Wuhan Institute of Virology

Not to be confused with Wuhan Centre for Disease Control.
Wuhan Institute of Virology
中国科学院武汉病毒研究所
AbbreviationWIV
Predecessor
  • Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory
  • South China Institute of Microbiology
  • Wuhan Microbiology Institute
  • Microbiology Institute of Hubei Province
Formation1956
FounderChen Huagui, Gao Shangyin
HeadquartersXiaohongshan, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Coordinates30°22′35″N 114°15′45″E / 30.37639°N 114.26250°E / 30.37639; 114.26250
Director-General
Wang Yanyi
Xiao Gengfu[1]
Deputy Director-General
Gong Peng, Guan Wuxiang, Xiao Gengfu
Parent organization
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Staff (2014)
295[2]
Websiteenglish.whiov.cas.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Wuhan Institute of Virology
Simplified Chinese中国科学院武汉病毒研究所
Traditional Chinese中國科學院武漢病毒研究所
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn Wǔhàn Bìngdú Yánjiūsuǒ

The Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (WIV; Chinese: 中国科学院武汉病毒研究所) is a research institute on virology administered by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), which reports to the State Council of the People's Republic of China.[3] The institute is one of nine independent organisations in the Wuhan Branch of the CAS.[4] Located in Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei, it was founded in 1956 and opened mainland China's first biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory[5] in 2018. The institute has collaborated with the Galveston National Laboratory in the United States, the Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie in France, and the National Microbiology Laboratory in Canada. The institute has been an active premier research center for the study of coronaviruses.[6]

  1. ^ "Current leader" 现任领导. Wuhan Institute of Virology, www.whiov.ac.cn. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020. Wang Yanyi, born in 1981, PhD, researcher. She is currently the director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the leader of the molecular immunology discipline group... Xiao Gengfu, born in 1966, PhD, researcher. Current Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology...
  2. ^ "Spotlight on Wuhan". Nature. 13 May 2015. doi:10.1038/nj0447. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 7095288. S2CID 214693785.
  3. ^ "Fact check: The Wuhan Institute of Virology is not owned by GlaxoSmithKline". Reuters. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ "About Us: Brief introduction". Wuhan Branch. Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference pmid28230144 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Qiu J (1 June 2020). "How China's 'Bat Woman' Hunted Down Viruses from SARS to the New Coronavirus". Scientific American. Retrieved 5 January 2024.