Nico Schiettekatte, Counselor for Health, Welfare & Sport (VWS) at Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in China, visited Human Phenome Institute of Fudan University (HuPI) on October 11.
Schiettekatte visited the labs and the world’s leading room calorimeter designed and made for the Institute by the Dutch company Maastricht Instruments. Liu Tiemin, PI of Human Phenome Institute guided him through the instruments.
Tian Mei, distinguished professor of Fudan University, gave an general introduction to the international human phenome mega-scienece project and the blueprint for the Project’s future development at the panel session following the visit.
Counselor Schiettekatte spoke highly of the Project as well as the HuPI, and said he would continue to boost research cooperation between Dutch universities and Fudan University.
The Human Phenome Institute (HuPI) was founded in 2017 as one of the key pillars of the Zhangjiang-Fudan International Innovation Center. The HuPI leads the International Human Phenome Project (Phase 1) with support from the first Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Special Funds for Major Projects, aiming to collaborate with international partners to launch the big science projects and build major world hub for biology and medicine innovation.
The research fields of HuPI consist of: 1) constructing the technical and standard systems for human phenome technology; 2) designing and building human phenome database, researching and developing needed system analysis methods; 3) collecting human phenome data, building human phenome maps, and applying to specific studies; 4) developing and integrating key human phenome technologies; 5) investigating the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying human phenome.
The HuPI currently has 21 PIs: 1 Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 10 awardees of national or provincial level distinguished scholars. Moreover, HuPI has 10 assistant professors and a professional executive and academic service team.
