Guangdong Research Centre for Lipids Science and Engineering
 
time: 2017-05-17

         Guangdong Research Centre for Lipids Science and Engineering was established and supported by School of Food Science and Technology, South China University of Technology. Vice dean of the School, Professor Yonghua Wang, entitled Zhujiang Scholar, is acting as the current Director. The Centre has been approved officially by Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Department in 2015. The Centre scopes the identification and evaluation of novel lipids with special bioactivities, nutrition and metabolism of lipids, discovery of novel enzymes for lipid transformation, application of new technology for the production of functional lipids in industry, and safety and quality control in lipids processing.  The eyes of the Centre covered the innovation of lipids from Lab to the production line.

            A series technical platforms involved lipids and lipases has been integrated into the Centre. Those included the platforms for molecular modification and large-scale screening of special lipases, for large-scale production and stabilization of enzymes, for investigation the self-assemble and catalyzed-coupling reaction of special enzymes for lipids, for evaluation of QC and QA in lipids processing, and for studying the nutrition and metabolism of lipids. The Centre has excellent background in those areas. Plenty of independence intelligence properties are our core competitive power. The goal of the Centre is break the ice in application of novel lipids with functional bioactivities in China and exhibit healthy, nutrient, and safe lipids to the people.

           At present, the center has a professional research and development team consisting 39 scientific researchers, 14 engineers and 2 administers. There are also 6 post doctoral fellows, 20 doctorial candidates and 65 master degree students working for different projects running by the Centre.

           The Centre is based on 4 Labs with a total area of over 2500 m2. More than 350 modern instruments for studying of protein and lipids were allocated in different laboratories.


We are devote ourselves to be in the top scientific units in the area of

  • Production of novel lipids with biotechnology;

  • Special enzymes for lipids;

  • Nutrition and metabolism of lipids;

  • Safety of the lipids;

  • Comprehensive utilization of lipid processing industrial by-products.

    We want to be the biggest organization covered the scientific research, development of technology and training of specialist in those areas in Southern China. And then improve the innovation and upgrading of the whole lipid processing industry.