Researchers at the Wuhan Botanical Garden have developed a Transformer-based method, called scmFormer, to integrate large-scale single-cell proteomics and transcriptomics data using a multi-task transformer.

Prof. LUO Daji's group from the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Prof. LIU Mugen's group from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, illustrated the novel molecular mechanism linking the METTL16-mediated m6A modification to the cell cycle progression of HSPCs during early embryonic development.

The research group led by Prof. CHEN Zhuo from Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter of the Chinese Academy of Sciences innovated bacterial-mediated fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) technique to synergistically boost antimicrobial photodynamic therapy outcomes with photosensitizers.

Dr. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology has described the current progress of the technical innovation in editing tools, the development of superior delivery methods as well as their advanced applications in crop breeding.

Researchers led by Prof. HUI Lijian from the Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the collaborators, systematically analyzed regional heterogeneity and signaling interactions during cholestatic injury and repair in mouse liver.

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden, in collaboration with researchers from Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, conducted a meta-analysis to synthesize existing research on the effects of leaf traits and soil fauna on litter decomposability on a global scale.

Researchers from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology have made progress in cloning a broad-spectrum powdery mildew resistance gene, Pm36, encoding a novel tandem kinase with a transmembrane domain (WTK7-TM) originating from wild emmer wheat.

A new study introduced an efficient interspecies blastocyst complementation system and for the first time generated functional rat forebrain tissues in mice, while revealing the autonomous and non-autonomous influences on cellular development in the context of interspecies forebrain chimeric backgrounds.

A research team led by Prof. HUANG Qing from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science found a new mechanism by which astaxanthin can target interleukin-6 and thus reduce lipopolysaccharide-induced adverse inflammatory response in macrophages.

Researchers at the Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology recently developed a novel aggregation-induced emission carbon dots for visualization of nuclear and zebrafish long-term imaging.

A research team led by academician YU Shuhong of the University of Science and Technology of China introduced a bioinspired Bouligand structure with a hierarchical and reconfigurable interfibrous interface that significantly boosted mechanical strength and toughness through dynamic load transfer and energy dissipation.

Prof. TU Jie's team at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a study on astrocytes in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) to investigate their roles in regulating impaired risk assessment in mental disorders.