A consortium of 38 Chinese laboratories, including Peking and Tsinghua University and institutes oft he CAS, has knocked out al 1333 genes of chromosome 1 of the zebrafish, laying a foundation for single gene-related functional analysis. The team was headed by Anming MENG, Tsinghua University and Board Chairman oft he China Zebrafish Resource Center.

CAS news release, Oct. 11, 2014

At the CAS Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nanobionics, a multidisciplinary team of 6 members on the above subject was established on Sept. 28. The focus will be on neural stem cell differentiation in dependence on their scaffold, and on visualization of related events. Project leader will be CHENG Guosheng.

China Bio news release, October 10, 2014

Under guidance of Professor Yuanqing YAO, a woman had a successful delivery of a healthy baby girl using embryo transfer technology after the genome was successfully sequenced by single cell sequencing.

China Bio news release, October 9, 2014

Waste oil (gutter oil) is an important Chinese option for biodiesel but its quality and adulteration with inferior oil is difficult to detect. Professor Honbgin DING and coworkers at Dalian University of Technology have developed a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) which allows for a rapid fingerprint of waste oils

CAS news release, Sept. 30, 2014

With this nomination, USTC is at the ranks of Peking U., Tsinghua U., Jiaotong U. etc. USTC, located in Hefei (Anhui Province), has produced some 50.000 graduates and 36 members of the CAS. The campus hosts the National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory and the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale.

CAS news release, Sept. 28, 2014

The consumption of narcotics is generally on the rise and considered grim. Half of the drug abusers are under age 35. Medical drug abuse is low and declining, but synthetic drug consumption, with a preference for “ice” (metamphetamine) is 80 % of total and rose 42 % over the last five years, wheras the consumption of heroin is on decline.

China Bio news release, Sept. 28, 2014

The allotetraploid genome consists of 100 chromosomes and is 1,7 Mb in size. It contains over 52000 functional genes. As carp is the most extensively farmed fish, it is expected that this work contributes to breeding. Partners were the Chinese Academy of Fishery, Harvard and Auburn University and others.

CAS news release, Sept. 25, 2014

The module will focus on the molecular breeding of Northern rice varieties ( Oryzae japonica), soybean and corn. It is located at Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Science (HAAS).

CAS news release, Sept. 24, 2014

The “Innovation Team” headed by Duanqing Pei consists of five departments and will work for a period of 10 years. The focus is on differentiation of regulatory networks and mechanisms of reprogramming somatic cells. Financial support is from the host institute and from the National Natural Science Foundation.

CAS news release, Sept. 24, 2014

By co-expressing Bacillus sp glucose isomerase and D-psicose 3-epimerase from Ruminococcus sp., up to 135 g/L D-psicose was produced from HFCS after 8 hrs. D-psicose is a diet sugar and has obtained GRAS status. The study was done in the group of Yanhe MA.

CAS news release, Sept. 23, 2014

The group of Jie FENG found two new resistance patterns towards macrolide antibiotics in B. cereus, one of which was intrinsic and the other one acquired. The activity of these two resistance genes was already predicted computationally.

CAS news release, Sept. 19, 2014

The reason for this move was not disclosed but it is assumed that the enterprise did not comply with the GMP requirements or violated the Drug Administration regulations. It is surmised that that business impact on the company’s production is not excessive, because the cost of non-compliance is quite low.

China Bio news release, Sept. 18, 2014

Whereas subsidies for starch-based bioethanol production will run out from 2015, subsidies for cellulose-based bioethanol will be offered to companies such as Lucida Biologics, Day Crown, COFCO and other enterprises.The subsidy will be up to 1200 Yuan/t

China Bio news release, Sept. 18, 2014

The equipment, named “Windrunner”, was built by Qining WANG at the Institute of Intelligent Systems and Human Engineering of Peking University. Windrunner” guides the smart power ankle by an electromechanical and electronic control system, which identifies at a rate of 25 times faster than the human eye a sensor signal from a chip which calculates in real time the user’s geographical location, suggests the intention of the user’s actions and identifies the terrain”

China Bio news release, Sept. 17, 2014

Since 2008, funding of cultivation of GEM plants was funded with 2 – 3 billion Yuan per year, but due to the lack of regulations it is believed that part of this budget was misappropriated even at the level of experts who are Academicians.

China Bio news release, Sept. 17, 2014

By enhancing the formation of DHAP, introducing rhamnulose-1-phosphate aldolase (RhaD) and fructose-1-phosphatase (YqaB) obtained from Escherichia coli and deleting triose phosphate isomerase, 19.5 g/L of d-sorbose and 13.4 g/L of d-psicose were accumulated using a fed-batch culture mode

CAS news release, September 9, 2014

SABIC had already formed a strategic partnership with CAS Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in the form of a SABIC-DICP Research Center for Advanced Chemicals Production Technology, a research center for advanced chemicals production technology. The new five-year agreement with a multi-million US dollar investment by SABIC, will cover joint research in the chemical and chemical engineering fields to develop advanced technologies and solutions, allowing SABIC to bring to market the results of collaborative research.

CAS news release, Sept. 16, 2014

A group at CAAS FRI, led by Bin YAO, has developed a new process for the preparation of neutral protease from recombinant Bacillus reaching 28.000 U of neutral protease per ml fermentation liquid. The production strain is said to be stable in production over 100 passages.

China Bio news release, Sept. 15, 2014

The group around Hongzhang CHEN has developed a process based on enzymatic depolymerization of straw followed by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of sugars in a 400 m3 fermenter. The process is said to operate in a stable manner.

China Bio news release, Sept. 15, 2014

The group of Jiangning SONG at TIB has developed an open-access software PredPPCrys which helps to optimize the preparation and crystallization of recombinant proteins.

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