Sino-British team solves duck genome

A team of scientists from China Agricultural University, BGI, University of Edinburgh and others have completed the genome sequence of the duck (Anas platyrhynchos). The results spread light on the immune response towards avian influenza viruses and host-avian virus...

Chinese Union of Botanical Gardens (CUBG) established

China has over 200 botanical gardens and arboreta, but only 66 % of native plant species and just 34 % of endangered plant species are presently protected. CUBG plans to step up these figures to 80 % and 70 %, respectively. CUBG is jointly sponsored by CAS, the State...

Team at CAS QIBEBT improves hydrocarbon production by cyanobacteria

Based on screening of cyanobacterial strains and genetic transformation, the efficiency to produce hydrocarbons from CO2 in engineered strains was signicficantly improved, and yields of fat and hydrocarbons were improved 8 times over the wild-type strains (Anabena,...