MOST and Sunwin Chemicals inaugurate “National amino acid biotransformation center” in Weifang High-Tech Zone (Shandong Province)
Sunwin Chemicals press release, Nov. 24, 2012
Team at Wuhan Botanical Garden establishs lotus genetic linkage map
Mei YANG et al., doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-653
Group from CAS Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Yunnan Province, publishes genomic sequence data from 174 plant chloroplasts
CS KUA et al., http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0048995
Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS, inaugurated
The institute has acquired lab equipment worth 150 million yuan (US$23.81 million) for researchers in the fields of advanced materials, intelligent technology, space technology, energy and environment, and life sciences. The institute has been commissioned with the construction of an urban safety supervision platform, agricultural product information platform, energy storage information platform and the development […]
Team at CAS Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences finds poorer thiamine nutritional status and higher odds of depressive symptoms associated among older Chinese adults
Geng ZHANG et al., doi: 10.3945/jn.112.167007
Xinjiang Blue Ridge Tunhe Chemical Industry Co. introduces PBS plastics
Xinjiang Co. is based on petrochemical products, and PBS bioplastic is a new and niche product China Industrial Biotechnology Network, Nov. 27, 2012
50.000 t/y cellulosic biomass to ethanol, acetone and butanol project is cleared for demonstration scale
50.000 t/y cellulosic biomass to ethanol, acetone and butanol project is cleared for demonstration scale China Industrial Biotechnology Network, Nov. 27, 2012
BGI and Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences completes the genomic sequence of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
Shaogui GUO et al., doi:10.1038/ng.2470
Team at Wuhan Huazhong Agricultural University, Singapore Genomic Institute and others solve draft of sweet orange genome
Team at Wuhan Huazhong Agricultural University, Singapore Genomic Institute and others solve draft of sweet orange genome
Hebei Kangrui Lipid Co. develops new fish oil technology based on lipase
Using immobilized lipase and high-vacuum ethanol removal, the method leads to highly enriched polyene fatty acid triglycerides for drugs and nutritional applications. Annual production capacity is aimed at 300 tons. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, Nov. 26, 2012