Researchers at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology and the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health have developed a light-sheet flow imaging system (LS-FIS) for high-throughput three-dimensional imaging of zebrafish based on flow light sheet.

A research team led by Prof. ZHAO Guoping from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has proposed a mechanism by which protein disulfide isomerase can translocate from endoplasmic reticulum to the mitochondria under radiation stimulation, participate in regulating mitophagy and mediate tumor radiosensitivity, which is of great significance for understanding the role of mitochondrial targets in radiosensitivity.

In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) and their collaborators attempted to determine whether variations in light, microclimatic conditions and host tree size affect the variation in species composition and phylogenetic structure of epiphytic bryophyte communities.

Researchers led by Prof. ZHANG Xin at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science combined the 9.4 T static magnetic field (SMF) with a commonly used anti-cancer drug imatinib mesylate on gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) bearing mice. They found that the 9.4 T SMF not only enhanced the anti-tumor effect of imatinib, but also reduced the drug side effects on tissues and organs. In addition, it reduced depressive behavior in mice.

Now, a group of Chinese scientists has described a previously undefined pathway by which Mtb counteracts host immunity. Specifically, the researchers identified the known Mtb protein tyrosine phosphatase PtpB as a phospholipid phosphatase that inhibits the host inflammasome-pyroptosis pathway by hijacking host ubiquitin.

A research team led by Prof. SUN Chaomin from the Institute of Oceanology reported a novel zero-valent sulfur production pathway in a deep-sea sulfate-reducing bacterium via thiosulfate metabolism.

Marsdenia burmanica Wen B. Xu & J. Y. Shen, a new species of Southeast Asia, was recently named jointly by the Wuhan Botanical Garden and the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. It is the 24th new species published by the Wuhan Botanical Garden in the past 10 years.

In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden have attempted to link ecological stoichiometry to epiphyte population dynamics, by using four consecutive epiphyte censuses performed in 2005, 2010, 2015, and 2020 in a subtropical montane cloud forest in the Ailao Mountains in southwest Yunnan.

A research team led by Prof. ZHANG Yibing from the Institute of Hydrobiology provided more comprehensive evidence in vivo and in vitro that LGP2-knockout zebrafish is more susceptible to spring viraemia of carp virus (SVCV) infection than wild type zebrafish, and LGP2 deficiency severely disrupts the homeostatic regulation of host immune response to viral infection.

LI Dong's group from Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Science, and the collaborators devised the rationalized deep learning super-resolution microscopy (rDL-SRM).

In a recent study, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) attempted to disentangle factors shaping outcrossing rate and genetic structure of different populations by combining data on the spatial distribution, the behavior of pollinating birds, and the mating system.

Researchers have developed a genomics-informed pre-breeding strategy that predicts genomic information within and across gene banks, pinpointing the best parent candidates for the desired plant characteristics in wheat. The team published their approach, which resulted in plants that outyielded current wheat varieties in multiple field trials.