 The Institute has received National Natural Science Foundation, '973', '863', 'Knowledge Innovation Program' and other major research grants, supporting outstanding research in a range of areas.The achievements of the Institute in terms of awards, publications, patents, and applied research maintain the Institute at the highest level nationally, and it has worldwide recognition for research in the life sciences.Among other connections, since 2008 it has hosted an intensive course in macromolecular crystallography as a resource closely modeled on the course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, USA, and involving both US and Chinese instructors.