Research News
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Mice without Gut Bacteria Have Better Abilities to Dispose Glucose – New Study in Nature communications Suggests Why
A recent study by Prof. John Speakman’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, shed a new light on the important role of gut-brown adipose tissue axis in regulating glucose metabolism
20 Aug 2021
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Researchers Reveal Metabolic Root of Zika Virus induced Microcephaly and Possible Treatment
Researchers from Tsinghua University, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Center for Protein Sciences found supplementation of NAD+ or its precursors can alleviate Zika virus (ZIKV) induced neuronal death and brought a potential therapeutic strategy to newborns suffering from ZIKV-infection.
13 Aug 2021
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The Memory of Neuronal Mitochondrial Stress is Passed on to Their Descendants
Dr. TIAN Ye's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that neuronal mitochondrial stress can be sensed and reacted to by the mitochondria in the germline to potentially promote the maternal inheritance of elevated mtDNA levels across many generations in a Wnt signaling-dependent m...
03 Aug 2021
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Nuclear Factor Y Subunit GmNFYA Facilitates Histone Acetylation for Salt Tolerance in Soybean
Prof ZHANG Jinsong’s team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), discovered that a nuclear factor Y subunit GmNFYA can modify histone acetylation and activate stress-responsive genes for salt tolerance in soybean.
21 Jul 2021
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Researchers Reveal the Essential Role of R-loops in Maize Centromere
Dr. HAN Fangpu's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reports the genome-wide mapping of R-loops in maize.
15 Jul 2021
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Researchers Reveal an Epigenetic Mechanism That Helps Plants to Live under High Temperatures
Recently, a research team led by Dr. JIANG Danhua from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated how the model plant Arabidopsis adjusts its growth under high temperatures and discovered a chromatin and transcription-based mechanism in thermomorphogenesis.
15 Jul 2021
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Continuous Activation of Immune Response Mediated by Ne2 Results in Hybrid Necrosis in Wheat
Recently, the research group led by Prof. LING Hongqing from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences isolated the responsible genes and illustrated the formation mechanism of wheat hybrid necrosis.
05 Jul 2021
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Chinese Researchers Revealed the Synergistic Interplay of Stress Hormone and Growth Hormone
Researchers led by Prof. CHU Chengcai and Associate Prof. TANG Jiuyou at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed that a short-term low-concentration effect of abscisic acid on rice seedling is synergized, rather than antagonized, by the brassinosteroid signaling pathway, which sheds new lig...
05 Jul 2021