China takes action in microbiome research

Jan 31, 2018

In October 2017, the CAS Institute of Microbiology, jointly with the Microbial Resource Collection Center of 12 countries around the world, announced the co-sponsorship of a collaborative global and indigenous microbial genome sequencing program. The program will...

Shenzhen team develops promising method for bone regeneration

Jan 31, 2018

The group of RUAN Changshun, PAN Haobo and LU William from CAS Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) has developed a novel two-channel 3D-bioprinting method to fabricate osteoblast-loaded nanocomposite hydrogel constructs. The encapsulated osteoblasts...

CAS group achieves overproduction of carotenoids in Chlorella

Jan 30, 2018

The group of HUANG Junchao from CAS Kunming Institute of Botany succeeded to generate a mutant of Chlorella zofingiensis (CZ-bkt1) which accumulated zeaxanthin up to 7 mg/g when induced by high light irradiation and nitrogen deficiency, and 36 mg/L by additional...