CAS Key Laboratory of the Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor 
Director: KONG Xiangyin 
Deputy Director: QIAN Youcun, QIN Jun 
Number of Principal Investigators: 19 

Research Focuses: 
Tumor genetic and epigenetic regulation and intervention 
Immune regulation and tumor intervention 
Stem cell research and tumor therapy 

CAS Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety 
Director: YING Hao 
Deputy Director: ZHAI Qiwei, WU Aibo 
Number of Principal Investigators: 18 

Research Focuses: 
Nutrient sensing signaling 
Metabolic regulation networks 
Nutritional intervention and metabolic diseases 
Toxic mechanisms and metabolic pathways of food-borne hazards 
Food safety risk assessment and pollution control   

CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology 
Director: WANG Sijia 
Deputy Director: SHAO Zhen, ZHANG Guoqing, LI Haipeng 
Number of Principal Investigators: 12 

Research Focuses: 
Big data analysis of complex gene expression regulation 
System modeling and simulation for complex traits 
Population genetic models and evolutionary analysis 
Biomedical big data 

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