FierceBiotech has released the 2021 Global Top 10 List of Scientific Research Institutions

Recently, FierceBiotech released the 2021 Global Top 10 List

Source: Official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Name of Institution: Harvard University

Nature Index score: 910.
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Founded in 1636, Harvard University is a private research university
.
For many years, it has been ranked among the top research institutions in the world
.
Although the prestigious institution's 2021 Nature Index score decreased by 4.
1% compared to the previous year, it is still well above the Max Planck Association
for the Advancement of Science, which ranks 3rd.

Harvard University has more than 20 buildings dedicated to scientific research, and a well-developed network of cooperatives
.
One of the most important collaborators is the 7th-ranked Broad Institute
of Technology (MIT).

In February, the U.
S.
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) ruled that Zhang's team from Harvard and MIT's Broad Institute had patents for the use of CRISPR gene-editing technology in eukaryotic cells, and the protracted patent lawsuit was finally settled
.

Source: Harvard University website

Name of the institution: Max Planck Association for the Advancement of Science

Natural Index score: 782.
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Founded in 1948, the Max Planck Association for the Advancement of Science is germany's largest non-university scientific and academic institution dedicated to basic research in
the natural sciences, life sciences and humanities.
It moved up 2 places in the 2021 list to top three, but the Nature Index score dropped
slightly.

The Max Planck Association for the Advancement of Science has an emerging network of research institutes that operate independently of each other and have their own budgets
.
Their outputs are mostly concentrated in the life sciences and chemistry fields, while extensive preclinical laboratory work is carried out, laying the foundation
for the development of potential innovative drugs.

Source: Max Planck Association for the Advancement of Science official website

Name of institution: French National Centre for Scientific Research

Natural Index score: 675.
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Founded in 1939 and affiliated with the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the French National Centre for Scientific Research is the largest government research institution in France and prides itself
on being led by scientists.

Although the natural index score of the French National Centre for Scientific Research has dropped from 768 in 2016 to 675.
69 today, it is still one
of the top scientific institutions in the world.
Over the past 20 years, more than 1,700 startups have poured out
of the labs that the research center oversees administratively.

Source: Official website of the French National Centre for Scientific Research

Name of institution: Stanford University

Natural Index score: 606.
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Founded in 1885, Stanford University is a private research university
.
The university's scientific output is mainly concentrated in the field of life sciences, making it easily ranked 5th
.

Stanford's natural index score has been steadily rising since 2016, with the most important partner being Harvard, followed by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF
).
The university has a strong influence in the field of biotechnology, cultivating a number of alumni
who are at the forefront of new drug development technology and have founded related companies.

Source: Stanford University website

Name of the institution: German Helmholtz Federation

Natural Index score: 565.
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Founded in 1995, the German Helmholtz Federation ranks sixth in the global ranking and third
in Europe.
Its research activities are concentrated in six main research areas: energy, earth and environment, life sciences, key technologies, material structure, and transportation and aerospace
.

While the life sciences are the least covered area of the Helmholtz Consortium, the institution published a rather influential paper in 2021 on topics including the pathophysiology of lung cancer and the underlying drivers
of breast cancer.

Source: Official website of the German Helmholtz Federation

Name of Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Natural Index score: 533.
13

Founded in 1861, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a comprehensive private university in the United States with a focus on the physical and life sciences fields
.

When it comes to MIT, it is necessary to mention the Broad Institute, a well-known scientific research institution composed
of researchers from five teaching hospitals of MIT, Harvard University and Harvard University.
Over the years, the Broad Institute has developed a variety of therapeutic drugs and conducted extensive research
on genes and cancer.

Source: MIT official website

Name of Institution: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Natural Index score: 530.
20

Founded in 1978, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences is an innovative institution of higher learning approved by the Ministry of Education of China with the focus on postgraduate education and the integration of science and education, its predecessor was the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which was renamed to its current name
in June 2012.
Compared with the previous year, the institution's natural index score rose by 21.
4%, making it the scientific research institution
with the largest increase.

The research of THE University of Science and Technology is mainly concentrated in the fields of chemical and physical sciences, while the life sciences are slightly ahead of the earth and environmental sciences
.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, and the Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences are its three major partners
in China.

Source: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences official website

Institution Name: University of Science and Technology of China

Natural Index score: 502.
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Founded in 1958, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) is a university
affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is mainly based on cutting-edge science and high technology, and has both medicine and characteristic liberal arts.
The school's natural index score rose 8.
8 percent
compared to the previous year.

Life sciences account for a small proportion of the share of research output of THE University of Science and Technology of China, but it is enough to make it on the list
.
This may be thanks to the new School of Life Sciences and Medicine, which was founded in 2017, and research typically focuses on disciplines
such as biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, immunology, neuroscience, biophysics, genetics, and genomics.

Source: University of Science and Technology of China official website

Name of institution: Peking University

Natural Index score: 492.
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Founded in 1898 as Beijing Normal University, Peking University was the first national comprehensive university in China and the highest educational administrative organ
in China at that time.
In recent years, Peking University has grown rapidly, with the nature index score soaring from 386 in 2016 to 492.
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now.
This growth is mainly due to the Biomedical Frontier Innovation Center of Peking University, known as BIOPIC
.