology was officially approved in 2006, and began to recruit doctoral students in 2006. The doctoral program is led by Qi, a highly respected academician of China Academy of Sciences, and has a young, capable and well-structured academic team. At present, there are 3 academicians of China Academy of Sciences, 0/4 professors and 8 associate professors. It is an academic echelon with interdisciplinary subjects such as biology, chemistry and medicine, and its academic thoughts are active, reflecting the vitality of emerging disciplines.
In recent years, this discipline has undertaken a number of national 863 projects, a number of national 973 projects, national natural science foundation, Shanghai key scientific and technological projects, etc., and achieved a number of representative scientific research achievements, some of which have reached the domestic leading and international advanced level, and applied for a number of patents at home and abroad, and published hundreds of papers.
The research direction of this topic is:
1. protein Research: Mainly in the research of protease and its inhibitors, peptides and protein toxins, hormones and their receptors, as well as the basic and applied research of molecular vaccines.
2. Genetic engineering and embryo engineering: comprehensively adopt biotechnology such as transgenic technology, animal embryo engineering technology and somatic cell nuclear transfer technology to carry out research on breast bioreactor, transgenic animals with human antibodies, sex selection of animal breeding, transformation of traditional agricultural biotechnology and animal embryonic stem cells, and apply these research to industrial development.
3. Research on drug design and drug delivery system: According to the structural and functional relationship between peptides and natural drugs, design and develop new drugs to treat AIDS and tumors, and carry out drug delivery research and development with nano-materials as carriers.
4. Environmental biology and technology: develop new methods of environmental biological analysis, study the toxicology and degradation mechanism of environmental pollutants, and use modern biotechnology to study the environment and health.
5. Regulation of immune cell function: On the basis that the immune system can target different exogenous pathogenic substances without damaging its own tissues, the scope of immunology will be extended to the practical application of various new immunological technologies and immunological theories related to clinical diseases.
6. Plant cell differentiation: Plant cells mainly combine low temperature electron microscopy, immunocytochemical electron microscopy and molecular biology techniques to study the cell ultrastructure and cell development law of cell development and differentiation.
Master of Biomedical Engineering (first-class discipline) Biomedical engineering is to apply the principles and methods of modern natural science and engineering technology, study the structure, function and other life phenomena of objects, especially the human body, and provide modern natural science and engineering principles, methods and means for all disciplines of life science. Therefore, this discipline is a new frontier discipline combining natural science, engineering technology science and biomedicine.
This discipline will focus on the development of new theories, new methods and related applied research in the fields of bioinformatics, medical information and biomechanics, and actively explore the intersection with life science and other disciplines such as electronics, information and materials science, which will play an important role in promoting the development of these disciplines. Therefore, this discipline has a very important strategic position in promoting scientific and economic development and benefiting mankind.
This subject 1990 master's authorization. Focusing on the long-term development plan and short-term development strategic goal of biomedical engineering in China, the discipline has carried out a series of basic and applied research, and formed its own characteristics in the fields of biomechanics and human function reconstruction, biomedical information and biological control, applied biotechnology, nano-biomedicine, bioinformatics and so on.
Over the years, this discipline has undertaken a number of national and provincial key scientific research projects, including 863 and 973, major scientific research projects and natural funds. Has obtained nearly ten patents, more than a dozen monographs and teaching materials. SCI has collected a number of high-level academic papers.
The research direction of this major is:
1. Biomedical Information and Biological Control
2. Application of biotechnology
3. Biomechanics and human functional reconstruction
4. Nano biomedicine
5. The first-level discipline of bioinformatics biology covers 65,438+02 disciplines such as botany, zoology, physiology, aquatic biology, microbiology, neurobiology, genetics, developmental biology, cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, biophysics and ecology. Our college can recruit graduate students, and this year we plan to recruit students in the following directions.
The research direction of this major is:
1. Biochemical and Molecular Biology
2. Botany
3. Ecological biochemistry and molecular biology are the frontier and one of the most active subjects in life science. In recent years, the techniques and methods of molecular biology have been widely used in other fields of life science, which makes the research of this subject more and more the basis of other fields, and also highlights its importance, which has a very important strategic position in promoting the development of science and technology, economy and society and benefiting mankind.
Tongji University's master program in biochemistry and molecular biology was officially approved in 2003, and began to recruit master students in 2004. The master's degree program is led by a respected academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is equipped with an academic team with interdisciplinary disciplines such as biology, chemistry and environment, reasonable structure, active academic thinking, unity and dedication, and pioneering and innovative spirit. The experimental equipment is complete, the instruments are advanced, and the research materials are rich, which provides a good basic condition for postgraduate training.
In recent years, this discipline has undertaken many projects, such as National 863 Project, National 973 Project, National Natural Science Foundation, Shanghai Key Science and Technology Project and Shanghai Science and Technology Development Fund. , has made a number of representative scientific research achievements, many of which have reached the domestic leading and international advanced level, and applied for a number of patents at home and abroad and published hundreds of papers.
The research direction of this major is:
1. protein research
2. Genetic engineering and embryo engineering
3. Drug design and drug loading system
Botany (two disciplines) Plant science belongs to the category of basic research. Its basic task is to understand and reveal the objective laws of life activities at all levels in the plant kingdom, including the laws of structure and function, growth and development, evolution, distribution and their interaction with the environment; Revealing new principles and exploring new technologies provide basic theories and methods for solving a wide range of application problems. The research fields of plant science include:
Plant morphology: studies the morphogenesis of individual structure, development and phylogeny of plants.
Plant physiology: the study of plant life activities and their laws.
Plant genetics: the study of the laws of plant inheritance and variation.
Plant ecology: the study of the relationship between plants and the environment.
Phytochemistry: The main content of research is the composition, structure and distribution of plant metabolites, which is closely related to the effective components of traditional Chinese medicine and the classification of plants.
Plant resources science is a science that studies the distribution, quantity, use and development of all plants in nature, which is closely related to medicinal botany, plant taxonomy and conservation biology.
The research direction of this major is:
1. Plant cell development
Combined with low temperature electron microscope, immunocytochemical electron microscope and molecular biology technology, the ultrastructure of cell development and its differentiation law were studied.
2. Plant phylogeny and molecular evolution
The phylogenetic relationship of plant groups was studied by means of molecular biology combined with morphological and cytological characteristics. At the same time, the evolution law of genes and gene families in specific plant groups is discussed.
3. Plant genetics
Cloning, identification, functional analysis and expression of important plant genes; Genetic transformation and epigenetic analysis of plant somatic cells
4. Plant resource chemistry
Pay attention to plant growth (including the regulation of plant growth and its relationship with the environment. ), to explore the laws of biosynthesis and physiological functions of plant secondary metabolites.
5. Biology of Plant Protection
This study starts with the protection of biological species and their living environment, biodiversity, biological characteristics, genetic structure characteristics of endangered plants, and the relationship between their habitat status and species endangerment, so as to seek effective ways and methods for the protection and utilization of endangered plants. The rapid development of human science and technology and productivity has not only brought great wealth and progress to human society, but also brought a series of major problems related to human survival, such as environment, population, resources and global climate change. At present, China is facing a series of ecological and environmental problems, such as ecological degradation, complex environmental pollution and increased environmental health risks, which have had a serious impact on social economy.
Ecology is a natural discipline that studies the relationship and movement law between organisms and between organisms and environment, and its research is of great significance to improving the ecological environment on which human beings depend.
The Master of Ecology program of Tongji University conforms to the development of the times. It not only cultivates applied research talents with solid theoretical foundation and strong practical ability in the fields of ecology, toxicology ecology, landscape ecology and environmental biotechnology according to the needs of scientific research and national construction, but also actively carries out safety and environmental ecological risk assessment of typical chemical substances based on the comprehensive advantages of Tongji University and around the medium and long-term scientific and technological development plan of China and Shanghai. Basic research and application research on ecological restoration and utilization technology of contaminated sites, treatment and resource utilization technology of high-concentration refractory organic wastewater, theory and method of drinking water safety and human health.
The research direction of this major is:
L, urban ecology and its application
2. Environmental Biology and Technology
3. Eco-toxicology and health bioengineering is an applied technology system that combines biology, chemistry and engineering, and uses organisms (or some organisms) to produce products needed by human beings or transform the environment. Bio-engineering specialty is based on upstream technology (gene recombination, molecular cloning, etc.) to train talents for the industrialization and engineering of biotechnology. ) and pay attention to downstream technology (biological reaction process, separation and purification of biological substances, etc. ). Bioengineering can directionally transform organisms, process biomaterials and make use of life processes, which are widely used in functional food development, biopharmaceuticals, comprehensive utilization of agricultural products and other fields, and promote the transformation of traditional industries and the formation of emerging industries. This major trains senior talents with basic knowledge and skills in life science and biotechnology, who can engage in scientific research or teaching in scientific research institutions or universities, or engage in related applied research, technology development, production management and other work in enterprises, institutions and administrative departments such as industry, medicine, food, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and environmental protection.
The professional direction covered by this field: genetic engineering, genetic engineering, biomedical engineering, animal embryo engineering, protein engineering, environmental bioengineering, plant resource application technology and tissue engineering.
Scientific research platform:
The college has basically established a technical platform with protein studies as the core; Research and development platforms such as transgenic engineering, bioengineering, tissue engineering and computer-aided medicine. It has formed a chain of disciplines such as developmental biology, biotechnology, biological information, medical information, biological resources and biomaterials.
Based on the above platform, it has undertaken nearly 20 national projects such as "863", "973" and National Natural Science Foundation, and nearly 20 provincial and municipal projects.
Protease inhibitors, scorpion neurotoxins, coagulation and fibrinolysis related proteases and their inhibitors are in the forefront of the world. A number of important scientific and technological achievements, such as human lysozyme goat mammary gland bioreactor, human lactoferrin goat mammary gland bioreactor and somatic cell cloning Saanen dairy goat, were first obtained in China. Applied for nearly 40 patents.