Wuhan Institute of Virology

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Research institute on virology

• Founded

  1956-12-01

• Location

  Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei, People's Republic of China

• Coordinates

  Point(114.2625 30.376388888)

• Chinese Name

  中国科学院武汉病毒研究所

• Key Facility

  Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory (first in mainland China)

• Official Name

  Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

• Research Focus

  Virology, viral pathology, virus technology, coronaviruses, emerging infectious diseases, human viruses, veterinary viruses, plant viruses

• Academic Journal

  Virologica Sinica

Timeline

• The Wuhan Institute of Virology was founded. (Source: Wikidata, Wikipedia, Web Search)

  1956-12-01

• Shifted its main research focus from veterinary and plant viruses to human viruses (such as hepatitis, AIDS, influenza, and SARS) following the SARS outbreak in China. (Source: Web Search)

  2002

• Opened mainland China's first Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018

• Anthony Fauci, President Biden's chief medical adviser, stated that a full investigation into the COVID-19 lab-leak theory was warranted. (Source: Web Search)

  2021-05

• The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it would suspend and then end funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology due to concerns about transparency and safety protocols. (Source: Web Search)

  2023-07-17

Wuhan Institute of Virology

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 under the Wuhan Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Located in Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei, it was founded in 1956 and opened mainland China's first biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory 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.

Web Search Results

• Spotlight on Wuhan - PMC - PubMed Central

  ### Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences #### Establishment The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) was established in 1956. It is the only institute specializing in virology, viral pathology and virus technology among 19 other biological and biomedical research institutes in CAS. Image 34: graphic file with name 41586_2015_Article_BFnj0447_Figz_HTML.jpg [...] Located in Wuhan, WIV boasts an excellent academic environment and first-class research facilities including the State Key Laboratory of Virology, the CAS Key Laboratories of Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology. The Institute also hosts two National Centers for Level 4 Biocontainment (NC4) and Viruses and Culture Collection (NCVCC). [...] When the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) of CAS was established in 1956, its main research focus was on veterinary viruses and plant viruses that can be transmitted with common pests. After the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in China in 2002, WIV has gradually taken on more research projects on human viruses such as hepatitis, AIDS, influenza and SARS following the demand of more home-grown research on human viruses in China. As a result, WIV was in the national

• Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), CAS | Research profile - Nature

  Skip to main content × Institutions Countries/territories Topics Article Time frame: 1 June 2024 - 31 May 2025 Institution search supports local language names. (Examples: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 筑波大学) View the latest institution tables View the latest country/territory tables View topics # Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), CAS # 中国科学院 武汉病毒研究所 ##### China Time frame: 1 June 2024 - 31 May 2025 ## Research ### Overall research output [...] Joint Center of Translational Precision Medicine State Key Laboratory of Virology (SKLV)") Wuhan Institute of Virology-Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital Joint Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Health [...] + Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), CAS, CAS") + Institute of Automation (IA), CAS, CAS") + Institute of Biophysics (IBP), CAS, CAS") + Institute of Botany (IBCAS), CAS, CAS") + Institute of Chemistry (ICCAS), CAS, CAS") + Institute of Coal Chemistry (ICC), CAS, CAS") + Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), CAS, CAS") + Institute of Earth Environment (IEE), CAS, CAS") + Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE), CAS, CAS")

• US ends funding for China's Wuhan Institute of Virology - The BMJ

  The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on 17 July that it would suspend and then end funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China to protect the public interest.1 [...] Skip to main content 1. News & Views 2. US ends funding for... 3. US ends funding for China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology News # US ends funding for China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology BMJ 2023; 382 doi: (Published 24 July 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;382:p1701 Article Related content Metrics Responses Peer review 1. Janice Hopkins Tanne Author affiliations 1. New York [...] A memo was sent to the House of Representatives oversight select subcommittee which has been investigating US grants to WIV. The memo details a lengthy record of failed communications between US agencies and the Wuhan institute. It said that WIV repeatedly refused to provide requested laboratory notebooks, electronic data records, and other information about safety and security. It concluded that the institute “lacks the present responsibility to participate in US federal government procurement

• Covid origin: Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is so disputed - BBC

  Published Time: 2021-05-27T17:21:01.000Z Covid origin: Why the Wuhan lab-leak theory is so disputed Skip to content Advertisement Watch Live has been studying coronaviruses in bats for over a decade. The institute is a 40-minute drive from the Huanan wet market where the first cluster of infections emerged. Image 2: Map showing location of Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan city [...] Image 3: Reuters Wuhan Institute of VirologyReuters Lab-leak theories centre on the Wuhan Institute of Virology But it was reported the Biden administration had shut down a state department investigation, set up by President Trump, into the lab-leak theory. "That possibility certainly exists, and I am totally in favour of a full investigation of whether that could have happened," Anthony Fauci, President Biden's chief medical adviser, told a US Senate committee hearing in May 2021.

• Wuhan Institute of Virology

  Virologica Sinica is an academic journal which aims at presenting the cutting-edge basic and applied research on viruses all over the world. The journal publishes peer-reviewed original research articles and... [...] Wuhan Institute Of Virology Scientists clarify HIV entry into resting CD4 T cells ##### In a recent study by the research group led by Prof. CUI Zongqiang in Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, using QD-based single-virus imaging, the sc... ## News and Events more ## Research Progress more ## Notice more ## Core Facilities more ## Virologica Sinica

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• Country

  People's Republic of China

• Located In

  Jiangxia District

• Instance Of

  Q31855

• Coordinates

  Lat: 30.376388888, Lon: 114.2625

• Inception Date

  12/1/1956

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. The institute is one of nine independent organisations in the Wuhan Branch of the CAS. Located in Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei, it opened mainland China's first biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory. 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.