A research team led by Prof. WANG Congli from the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, for the first time, utilized full-length transcriptome sequencing technology to investigate soybean cyst nematode resistance in soybean.

Nannochloropsis oceanica has been recognized as an industrially important single-cell factory for lipid production because of its fast growth and high lipid content. Its genome contains up to 13 acyl CoA:diacylglycerol (DAG) acyltransferases (NoDGATs). A research team led by Prof. HU Hanhua from the Institute of hydrobiology has recently addressed the function and physiological role of NoPDAT in N. oceanica.

A research team led by Prof. CHEN Chunying from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) has recently investigated the evolution of the "nano-protein corona" during endocytosis and its disturbance to protein homeostasis and cell metabolism.

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) have collected and maintained a collection of about 100 plants of Annonaceae, a large pantropical flowering plant family. Recently, observations of flower morphology in the Annonaceae collection at XTBG have led to the identification of two unknown species belonging to the genus Polyalthiopsis.

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden utilized a comprehensive dataset of angiosperms of Mt. Namjagbarwa and integrated phylogenetic diversity, mean family age and phylogenetic relatedness representing three aspects of phylogenetic structure for all elevation belts to study the elevational patterns of the phylogenetic structure of Mt. Namjagbarwa and explore potential causes for the patterns.

A research team led by Prof. TIAN Zhixi from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), together with their collaborators, has recently developed a 40K GenoBaits genotyping array to assist soybean breeding and genetic study.

The identification of robust and generalizable biomarkers based on microbial abundance data is challenging. An efficient algorithm is proposed to integrate large-scale microbiome data, and improve the classification performance by quantifying shifts in microbial co-abundances.

Through genetic analysis, researchers from the Kunming Institute of Botany have identified two new genes responsible for the toxin biosynthesis and discovered that these mushrooms use variations of a similar pathway for the toxin production.

A joint research team led by Dr. XU Huatai from the Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology has demonstrated the unique design of the neural microcircuit in the ventromedial hypothalamus.

A research team led by Prof. CHEN Chunying from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology has been exploring the chemical and biophysical properties of protein corona in nanomedicine.

In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) tried to assess the effect of grazing exclusion on water storage, soil infiltrability, and preferential water flows and explore related influencing factors in dry-hot savanna systems.

A research team led by Prof. FU Xiangdong at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology has reviewed the evolution of "Green Revolution" and highlighted the important role of DELLA proteins in balancing plant growth and metabolism.