Prof. CAO Xiaofeng's team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, in collaboration with researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology, reported a new understanding of how light affects plant growth.

Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed an antioxidative bioactive glass reinforced injectable hydrogel possessing dual capacities of angiogenesis and reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging for the treatment of diabetic wounds.

Researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden revealed the molecular mechanism of NnFTs in the lotus flowering transition, providing theoretical basis and valuable genetic resources for the genetic improvement of lotus flowering time.

A research team led by Prof. LI Yu from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Prof. ZHANG Chunxiang from the Southwest Medical University, identified a novel mechanism for CREB/ATF bZIP transcription factor (CREBZF) in chronic inflammatory responses to potentiate insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

A study published in Science reported a comprehensive database of single-neuron projectomes consisting of over 10,000 mouse hippocampal neurons, thus revealing the spatial connectivity patterns of mouse hippocampal neurons at the mesoscopic level.

Researchers led by Prof. ZUO Juan from the Wuhan Botanical Garden set up one-mm root mesh bags in a three-year plant functional group removal experiment in a Qinghai-Tibetan alpine meadow with five PFG treatments: no removal control, legumes (legume and graminoid removal), forbs (legume and graminoid removal), graminoids (legume and forb), and all plant removed. The roots of the target plants (some as root litter) were present only outside the mesh bags. After one year, soil nematodes were identified inside and outside of the root mesh bags.

During a botanical expedition to Yuanyang Guanyinshan Provincial Nature Reserve, researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden collected an unknown Rubiaceae species. After extensive examination and comparison within allied groups, morphological comparison with related literature and herbarium specimens, they confirmed that the unknown species was new to science.

In order to explore family-based strategies to effectively promote pro-environmental behavior, a research team led by Dr. LIU Pingping from the Institute of Psychology conducted an empirical study on children (11-14 years old) and their families (416 pairs of valid data on parents and children).

Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden examined the relationships among nutrient resorption efficiency, drought resistance traits, and leaf structural traits in woody species in a Chinese savanna characterized by severe seasonal drought.

The research team led by Prof. LIU Jing at the Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health revealed the molecular mechanisms by which the base analogues BrdU and IdU promote somatic cell reprogramming through DNA damage repair pathways, regulating histone acetylation and DNA demethylation, and summarized the correlation between BrdU dosage and effects across multiple reprogramming systems.

A research team led by Dr. KONG Yazhuo from the Institute of Psychology conducted a series of studies by combining physical pain and social pain to examine the effect of social pain on physical pain perception.

Dr. WANG Linqi's group and Dr. Yu V Fu's group from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have demonstrated that the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans can form persisters during lung infection that are highly tolerant to amphotericin B (AmB), the only approved fungicide for the treatment of cryptococcal infections.