Research News

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  CDKC;2: A New Player in Plant Growth and Drought Response

  Recently, a research team led by Prof. XIE Qi’s lab in the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found a new gene CDKC;2 related to plant growth and drought response

  23 Jun 2017

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  Scientists Reveal Structure and Function of a Novel Family of TRIC Channels

  Researchers led by Dr. CHEN Yuhang at Institute of Genetics and Development Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, analyzed the structure and function of a novel family of trimeric intracellular cation (TRIC) channels and proposed a novel gating mechanism.

  08 Jun 2017

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  Scientists Discover a Novel Mechanism for the Regulation of Microtubules Array

  Researchers from MENG Wenxiang group at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that Nezha/CAMSAP3 (calmodulin-regulated spectrin-associated protein 3) and katanin p60 could coordinate to help MTs release from the centrosome in epithelial cells.

  07 Jun 2017

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  Cytokinins Activate Stem Cells during Axillary Meristem Initiation

  A new research led by JIAO Yuling from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, showed that cytokinin signaling, in combination with epigenetic regulation, de novo activates WUSCHEL expression during axillary meristem initiation to enable shoot branching.

  06 Jun 2017

• Researchers Find a Common Proteome Response to Divergent Environmental Stresses in Cyanobacterium

  Using a photosynthetic model organism Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, Professors WANG Yingchun’s group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found a common proteome response to divergent environmental stresses

  27 May 2017

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  Jasmonic Acid Biosynthesis Promotes Mesocotyl/Coleoptile Elongation of Etiolated Rice Seedlings

  Professors ZHANG Jinsong’s group and CHEN Shouyi’s group, from Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Professor LI Zhikang’s team, from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, discovered the mechanism for mesocotyl/coleoptile elongation in etiolated rice seedlings.

  05 May 2017

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  Genome of Indica Rice Demonstrates How to de novo Assemble a Highly Contiguous Reference Genome

  A group of researchers led by scientists at Institute of Genetics and Development Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences published a de novo assembly of an indica rice genome (Shuhui498 or R498), demonstrating how to assemble a highly contiguous and chromosome-scale near complete reference genome through an integrative strategy, which lever...

  05 May 2017

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  Asian Wild Rice is Not So Wild

  The researchers from CHU Chengcai’s group at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences together with scientists from University of Copenhagen, Denmark and University of Berkeley, USA found that Asian wild rice is a hybrid swarm with extensive gene flow and feralization from domesticated rice.

  18 Apr 2017