In a recent agricultural fair at Shenzhen, BGI offered to build a genotyping, gene and genome mining platform which can be used by SMEs for plant or animal molecular breeding. About 20 breeding companies are said to have expressed interest.

China Bio news release, Nov. 24, 2014

Leymus chinensis accounts for 50 % of the grassland in Northern China and plays an important role in grassland productivity. The work will be coordinated by the Shenzhen Reseach Institute of CAAS (Dr HUANG Sanwen) and involve the Prairie Research Institute of the CAAS in Inner Mongolia.

China Bio news release, Nov. 21, 2014

The team of Qingyou XIA, a Yangtze River Professor, succeeded to remove the fibroin H gene using genome editing techniques and inserted synthetic genes coding for fibroin variants with improved properties, e. g., higher stability.

China Bio news release, Nov. 21, 2014

The joint laboratory will test 43 independent tests on recessive genetic traits relevant to prenatal genetic testing, such as human papillomavirus and other projects, and establish a national gene pool” from clinical samples”

CAS news release, Nov. 21, 2014

Birth defects in China are about 16 million per year and increasing. The test can detect over 600 singe-gene recessive genetic factors in women before pregnancy or during pregnancy from blood. By comparing the genetics of both spouses, it is hoped that the overall incidence of birth defects can be lowered

China Bio news release, Nov. 21, 2014

Using methods of flux analysis, S. cerevisiae variants were engineered which reached an up to 10fold overproduction of the terpene model compound amorphadiene. Corresponding authors are WANG Yong and ZHANG Yangsheng at the Key Laboratory for Plant Germplasm Improvement and Specialty Agriculture.

CAS news release, Nov. 21, 2014

The center hosts over 30 GEM mice strains including strains carrying common cancer genes such as p53, Rb, Cdkn2a, EGFR, KRAS. Head of the center is Dr LIN Chu, a CAS “hundred talents” researcher on animal tumor models and epigenetics. The center also hosts strong MRI imaging capacities.

CAS news release, Nov. 21, 2014

BGI Shenzhen inaugurated this service on Nov. 15. The service includes taking and preserving cell samples from pets, genetic testing for diseases and support in pet breeding.

China Bio news release, Nov. 20, 2014

The Qingdao-based Shandog Peanut Research Institute, founded in 1959, is active in engineering, biotechnology, agronomic engineering and food processing, including a pilot plant.

China Bio news release, Nov. 20, 2014

The group of Huarong TAN showed that a γ-butyrolactone/receptor systems modulate antibiotic biosynthesis in Streptomyces. The model was jadomycin production by S. venezuelae but a similar system was also found in S. coelicolor.

CAS news release, Nov. 18, 2014

The clinic is supported by China Biomed Regeneration Technology Ltd. (Chairman: Zhengkang SHAO) which are able to produce a tissue-engineered “security body skin”, containing both epidermis and dermis. Their program was supported by the government within several 863″ and “973” programs on skin, cornea, bone repair, cartilage repair, soft tissue repair and areas of cosmetic surgery. Wenzhou Medical College has a long tradition in treating patients for burns.”

China Bio news release, Nov. 14, 2014

The procedure is based on a two-step process starting by a treatment with phosphoric acid, followed by a microwave-assisted second step in dilute sulfuric acid for only 5 min. Glucose yield based on cellulose is over 70 %.

CAS news release, Nov. 11, 2014

The 135″ program will succeed to the “873”- and “973” programs from 2016. “

Researchers at the institute have cloned styrene cyclooxygenase and monooxygenase (StyA and SMO) from Pseudomonas strains and constructed a system for asymmetric epoxidation of styrene.

CAS news release, Nov. 5, 2014

The Cuban partner is Bio Cuba Farma, the leading Cuban State Enterprise with 38 subsidiaries, including 16 production sites. The Hubei center will be built in two phases on 100 acres (~4000 m2) with an investment of 250 mill Yuan, and eventually produce 500 kg of drug materials under cGMP standards.

China Bio news release, Nov. 11, 2014

According to Jianwei PAN, a professor at the CAS University of Science and Technology of China, china will launch a satellite for related experiments in 2016, in view of an Asia-Europe intercontinental quantum communication network by 2020 and a global network by 2030. The transmission of quantum states from one place to another is an important technology for quantum cryptography, a way of creating „unbreakable“ messages

CAS news release, Nov. 3, 2014

The number of Chinese invention patents increased from 40.000 in 2003 to about 630.000 in 2013. Patent applications on plant extracts accounted for about 80 % of the global share. Only 5 % of all patents were also filed abroad.

Chinese Bio news release, Oct. 30, 2014

Jujube is a major commercial fruit with nearly 30 milion acres under cultivation, of which China accounts for 99 %. Researchers around Mengjun LIU succeeded in the de novo sequencing of over 98 % of the Jujube tree genome, indentifying nearly 33.000 genes.

China Bio news release, Oct. 29, 2014

The fifteen most influential international citation awards” went to researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Agriculture, Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Fudan University, Xi’an Jiaotong University and Beijing Genomics Institute Shenzhen”

China Bio news release, Oct. 28, 2014