Research News
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Researchers Find the Solution to Fighting Pre-harvest Sprouting in Rice
CHU Chengcai’s group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, recently found that a starch-debranching enzyme plays an important role in the improvement of rice pre-harvest sprouting tolerance
24 May 2018
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Scientists Reveal Spatiotemporal Regulation of Thalamic Nuclei Formation
Recently, Dr. WU Qingfeng’s research group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota and the University of Pennsylvania, found that the remarkable coupling of patterning, cell division and cell fate specification in a spatiotemporally specific manner to...
14 May 2018
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Chinese Scientists Uncover Novel Components in Prenylated Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Hops
Recently, researchers from WANG Guodong's group in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Prof. Richard Dixon from University of North Texas, USA and Prof. Jing-Ke Weng from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA identified and characterized two non-catalytic chalcone ...
14 May 2018
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IGDB Scientists Review Receptor-Like Cytoplasmic Kinases in Plant Signaling
The research team led by Prof. ZHOU Jian-Min at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, wrote an invited review article to summarize Review Receptor-Like Cytoplasmic Kinases in Plant Signaling.
10 May 2018
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Chinese Scientists Generated a High-quality Wheat A Genome Sequence
A joint research team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, BGI Shenzhen and Keygene in the Netherland generated a high-quality genome sequence of Triticum urartu, the progenitor of wheat A genome.
09 May 2018
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Brassinosteroid Receptors Associate with G Proteins to Sense and Transduce Sugar Signaling in Arabidopsis
Researchers from LI Yunhai’s group in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborated with Professor CHENG Beijiu from the Anhui Agricultural University and Dr. ZHENG Leiying from the Institute of Botany, CAS, reported that BR receptors associate with G proteins to regulate sugar-respo...
07 May 2018
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Scientists Revealed that a MAPK Signaling Pathway Controls Grain Size
Recently, a joint team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that a MAPK cascade signaling regulates grain size in rice.
04 May 2018
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Human Neutralizing Antibody Protects against Zika Virus in Mouse Models
Dr. XU Zhiheng’s group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with Dr. ZHANG Linqi’s group from Tsinghua University, found that a single injection of human neutralizing antibody protects against Zika virus infection and microcephaly in the developing mouse embryos.
04 May 2018