Research News

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  Unlocking Rice’s Yield Potential: Trio of Genes Holds the Key

  A research team led by Dr. LI Yunhai from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences uncovered a novel genetic mechanism that controls grain size and yield in rice, offering promising strategies to enhance global food production.

  24 Mar 2025

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  Scientists Reveal Neuronal Calcium Oscillations involved in Tissue Communication

  A recent study led by Dr. Ye Tian’s research team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, reveals that chronic mitochondrial stress in neurons promotes serotonin release via TMBIM-2-dependent calcium (Ca²⁺) oscillations.

  20 Mar 2025

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  Chinese Scientists Unravel the Century-old Mystery of Wheat Hybrid Necrosis

  A team led by LIU Zhiyong from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences isolated Ne1 and understood hybrid necrosis in wheat, a phenomenon that severely hinders the aggregation of desirable traits and restricts the breeding of new varieties.

  20 Mar 2025

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  Scientists Reveal Epigenetic Regulation of Photomorphogenesis in Plants

  The research group led by Prof. Cao Xiaofeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently unveiled the cooperative roles of photoreceptors, epigenetic modifiers, and transcription factors in light-responsive gene regulation in plant.

  13 Mar 2025

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  Chinese Scientists Find Structural Variation that Boosts Grain Number in Sorghum

  Chinese scientists led by Prof. XIE Qi’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences uncovered two major genes responsible for sorghum’s double-grain spikelet, which dramatically enhance grain number and crop yield.

  06 Mar 2025

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  Chinese Scientists Reveal Anti-Bacterial Role of Plant Metabolite

  Chinese scientists from Prof. ZHOU Jianmin’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that a widespread plant defense metabolite may help combat bacterial diseases in crops.

  01 Mar 2025

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  Chinese Scientists Unlock the Genetic Code of Soybean Development

  The research team led by TIAN Zhixi from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with partners, has pioneered a groundbreaking "macro-single-cell-spatial" three-level transcriptional analysis system to reveal the dynamic trajectories of gene expression during soybean growth and development.

  01 Mar 2025

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  Near-Complete Genome Assembly of Chinese Spring Paves the Way for Future Wheat Breeding

  A team led by FU Xiangdong and LU Fei from the Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved a near-complete assembly of the wheat CS genome (CS-CAU) addressing high-repetition sequences and polyploidy issues in wheat genomics, and offered a model for sequencing other complex crop genomes.

  01 Mar 2025