On October 26th, the opening ceremony of the "Laboratory Animal Center of Xipu Huihu Pharmaceutical College" jointly built by XJTLU Huihu Pharmaceutical College and Suzhou Jima Gene Co., Ltd. was officially held.
The Experimental Animal Center is a usable animal house built in accordance with national standards, located in Suzhou Biomedical Industrial Park, only 2 km from XJTLU. The animal room in the experimental center has a construction area of about 1340 square meters and a barrier area of about 780 square meters, and can raise more than 20,000 large mice at the same time.
"The Laboratory Animal Center of WHIPu Huihu Pharmaceutical College is the first laboratory animal center in the fifteen years since the establishment of XJTLU, which solves the problem of personnel and equipment in animal experimentation that XJTLU has been working on, and will provide a first-class scientific research platform for XJTLU's talent training." Professor Wang Mu, Executive Dean of WHIPU Huihu School of Pharmacy, said, "Animal experiments are an indispensable part of any new drug before entering clinical trials, and XJTLU and Jima Gene will also cooperate in life science research to make contributions to human health within their capabilities." ”
When talking about the cooperation model between the two sides, Dr. Zhang Peizhuo, Chairman of Jima Gene, introduced, "Jima Gene will provide professional experimental animal technical services such as experimental animal breeding management, tumor model animal platform, analysis and testing platform, etc., to meet the technical and equipment needs of XJTLU Huihu Pharmaceutical College in animal experimentation. Dean Wang Mu said, "Xipu Huihu Pharmaceutical College will make good use of the laboratory animal center and strive to cultivate high-quality, compound and innovative talents who can lead the development of biomedicine to give back to the society." ”
Xu Dechang, Director of XJTLU's Office of Research Productivity and Innovation, believes that the cooperation between the two sides has achieved the creation of an innovation ecosystem in the XJTLU 3.0 model that supports enterprise R&D and industry upgrading. "The establishment of the Laboratory Animal Center is another major initiative by XJTLU as a catalyst for the development of the biomedical industry."
Chairman Zhang Peizhuo, Director Xu Dechang, Dean Wang Mu and Professor Fu Lei, Vice Dean of Teaching of Huihu College of Pharmacy of Xipu, jointly inaugurated the Laboratory Animal Center, and the participants visited the Laboratory Animal Center after the unveiling ceremony.
According to reports, Jima Gene is one of the leading enterprises in the field of domestic RNA products, with all the core technologies of RNA chemical synthesis at the international advanced level, and has a complete industrial chain from RNA monomer synthesis and small nucleic acid (sirna) synthesis to small nucleic acid drug research and development and RNA drug research and development. The two sides hope that in the future, not only will they form a synergy in terms of talent development, but also use the platform to rapidly integrate XJTLU's basic research with the research and development of RNA drugs by Jima Gene, and carry out more in-depth cooperation in many fields. (Reporters: Zhang Wei, He Liu)