The laboratory will be run by 11 marine-related organizations, including the Ocean University of China and CAS Institute of Oceanology, and cover 150000 m2 with total investments of 1,3 billion Yuan. It will have 8 labs covering the research areas of marine and climate change, evolution and protection of marine environments, and sustainable use of marine biological resources.

CAS news release, April 17, 2015

The product is derived from bakers yeast and rich in peptides and amino acids. It is advertised as a high-quality animal feed product

China Bio news release, April 16, 2015

The groups of ZHANG Jian and ZHANG Yajie at Ningbo CAS Institute of Materal Engineering and Technology succeeded to oxidize commercial CNTs by controlled ozone oxidation into a carboxylated and phenolated catalyst which could be used to produce hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose.

CAS news release, April 14, 2015

1-Deoxynojirimycin (1-DNJ) is an alkaloid obtained from mulberry, some plants and microorganisms. It is used for the treatment of non-insulin-dependent diabetes, HIV infections, Gaucher diseases and other diseases. The group of TANG Yan has developed an HTS assay for 1-DNJ which is based on its inhibition of LacS, allowing for a blue-white screening.

CAS news release, April 13, 2015

By the end of 2015, the city’s solar collector area will total 560,000 square meters. This is part of the city’s ambitious plans for energy change which will also include geothermal, wind and biogas energy. A breakthrough in the use of new energy vehicles is anticipated for the end of 2016, including electric car charging stations, and the promotion of citywide small-scale and household charging piles.

China Industrial Biotechnology News, April 10, 2105

According to a government report issues by the NDRC, 80 % of the biomass generation capacity in China is not in an advanced state of technology and needs improvement. Biomass direct combustion in power generation equipment is mostly imported foreign technology, and general investment is between 10,000 to 12,000 yuan / kW. In view of China’s rich resources in biomass (e. g., 700 million t/y of harvest straw), the government is planning to step up support for improved biomass energy use.

China Industrial Biotechnology news, April 10, 2015

The process provides improved 3D printing technology for glass-fused deposition molding materials with features of size 50 μm or less.
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A consortium led by the Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology investigated genetic networks related to Liuwei Dihuang (LWDH), a classic Chinese medicinal formula that has been used for more than a thousand years in China and is comprised of 6 Chinese herbs. Through text mining, the team built interaction networks among LWDH-interacting genes and found synergistic effects among the gene products.

CAS news release, April 9, 2015

Using waste oil as a raw material in a cracking process, up to 40 % of ethylene, 19 % of propylene, 8 % of 1,3-butadiene could be obtained. Sinopec announced that a plant is under construction.

China Industrial Biotechnology Network, April 9, 2015

Prof. ZHANG Yiheng affiliated with CAS Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, and his co-workers in the USA, have developed an enzyme cocktail containing more than 15 enzymes which can produce hydrogen from both glucose and xylose of corn stover. A commercial cellulase cocktail was used to hydrolyze biomass including cellulose and hemicellulose to glucose and xylose, respectively.. This method could produce nearly 12 moles of hydrogen from one glucose and 10 moles of hydrogen from one xylose by using enzyme cocktails, which are three-times of the yield from hydrogen-producing microorganisms, and hydrogen production efficiency was 54 mmole of hydrogen per L per hour.

CAS news release, April 9, 2015

In a study comparing DNA methylation through DNA immunoprecipitation sequencing based on 4 female Chinese centenarians and 4 middle-aged Chinese controls, 626 differentially methylated regions (DMR) were observed between the two groups which were enriched in age-related diseases such as type-2 diabetes, CVD, stroke and Alzheimer. The pattern remained stable after including methylomes oft wo white individuals. It is postulated that the observed DMRs have functional roles in regulating disease-associated gene expressions.

CAS news release, April 9, 2015

In 2013, two publications reported the sequencing of the full genome, on which LOTUS-DB was constructed. It contains comprehensive information on the annotation, gene function and expression for the sacred lotus. The information will facilitate users to efficiently query and browse genes, graphically visualize genome and download a variety of complex data information on genome DNA, coding sequence (CDS), transcripts or peptide sequences, promoters and markers.

http://lotus-db.wbgcas.cn

It is widely beliebed that China has not yet established uniform quality standards and inspection units for approval procedures and monitoring rules of clinical research and applications of stem cells. Administration officials at the China Food and Drug Administration, academia and industry become ready to enhance stem cell research and translation into hospitals.

China Bio Network, April 2, 2014

60,000 years ago, humans arrived in Southeast Asia, mainly along the shorelines. However, it is unclear, according to archaeological and genetic research, how humans entered the northern parts of Southeast Asia, including China. Using mitochondrial DNA from populations in Burma, Myanmar and China, migratory events from Burma to southwest China’s (such as M54, M55 and M84) 25,000 to 10,000 years ago could be shown.

CAS news release, April 1, 2015

The population of this species has fallen to about 1000 and is close to extinction. In a program of the Ministry of Agriculture, supported by WWF, 8 captured animals were translocated 400 km to two places upstream to start a new population.

CAS news release, March 30, 2015

The group of Yuepeng HAN have found that a special R2R3-type transcription factor regulates if peaches of thePrunus persica (L.) Batsch variety, native to China, develop into yellow or blood-fleshed fruits. In white-fleshed fruits, the expression of this transcription factor PpMYB10.1 cannot be activated due to the lack of expression of a BL gene; in blood-fleshed fruits, BL acts with PpNAC1 to activate the transcription of PpMYB10.1, but their transactivation activity was repressed in the presence of the repressor PpSPL1.

CAS news release, March 27, 2015

The group around ZHAO Zongbao has used labeled SAM methylation to analyse the type and amount of methylated proteins in various organisms including S. cerevisiae. For the first time, a full coverage of protein methylation was achieved.

CAS news release, March 24, 2015

The group around Minghui WANG has used fiber-bundle theory to model a snake-like robot which keeps head up and moves like a snake, with minimum friction. The development is done in cooperation with Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto.

CAS news release, March 26, 2015

In a publication in Angew. Chemie Int. Edition, Shiping SONG and Chunhai FAN summarize recent developments of their conceptual work on rolling-circle DNA amplification and DNA origami technology. The projects describe cooperative work with CAS Shanghai Institute of Biophysics

Yuan YAN et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. (2015, 127, 2461-2465) DOI: 10.1002/anie.201408247

Using improved ink-print technology for a nano silver paste printing process at high-speed, high-precision control and on large arrays, crystalline silicon solar cells could be manufactured with an improved solar cell conversion efficiency of 0.6%, reduced silver material consumption by 40 percent, resulting in reduced operating costs 0.60 ~ 0.80 yuan / piece.

CAS news release, March 25, 2015