Research News
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Systematic, Efficient, and Accurate Approach for Identifying Key Regulatory Factors in Wheat Spike Development
Researchers from XIAO Jun's team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed a systematic and efficient strategy for identifying key regulatory factors in wheat spike development
05 Feb 2024
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Neuronal Abnormalities in an Autism-associated Canine Model Carrying Shank3 Mutations
Researchers from Professor ZHANG Yongqing’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, established for the first time a brain slice electrophysiology system in an autism-associated canine model and uncovered neuronal structural and functional abnormalities in Shank3 mutant dogs.
05 Feb 2024
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Lipid traffic jam: Chinese scientists reveal how dAcsl orchestrates lipid transport in Drosophila
Scientists from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology demonstrate that Drosophila long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (dAcsl), which catalyzes the conversion of fatty acids into acyl-coenzyme As (acyl-CoAs), plays a critical role in regulating systemic lipid homeostasis.
04 Feb 2024
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Researchers Study Role of Post-transcriptional Splicing in Plant Response to Light
Prof. CAO Xiaofeng’s team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with researchers from the Southern University of Science and Technology, reported light controls the PTS of genes that regulate photosynthesis in the mesophyll cells of plants.
01 Feb 2024
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Researchers Develop Prime Editors Using Cas12a and Circular RNAs in Human Cells
GAO Caixia’s group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a series of new prime editors based on the Cas12a protein, further expanding the targeting scope and applications of precision genome editing.
11 Jan 2024
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Epigenetic Decisions: Unraveling Low-Nitrogen Adaptation Strategies in Wheat Cultivars
Prof. XIAO Jun at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found the epigenomic landscape of two representative wheat cultivars, Kenong 9204 (KN9204) and Jing 411 (J411), indicative of varied nitrogen use efficiency.
22 Dec 2023
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Evolution of TE-initiated ELEs Generates Subgenome-biased Spike Specificity in Common Wheat
Professor XUE Yongbiao’s team at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, unearthed a plethora of distal regulatory elements derived from TEs, which exert a significant influence on the transcriptional regulation of subgenomes.
14 Dec 2023
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Chinese Scientists Reveal a Novel Mechanism of Angiosperm Self-incompatibility
The research group of Prof. XUE Yongbiao, from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that S-RNases form a membranelless puncta structures S-RNase condensates (SRCs) through phase separation in the cytoplasm of self- but not non-self-pollen tubes in Petunia hybrida.
04 Dec 2023