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Scientists Engineer Elite Herbicide-Tolerance Alleles by Coupling Protein Design with Gene-Expression Tuning
A research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia and Prof. CHEN Yuhang developed a “dual-layer” allele engineering strategy, which coordinats structure-guided protein design with precise cis-regulatory tuning, to generate rice and wheat with improved herbicide tolerance.
15 Oct 2026
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A Spatiotemporal Lifecycle Atlas Decodes Spatial Coordination in Rice
Recently, a group led by Prof. YANG Weicai from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with several research teams, built a 3D spatiotemporal atlas of rice spanning 10 organs and 61 stages from seed to seed.
10 Oct 2026
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Researchers Develop SpaceA: A Spatial Omics Technology for Higher-Order Chromatin Architecture
A group led by Prof. LI Xiang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed SpaceA, a spatial 3D genomics technology that enables high-confidence, in situ profiling of long-range chromatin interactions within tissue sections, through integrating microfluidic spatial barcoding with a SPRITE-like ...
05 Oct 2026
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OpenFISH enables same-section spatial transcriptomics and MALDI–MSI integration
Prof. DUAN Lihui at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), developed an open, low-cost imaging-based spatial transcriptomics platform that can also integrate spatial metabolomics on the very same slide.
24 Sep 2026
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Researchers Reveal How Tiny Alarm Signals Help Soybean Fight Different Diseases
A research Group led by Dr. LI Lei at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, discovered a flexible warning system that helps soybean defend different diseases.
27 Aug 2026
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Researchers Develop Bridge RNA-Guided Large-Fragment Editing System for Cross-Kingdom Precise Genome Manipulation
A team led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a bridge RNA-guided recombinase system that enables programmable, scarless large-fragment genome editing across both plant and mammalian cells.
25 Aug 2026
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Researchers Enable Programmable Design of Synthetic Plant Immune Receptors
A research team led by Prof. GAO Caixia from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a platform for constructing Synthetic Plant Immune Receptors (SPIRs) capable of recognizing diverse pathogen proteins.
20 Jul 2026
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CAS Scientists Invited to Author a Spotlight on HDL-Mediated Protection from Ferroptosis
Dr. AI Youwei from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Dr. HUANG Xun at IGDB and TaiKang Medical School, Wuhan University, were invited to author a Spotlight article discussing the recent Molecular Cell research article, “mTORC1 activity suppresses ferroptosis through a SCARB1-dependent H...
29 Jun 2026
