Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health

What Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health does

The Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH) is a national non-profit research institution of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), founded in 2016 through the merger of four institutes and two centers of the former Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences. It is headquartered at 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai, and is organized around three key national laboratories — Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor; Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety; and Computational Biology — supporting approximately 60 principal-investigator-led research groups and a combined headcount of around 1,000 faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students.

SINH conducts basic and applied research in four areas: prevention and control of chronic diseases and healthy aging; nutrition and food safety; biomedical big data and health management; and life-sciences information analysis. Its technical portfolio spans multi-omics, systems biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, genome and gene-regulatory-network analysis, proteomics, CRISPR-Cas and base-editing screening, metabolomics, quantitative chemical proteomics, single-cell omics, epigenomics, 3D genomics, functional genomics, and high-throughput in vivo Perturb-seq platforms. Dedicated units include an Information Center for Life Sciences and a Biomedical Big Data Center focused on dataset standardization and biomedical large-language-model development.

SINH does not operate on a commercial revenue model. Its activities are funded primarily through government appropriations as a CAS state entity, supplemented by technology-transfer activity managed by an Office of Technology Transfer and Cooperation and by information services delivered to government and society. Its primary 'customer' in an advisory sense is the Chinese government, with policy output aligned to the 'Healthy China 2030' blueprint, while research collaboration extends to universities, research institutes, hospitals, and industry partners both domestically and abroad. Research findings are disseminated through publication in leading journals including Nature, Science, Cell, Nature Metabolism, and Nature Genetics, and through graduate and postdoctoral training programs with approximately 500 enrolled students.

Name

Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health

Legal name

Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Website

https://english.sinh.cas.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

The Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH) is a non-profit research institute under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducting basic and applied research on chronic diseases, healthy aging, nutrition, food safety, and biomedical big data across three national laboratories, while serving as a policy think tank to the Chinese government.

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Product category

Biomedical Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) (541714), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

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PRIMARYHLAGANAA

Genomics & Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) Services

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Life Science Tools & Services (CRO/CDMO/Lab Services)/Specialty Lab Services (Genomics/Proteomics/Cellomics)

SECONDARYHLAJAIAA

National Public Health Reference Laboratories

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Public Health Laboratories & Reference Testing Networks

Keywords

• Biomedical research services
• Nutrition health research
• Cancer genomics studies
• Computational biology tools
• Biomedical big data

Headquarters

HQ city

Shanghai

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Government Funding and Public Research Grants: As a national non-profit institution of basic and applied research affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), SINH receives government funding to support its research activities. It is not a commercial entity and does not operate on a typical revenue-generating business model.
2. Technology Transfer and Biotechnology Development: The institute aims to make important discoveries and develop new products and technologies to improve nutrition and health, contributing to the development of the bio-industry. It has an Office of Technology Transfer and Cooperation managing intellectual property, research development, and technology transfer.
3. Information Services: The Information Center for Life Sciences (Information Center for Life Sciences) offers quality information services on life sciences and interdisciplinary fields to the government and society.

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Core offering

SINH is a national non-profit research institution that conducts basic and applied research in four major areas: prevention and control of chronic diseases and healthy aging, nutrition and food safety, biomedical big data and health management, and information analysis in life sciences. It also operates as a policy think tank for the Chinese government, an educational institution offering graduate and postdoctoral programs, and a hub for technology transfer and industrial cooperation. Its outputs are research publications, policy advisory services, trained researchers, and licensed biotechnologies.

Product overview

Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH) is a national non-profit research institution under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, not a commercial product company. Founded in 2016, SINH conducts basic and applied research in four major areas: (1) prevention and control of chronic diseases and healthy aging, (2) nutrition and food safety, (3) biomedical big data and health management, and (4) information analysis in life sciences. The institute comprises three key laboratories (Key Laboratory of Tissue Microenvironment and Tumor; Key Laboratory of Nutrition, Metabolism and Food Safety; Key Laboratory of Computational Biology), approximately 60 research groups led by principal investigators, and supporting units. Research activities are organized through faculty-led laboratories covering diverse areas including cancer research, stem cell biology, immunology, metabolism, genetics, computational biology, systems biology, and neuroscience. SINH also serves as a scientific think tank providing information services to the government and society, and operates graduate and postdoctoral education programs with approximately 500 students enrolled.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Basic and Applied Research Programs in Nutrition and Health Multi-disciplinary basic and applied research programs spanning chronic disease prevention and healthy aging, nutrition and food safety, biomedical big data and health management, and life sciences information analysis, conducted through approximately 60 research groups led by globally recruited principal investigators.
• Graduate Education Program Structured graduate programs cultivating next-generation researchers in nutrition, health, and life sciences, with around 500 students enrolled as of end-2024 and support from CAS academicians and National Excellent Young Scholars recipients.
• Postdoctoral Training Program Postdoctoral fellow training programs that develop early-career researchers in nutrition, health, and biomedical sciences, including international fellowship pathways such as the CAS President's International Fellowship (PIFI).
• Information Center for Life Sciences Services Quality information services on life sciences and interdisciplinary fields provided to the Chinese government and society, supporting evidence-based policy, biomedical big data governance, and public science communication.
• Technology Transfer and Industrial Cooperation Services Office of Technology Transfer and Cooperation services that manage intellectual property, research development, and technology transfer with universities, research institutes, hospitals, and industry in China and abroad.
• Policy Advisory Services to the Chinese Government Scientific think tank services that provide health-related policy recommendations and life sciences expertise to the Chinese government, aligned with the national 'Healthy China 2030' blueprint.

Quantifiable outcome

• SINH publishes high-impact research in leading journals including Nature, Science, Cell, Nature Metabolism, Nature Genetics, and others, demonstrating research excellence in nutrition, health, and biomedical sciences.

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Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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No

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Feature9 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC): China's national public health agency that conducts disease surveillance, epidemiology, and reference laboratory services. Comparable to SINH in public health mission and government affiliation, though broader in scope and more operational than research-focused.
• Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard: A leading US biomedical and genomic research institute that conducts large-scale multi-omics, computational biology, and disease research. Directly comparable research agenda (cancer genomics, single-cell, biomedical data) at a globally benchmarked scale.

Regional players

• Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine: Major Shanghai-based academic medical institution with overlapping research in chronic disease, cancer, and nutrition. Comparable in geographic proximity, research scope, and role in training Shanghai's biomedical researchers.
• Peking University Health Science Center: One of China's premier medical research universities with strong programs in cancer, nutrition, and public health. Comparable as a peer Chinese biomedical research institution competing for talent, grants, and policy influence.

Direct peers

• The Francis Crick Institute: A large UK biomedical research institute with ~1,500 researchers focused on cancer, aging, and immunology. Comparable in scale (~1,000+ staff), mission, and integration of basic research with translational programs.
• Wellcome Sanger Institute: UK-based genomic research institute known for large-scale sequencing, cancer genomics, and open-science data generation. Comparable as a genomics-intensive research institute with strong institutional backing and computational biology depth.
• Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing: German research institute focused on aging biology, metabolism, and disease mechanisms. Comparable to SINH's healthy aging and chronic disease mission, with shared emphasis on basic mechanistic research and global PI recruitment.
• National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing (NIBS): A Beijing-based life sciences research institute under CAS that conducts similar frontier research in genomics, stem cells, and disease mechanisms. NIBS is directly comparable as a CAS-affiliated biomedical research institution with comparable scale and mandate.
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL): Intergovernmental research organization covering molecular biology, genomics, structural biology, and bioinformatics. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary, government-funded life sciences research consortium with similar training and service mandates.

Emerging players

• BGI Group: China-headquartered genomics and biotech conglomerate with deep NGS capabilities and proprietary sequencing platforms. Comparable as a Chinese genomics powerhouse, though commercially oriented rather than non-profit, and overlapping in cancer genomics and population genomics research.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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