A research group led by Prof. SUN Yuhua from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences provides the evidence that POGZ controls the stemness of ESCs and ESC neural induction by association with esBAF.

Researchers from the Institute of Oceanology reported the first deep-sea crustacean genome, and illustrated the mechanisms related to body gigantism of deep-sea isopods and specific mechanisms for crustaceans adapting deep-sea environments.

Researchers led by Prof. FANG Zhiyou and Prof. CHEN Xueran from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, have found, for the first time, that Oct4A is the key factor in maintaining the tumorigenic activity of glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs). Palmitoylation mediated by ZDHHC17 is essential to prevent lysosomal degradation of Oct4A to maintain its protein stability and facilitate the formation of complexes between Sox4 and Oct4A.

ZHAO Lizhong's group of Hangzhou Dianzi University, user of the Steady-state High Magnetic Field Experimental Facility (SHMFF), Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, has recently investigated the intrinsic magnetic properties of ThMn₁₂-type permanent magnets and confirmed the anisotropic field and saturation magnetization by using of Physical Property Measurement System in SHMFF.

Single cell sequencing has been widely employed to construct the developmental cell atlas of several representative species of vertebrates (human, mouse, zebrafish and frog) and tunicate (sea squirts). Here, we performe single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) and single-cell assay for transposase accessible chromatin sequencing (scATAC-seq) for different stages of amphioxus (covering embryogenesis and adult tissues). With the datasets generated, we constructed the developmental tree for amphioxus cell fate commitment and lineage specification, and characterize the underlying key regulators and genetic regulatory networks.

A research team led by Prof. CHEN Yushun from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated that the unselective fishing could reduce fish diversity and homogenize assemblage structure in lakes.

In a recent study, Dr. HAN Fangpu's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology has reported the establishment of new wheat-rye addition lines that conferred resistance to Ug99. The researchers developed two completely new sets wheat-rye disomic addition lines by molecular cytogenetic methods.

Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology have found a new mechanism that guards the ER sorting of Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Kinases (LRR-RKs) in Arabidopsis cells. They found three ER localized proteins SUN3, SUN4, SUN5 that regulate ER sorting of LRR-RKs to the plasma membrane.

Recently, a collaborated research team led by Prof. LI Hai and WANG Hongzhi from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed an interpretable radiomic model for predicting radiotherapy treatment response in patients with brain metastases.

Researchers from Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology have developed bacteria-affinitive photothermal carbon dots that can specifically bind bacteria and rapidly heat up with laser irradiation to destroy bacterial cell walls and kill bacteria.

A research team led by Prof. HU Chunxiang from the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences explored the community-based carbon cycle overall patterns and successional variation in biocrusts.

Recently, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden analyzed carbon/water flux data during 2014–2016 in a mature rubber plantation in Xishuangbanna. They compared the net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange, gross primary production, canopy evapotranspiration, crop water productivity, canopy conductance and transpiration rate under foggy and non-foggy days of cool dry (November-February) and hot dry (March-April) seasons to reveal the impact of fog on these carbon and water processes.