中国科学院深圳先进技术研究院由中国科学院、深圳市政府、香港中文大学2006年在深圳共同组建，已经逐渐成为集教育、科研、产业、资本四位一体的新型科研机构。先进院拥有一支结构合理，创新能力卓越的研发队伍，拥有一支由研究生、博士后、访问学者组成的高水平流动人员队伍，现有员工1800多人，50%具有博士学历；超过600人具有海外留学背景，PI（教授、副教授）百分之九十从国外引进回国。拥有一套先进、高效的管理体制和合理完善的科技成果转移、转化的科技成果被企业广泛接受与应用，培养的专门人才得到社会广泛认同与欢迎，成为人才一流、科研一流、管理一流的国家研究机构。--------------------- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology(SIAT)-Chinese Academy of Sciences was jointly established by Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), The Chinese University of Hong Kong(CUHK), and the Shenzhen Municipal Government in 2006. Over the past 13 years, SIAT has earned an outstanding reputation for translating findings from basic research into industrial application under the efforts of the interdisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers. The wide-ranging expertise drawing from technical, engineering or science professions has now positioned SIAT at the interface between biology technologies(BT) and information technologies(IT) for the 21st century innovation.