A joint research group led by Prof. CHANG Junlei and Prof. LUO Qian from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology explored the dynamic process of cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury using desorption electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry imaging.

Based on nanopore-based technology, a new method was developed for the rapid detection of microbes from cancer patients by a collaborated research team led by Prof. GU Hongcang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS).

Researchers led by Prof. WANG Kexiong and Prof. XU Jun from the Institute of Hydrobiology revealed the risk of food web simplification and biodiversity decline in sluice-controlled lakes during the fishing ban, and suggested to restore the fish migration by improving the connectivity in autumn and winter.

In search for a functional explanation of altitudinal treeline formation, Dr. HE Rui, supervised by Prof. DANG Haishan from the Wuhan Botanical Garden used the method of combining allometric growth equation of L. chinensis with non-structural carbohydrates concentrations to explore the spatial variability of end-season carbon allocation between storage and growth of larch trees along an elevational gradient in the Qinling Mountains and to probe into the physiological mechanism of treeline formation from carbon allocation.

Dr. TIAN Ye's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology revealed that G-protein-coupled receptor signaling is critical for coordinating the intestinal unfolded protein response activation in response to neuronal mitochondrial perturbations in Caenorhabditis elegans.

In a recent study published in Journal of Genetics and Genomics, a research group led by Prof. HE Shunping from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated how the regulation of 3D chromatin organization was involved in feeding preference adaptation.

In a recent study, the potential estimation bias caused by the use of plasticine models was valued by a team of young researchers who have ever received training at the Advanced Field Course in Ecology and Conservation - Xishuangbanna (AFEC-X).

A joint research team led by Prof. LI Yunhai at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Profs. SONG Chunpeng and GUO Siyi at the Henan University, have recently revealed the molecular mechanism of an SNW/SKI-INTERACTING PROTEIN in regulation of endoreduplication and cell growth in Arabidopsis.

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden, together with collaborators from University of Nottingham and Zhejiang University, have reviewed and summarized the current studies of ERFs in fruit ripening and fruit resistance to pathogens, as part of an investigation into novel approaches for altering transcriptional regulation to improve fruit quality and pathogen resistance.

A recent study led by Dr. SUN Yu's group at Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed the roles and functional mechanisms of senescence-associated secretory factor epiregulin (EREG) in treatment-damaged tumor microenvironment.

A research team led by Prof. LIU Qingsong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has developed a novel Mammalian STE20-like protein 1 kinase (MST1) inhibitor for the treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D).

In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden attempted to explore the effects of phorophyte removal on robustness of epiphyte community. They investigated the structure of epiphyte-phorophyte networks in the tropical rainforest of Xishuangbanna and conducted a first attempt to predict extinction cascades in epiphyte-phorophyte networks.