Research News

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  Establishment of a Novel Transgenic Pig Model for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  Scientists at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. LI Xiao-Jiang at Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology and Dr. LAI Liangxue at Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, established a novel transgenic pig model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

  14 Sep 2015

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  Plants Trick Bacterium with a Decoy

  The research group led by Dr. ZHOU Jian-Min at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences collaborating with Dr. Laurent No？l at INRA, jointly found how a plant NLR uses a unique mechanism to turn a virulent bacterium into an avirulent’ one.

  10 Sep 2015

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  Allosteric Receptor Activation by the Plant Peptide Hormone Phytosulfokine

  Researchers in YANG Weicai’s group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborated with researchers in CHAI Jijie’s group in Tsinghua University, revealed the PSK activation mechanism.

  27 Aug 2015

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  Application of an Old Hormone to Crop Yield Improvement

  A recent joint-study made by researchers in groups of Drs. CHU Chengcai and LI Jiayang from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, identified a novel gene BIG GRAIN1 involved in auxin transport and demonstrated the feasibility of modulating auxin transport to improve rice yield.

  18 Aug 2015