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Beijing Genomics Institute, a leading global DNA sequencing institution, has established a partnership with Bogazici Univeristy, Acibadem University, and Cankiri Karatekin University in Turkey. Under the MoU, BGI and Bogazici Univeristy will collaborate on human genetics, plant and animal genomics and related genetics research. BGI and Acibadem University signed the agreement to collaborate on medical […]
DNA methylation constitutes a critical epigenetic modification that plays pivotal roles in chromatin structure remolding, gene silencing, embryonic development, differentiation and maintenance of cellular identity. Recent studies demonstrate that 5mC can be converted to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5-hmC) which may represent a new epigenetic modification of cytosine. Experiments were done with transgenic model mice strains and showed […]
Chinese scientists have developed a modular hospital which can be put together in different configurations according to a country’s needs. The concept was developed since 2010 within The Low Cost Health Programme Centre (LCHPC) at the CAS Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT). Ten African doctors were trained to use the hospitals as part of […]
The study was done at Shandong and Guangdong Academies of Agricultural Sciences in collaboration with the University of Georgia and offered a new view on highly repeating sequences which may be related to peanut oil production. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, June 19, 2013
Han Chinese and Japanese share common genetic ancestry but differ in several traits such as susceptibility to some diseases. The sstudy describes a differential analysis of gene expression which may reach up to 43 %. CAS news release, June 18, 2013; Yuan YUAN et al., J Med Genet 4 June 201
The State Key Laboratory will be hosted by the Guangdong Academy of Science’s Institute of Microbiology and focus on microorganisms and their applications which are typical for Southern China. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, June 18, 2013
The method starts from L-cystein and follows a chemical route through N-protection of the thioester, hydrolyzing the thioester to N-protected halogenated L-alanine and saponifying in alkaline solution. After deprotection, L-serine is isolated by ethanol precipitation. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, June 18, 2013
A team at the National Center for Plant Gene Research at this institute around Assoc Professor SUN Jiajiang has found that phototropism in A. thaliana, which depends on blue light and auxin, is regulated by transcription factors PIF4 and PIF5 located downstream of the BL (blue light) receptor. Jiaquian Sun et al., The Plant Cell […]
A consultation team led by the reform commission and supported by CAS, MOST and others has set the following goals for bio-based fibers for the present 5 years’ plan (ending 2015): total 5.1 million tons, among which PTT fibers are 150.000 tons, alginate fibers 10.000 tons, PLA fibers 50.000 tons. China Industrial Biotechnology Network, June […]
Based on citations in international journals, the “hottest” Chinese researcher in life sciences in 2012 was Jun WANG, executive director of Beijing Institute for Genomic Research (BGI). The other three Chinese researchers worked in physics or chemistry at the Institute for Chemical Research, CAS, Wuhan University, and Shenyang National Research Institute. Nikkei Biotech, June 13, […]