CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science（CEPAMS）

　　https://www.cepams.org 

　　The CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS) brings together three world-leading laboratories in the UK and China to tackle the global challenges of food security and sustainable health care.

　　Shanghai Center for Cassava Biotechnology (Sino-Swiss Cooperation)

　　http://www.cassavabiotech.org 

　　Shanghai Center for Cassava Biotechnology (SCCB) is a joint "virtual laboratory" supported by Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SIBS, CAS) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) in order to formalize and intensify bilateral collaborations, sharing of resources, development of common research interests and training of scientists in the field of cassava and sweetpotato biotechnology. Since its foundation in April 2007, SCCB has became an advanced biotechnology laboratory to answer basic scientific questions related to the constraints of cassava and sweetpotato production and to develop technologies for bridging the gap of scientific discoveries and applications.