In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden summarized the current knowledge concerning the regulatory effects of jasmonate on root growth inhibition and root hair elongation. They found that jasmonate proteins interact with other transcription factors to regulate jasmonate-induced root growth inhibition and/or root hair elongation.

A research group led by Prof. ZHU Yingjie from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology has revealed the mechanism of nucleus accumbens in mediating positive and negative motivational valence.

Recently, a research team led by Prof. GUI Jianfang from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. MEI Jie from Huazhong Agricultural University elucidated the origin and evolutionary mechanism of young sex chromosomes and the chromatin remodeling in the catfish with sexual plasticity.

Research teams led by H. Eric Xu, ZHUANG Youwen, XIE Xin, and WANG Mingwei from the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported and analyzed the high-resolution cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of human μOR activated by opioid analgesics such as fentanyl, morphine, and oliceridine, thus revealing for the first time the mechanisms of recognition and activation of μOR induced by fentanyl and morphine.

Dr. WANG Lan's group from Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the collaborators, revealed the role and mechanism of UHRF1 in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and discovered a specific UHRF1 inhibitor, which provides a theoretical basis and potential diagnosis strategies for the clinical treatment of AML.

Assoc. Prof. WANG Qidong from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Hugueny Bernard from University Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier in France, carried out quantitative observation from 2017 to 2019 in 26 shallow lakes located in the Jianghan Lake Group in the Yangtze River Basin, and revealed that lake eutrophication induces functional simplification and homogeneity of fish community.

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden investigated the combined effects of varying types of micro-plasticss and arsenic (As (III) and As (V)) on submerged macrophytes, and they found that the adsorption of arsenic on micro- and nano-plastics intensifies the toxic effect on submerged macrophytes.

Researchers at the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that tumor cells experiencing ER stress non-cell-autonomously suppressed anti-tumor immunity to facilitate tumor growth by secreting cholesterol via small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) and fostering the expansion and activation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs).

The researchers at the Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, and the collaborators, developed a high-performance virtual reality (VR) platform which is assembled from modular hardware and custom-written software with upgradability, providing a more economical and flexible tool for context-dependent cognitive research in rodents.

Recently, a research group led by Prof. SUN Yonghua from the Institute of Hydrobiology, in collaboration with Prof. CHEN Zhenxia from Huazhong Agricultural University, demonstrated the novel mechanisms that germline-specific mitochondrial organization is necessary for the maintenance and differentiation of GSPCs.

A research team from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology has revealed that a protein complex named MAC is required for DNA damage response in plants.

Recently, a research group led by Prof. HE Shunping from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences elucidated the EEAC's evolution systematically from ecogeographic, phylogenetic, macroevolutionary, and comparative genomic perspectives.