Institute of Biophysics
Profile
| Official Chinese name | 中国科学院生物物理研究所 |
|---|---|
| Official English name | Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Chinese aliases | 北京实验生物研究所, 生物物理所 |
| English aliases | Beijing Institute of Experimental Biophysics |
| Acronyms | IBP |
| Research fields | Protein science, brain and cognitive science, infection and immunity, nucleic acid biology, life sciences, biopharmaceuticals and in vitro diagnostics |
| Total employee count | Unknown |
Summary
Institute of Biophysics is categorised as a Limited Defence Partner based on the following indicators:
- Defence advisor
- 1 indicators
- Defence award
- 1 indicators
- Defence funding
- 3 indicators
- Defence laboratory
- 1 indicators
- Military-technology patent
- 1 indicators
- Research collaboration with defence entities
- 3 indicators
A limited defence partner contributes to the development of China’s defence capabilities in ways that are limited in time, frequency, scope or scale. Evidence indicates that participation has either ceased or if it persists, it is narrow in scope, not institutionalised and occurs through isolated or infrequent activities led by individual researchers, rather than through sustained programmes or organisational commitments.
Rules-based framework
| Rule | Resulting category |
|---|---|
| Two or more indicators = 4 | Core defence partner |
| One indicator = 4 and two indicators = 3 or Three or more indicators = 3 | Regular defence partner |
| One indicator = 4 and one indicator = 3 and all other indicators = 1 or 2 or Two indicators = 3 and all other indicators = 1 or 2 | Limited defence partner |
| All indicators between 0 and 2 | Civilian institute |
| Three or more indicators = 0 | Insufficient data |
Note: All indicators operate on a 0 to 4 scale. There are a total of six indicators.
For more information on the graded scales see the user guide.
Defence advisory roles
Members of the leadership of the Institute of Biophysics have probably not served on defence-related expert committees. While information on relevant staff is available and current, it lacks sufficient detail to rule out all potential ties. This assessment is therefore made with medium confidence.
Defence awards
Available information indicates that no Institute of Biophysics researchers have received defence awards to date.
Researchers and projects at the Institute of Biophysics have probably not received any defence awards. However, because of incomplete underlying data, this assessment is made with medium confidence. Awards granted to individuals not surveyed cannot be fully ruled out.
Defence funding
Between 2021 and 2025, researchers from the Institute of Biophysics authored 26 publications funded by Chinese defence entities, placing the institute in the 49th percentile among the CAS institutes included in this analysis. Of the 2,063 authors affiliated with the Institute of Biophysics who published during this period, 76 (4 per cent) had at least one defence-funded publication. However, it is not possible to attribute specific funding to individual researchers based solely on publication data.
Defence laboratories
No publicly available information suggests that this institute hosts or is affiliated with any known defence laboratories. The Chinese language laboratory websites do not mention any links or references to defence-related activities.
Military-technology patents
Between 2021 and 2025, the Institute of Biophysics was not granted any military-technology patents. This places it at the very bottom (0th percentile) among the CAS institutes included in this analysis. No inventors from the Institute of Biophysics were listed on any military-technology patents during this period.
Research collaboration with defence entities
Between 2021 and 2025, researchers from the Institute of Biophysics co-authored 183 publications with at least one Chinese defence entity, placing the institute in the 14th percentile among the CAS institutes included in this analysis.
These collaborations include 9 publications with PLA academic institutions, 87 with defence laboratories, 15 with military hospitals, 78 with members of the Seven Sons of National Defence and 32 with members of the Seven Sons of Ordnance Industry.
Of the 2,063 authors affiliated with the Institute of Biophysics who published during this period, 325 (16 per cent) had at least one defence-related collaboration.
Return to directory