Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden and the Kunming Institute of Botany have investigated the effects of plant functional diversity, species diversity, phylogenetic diversity, tree above-ground biomass, and environmental factors on SOC during forest succession following land abandonment from swidden agriculture.

A research group from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences used the research methods of "microplastic communities" to demonstrate the pollution characteristics of microplastics in alpine rivers in Qilian Mountain, and has preliminarily identified factors affecting their distribution in remote areas.

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden and the Institute of Hydrobiology investigated the removal efficiency of heavy metals and antibiotics, as well as their migration characteristics and underlying interactions in constructed wetlands using small-scale constructed wetlands and laboratory dynamic adsorption experiments.

Researchers from Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, and the collaborators, revealed the structure of dopamine receptor D5R and activated dopamine receptor D4R, and systematically analyzed the polypharmacology and signaling mechanisms of the entire dopamine receptor system.

A research team led by Prof. GUI Jianfang from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a unique reproduction mode in the polyploid Carassius complex and developed an efficient approach to synthesize sterile allopolyploids.

A research team led by the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology has developed a new approach called SCIVVS to assess the contents and quality of various probiotics efficiently and cost-effectively.

Recently, the research group led by Prof. XIA Xiaoqin from the Institute of Hydrobiology innovated the preparation of immune cell suspensions from the zebrafish intestinal mucosa and developed a fast and simple operation method.

Scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology discover a new ion channel protein conferring broad-spectrum resistance to Plasmodiophora brassicae, the causal pathogen of a deadly disease on Brassica crop plants.

Dr. Raymond Chan from the Institute of Psychology and Dr. Simon Lui of the University of Hong Kong have conducted a study to examine prospection in patients with first-episode schizophrenia, they found that patients with first-episode schizophrenia showed impairments in envisioning future events.

Researchers led by Prof. QI Xiaoquan from the Institute of Botany have systematically demonstrated that pollen coat biosynthesis and transport are complex processes involving compartmentalized biosynthesis, coordinated transport, and precise regulation between organelles and cell types.

A research team led by Prof. HU Guangwan from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the first complete chloroplast genome of Polygonatum campanulatum, and then conducted comparative and phylogenetic analysis of the complete chloroplast genomes of six Polygonatum species.

A team of researchers from the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering Technology reviewed the latest research progress of fluorescence coupling droplet microfluidics of various analytical substances (enzymes, metabolites, antibodies) in the past decade.