In a study published in Science Advances on June 29, a research team led by ZHAO Qiang and WU Beili of the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, made a breakthrough in the field of chemokine receptors by solving the cryo-electron microscopy structures of CX3CR1-Gi and CX3CR1-CX3CL1-Gi complexes.

Researchers led by Prof. LIN Wenchu from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) have proposed a mechanism by which circular RNA (circRNA) can promote the progression of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in vitro and in vivo.

A research team led by Prof. SI Longlong from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology has proposed a new live-attenuated influenza vaccine approach.

In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, the University of Bristol, and the Open University of the United Kingdom reported exceptionally rich assemblages of plant spine fossils collected from late Eocene (about 39 million years ago) sediments in central Tibet.

In order to investigate the current and the future potential effects of climate change on Hydnora species, researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden simulated the potential distribution and range changes for Hydnora abyssinica and Hydnora africana for the current baseline period and the future (2050 and 2070) under two representative concentration pathway scenarios.

A research group led by Prof. LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) has provided a novel platform to reconstitute multisubunit SKP1/Cullin1/F-box (SCF) E3 ligases in vitro using an engineered SKP1-Cullin1-RBX1 (eSCR) protein.

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden sequenced the complete chloroplast genomes of six Kenya Polystachya species, conducted comparative genomic analysis, and reconstructed the phylogenetic tree to explore the phylogenetic position of Polystachya in Orchidaceae.

A research group led by Prof. WANG Xiaoxue from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology has uncovered a novel interplay between a coral pathogen and other coral commensal bacteria, which directly determines the health of stony coral.

A research team led by Prof. YOU Feng from the Institute of Oceanology revealed that Foxl2 and Dmrt1 play important roles in fish sex phenotype formation.

In a recent study, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and Shanxi Agricultural University investigated the mechanisms of nanoparticle-mediated cadmium (Cd) tolerance in plants.

Increased use of trees in agriculture can lead the way towards a transformation of the global food system, according to a new study released in May. Scientists have found that even small incremental increases in global tree cover on agricultural land could provide short-term respite to carbon accumulation in the atmosphere, benefiting the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services.

A research team from the Wuhan Botanical Garden and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University has sequenced the genome of American lotus, and revealed possible genomic bases for petal color, carpel thermogenesis and domestication in lotus.