Research News
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Enhancers Cooperate to Regulate the Master Transcription Factor Atoh1 for Sound Receptor Hair Cell Development
A joint work provide insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying Atoh1 expression regulation in the cochlea HCs and novel potential therapeutic targets for HC regeneration in the damaged cochlea
08 Aug 2022
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Endogenous Ceramide Phosphoethanolamine Modulates Circadian Rhythm and Longevity in Drosophila
Prof. SHUI Guanghou’s team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, presented new findings pertaining to how endogenous ceramide phosphoethanolamine modulate circadian rhythm and longevity via neural-glial coupling in Drosophila.
03 Aug 2022
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Awaking the SLEEPING BEAUTIES in Wheat Genome: Provoking a Silent R Gene Confers Resistance to Powdery Mildew
Research groups of Drs. LIU Zhiyong and ZHAO Yusheng from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences proposed a novel idea to reactivate or awake those silenced genes for wheat improvement by provoking a silent R gene in wheat genome confers resistance to powdery mildew.
01 Aug 2022
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Researchers Uncover the Molecular Basis of High Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Wheat Cultivar Kenong 9204
A research team led by Prof. LING Hong-Qing from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators, generated a high quality genome of Kenong 9204 (KN9204), a high nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) wheat cultivar bred in IGDB, and illustrated its possible molecular mechanisms driving the high N...
01 Aug 2022
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Researchers Discover Wheat Yield-enhancing Gene
Researchers led by Dr. JIAO Yuling from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators from Peking University, have found that gene editing of an APETALA2/ethylene responsive factor transcription factor, DUO1, could significantly improve wheat grain yield.
18 Jul 2022
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Reversible Acetylation of TOPLESS Acts As a Switch in JA Signaling.
Prof. Dr. LI Chuanyou’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), researchers revealed that HDA6 directly interacts with and deacetylates TPL to positively regulate JA responses, not by presumed targeting histone proteins.
14 Jul 2022
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Elevated Crosstalk between Immune and Tumor Cells in Relapsed Ependymoma
A study led by Dr. WU Qingfeng from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that immune cell crosstalk is upregulated in relapsed EPN patients with poorer survival outcome.
13 Jul 2022
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Researchers Construct a Spatio-temporal Expression Map of the Whole Brain Proteome of Domestic Dogs
Recently, a research team led by Prof. ZHANG Yonging from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences performed a comparative study of the postnatal development of brain between human, dog and mouse brain and demonstrated that different brain regions have distinct cytoarchitecture, function and myelination pr...
13 Jul 2022