中国科学院分子细胞科学卓越创新中心（简称分子细胞卓越中心）成立于2015年。2019年分子细胞卓越中心获批国家事业单位法人。现任中心主任为刘小龙研究员。
经历半个多世纪的风雨和几代科学家的艰苦创业和奋斗，分子细胞卓越中心（她的前身）先后取得了人工合成牛胰岛素、人工全合成酵母丙氨酸转移核糖核酸、卵母细胞的受精成熟和单性生殖、家鱼的人工繁殖等具有重大国际影响的原创性成果，多次获得国家自然科学、科技进步一等奖。不仅在国内享有崇高的科学和社会声望，也为国际同行所瞩目。
分子细胞卓越中心致力于生命科学前沿基础研究与应用基础研究，依托分子生物学国家重点实验室、细胞生物学国家重点实验室、上海市分子男科学重点实验室，开展基因调控、RNA与表观遗传学，蛋白质科学，细胞信号转导，细胞与干细胞生物学，癌症和其他重大疾病机理等领域的研究。2020年，中心以第一单位/通讯作者发表高水平论文144篇；IF≥10的代表性论文76篇，其中Cell 3篇、Nature Methods 1篇、Nature Genet 1篇、Cancer Cell 4篇、Immunity 1篇、Nature Cell Biology 1篇、Cell Research 5篇。
分子细胞卓越中心拥有一支高素质的创新人才队伍，有1000余人从事科学研究。其中一线研究及技术支撑人员近400人，在学研究生与博士后700余人。随着中科院创新人才战略的实施和顺利推进，分子细胞卓越中心积极参与全球科技人才的竞争，广纳英才，走引进与培养并举的“人才强所”之路，已建成一支以朝气蓬勃、锐意创新的中青年为主体，老中青相结合的学术带头人队伍。76名研究组长中，有两院院士10人，国家杰出青年基金获得者29人。分子细胞卓越中心目前有生物化学与分子生物学、细胞生物学、发育生物学、生物信息学、基础医学（免疫学）博士等5个学位的博士学位授权点。
分子细胞科学卓越创新中心重视学术交流与国际合作，以“派出、来访”等交流形式为基础，推动实体的科研合作，增强中心国际学术影响力。中心积极承担国家或双边、多边国际合作项目，打造“王应睐讲座”和Cell Research Symposia等高水平国际学术交流活动，稳步推进海峡两岸及东亚地区院所的长期交流，拓展国际交流的广度与深度。

The Center for Excellence in Molecular and Cellular Sciences (CEXCELLENCE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was founded in 2015. In 2019, the Center of Molecular and Cellular Excellence was approved as a national public institution legal entity. The current director of the center is Researcher Liu Xiaolong.
Experience more than half a century of wind and rain and several generations of scientists' hard work and struggle, molecular and cellular center of excellence (she) has made the artificial synthesis of bovine insulin, total synthesis yeast alanine transfer RNA, oocytes maturation and fertilization of parthenogenesis, with significant international impact from the artificial breeding of fish as well as the original results, It has won the first prize of National Natural Science and Scientific and Technological Progress for many times. It not only enjoys high scientific and social prestige at home, but also attracts attention from international peers.
Molecular and cellular centre of excellence dedicated to cutting-edge life science basic research and applied basic research, relying on the state key laboratory of molecular biology, cell biology, national key laboratory, Shanghai key laboratory of molecular male science, gene regulation, RNA and epigenetics, protein science, cell signal transduction, cell and stem cell biology, Cancer and other major disease mechanisms and other areas of research. In 2020, the Center published 144 high-level papers as the first unit/corresponding author. 76 representative papers with IF≥10, There were 3 articles on Cell, 1 article on Nature Methods, 1 article on Nature Genet, 4 articles on Cancer Cell, 1 article on Immunity, 1 article on Nature Cell Biology, and 5 articles on Cell Research.
The Center for Molecular and Cellular Excellence has a highly qualified team of innovative talents, with more than 1000 people engaged in scientific research. Among them, there are nearly 400 front-line research and technical support personnel, and more than 700 graduate students and postdocs. With the implementation of the strategy of innovative talents of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and smoothly, molecular and cellular centre of excellence to actively participate in the global technology talented person's competition, a leading, introduction and training of walking and the road of "talents", has built a vibrant, innovative young and middle-aged as the main body, bring together with the combination of academic leaders. Among the 76 research leaders, there are 10 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, and 29 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Fund. At present, the Center of Excellence for Molecular and Cellular Sciences has 5 doctoral degrees in biochemistry and molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, bioinformatics and basic Medicine (immunology).
The Center for Excellence in Molecular and Cellular Sciences attaches great importance to academic exchanges and international cooperation. Based on such exchange forms as "delegation and visit", the center promotes physical research cooperation and enhances its international academic influence. The center actively undertakes national, bilateral and multilateral international cooperation projects, sets up high-level international academic exchange activities such as "Wang Ying-lai Lecture" and Cell Research Symposium A, steadily advance long-term exchanges between institutes across the Straits and East Asia, and expand the breadth and depth of international exchanges.