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In collaboration with BGI and others, the genome of Populus euphratica Oliv. was solved, a fiber-rich tree abundant in Western China and used for papermaking and biofuel China Bioindustry Network, November 22, 2013
The Beijing Agricultural Machinery Research Institute put into operation its 3.000 m2 greenhouse for seedling breeding, flowers, fruit and vegetable production, targeted at low carbon use and energy saving through precise remote control Science and Technology Daily, November 21, 2013
QIBEBT will use its full membership to enhance further its fundamental R&D capacities in an international setting. CAS news release, November 21, 2013
Under the contract, Merck-Serono and BeiGene (China Baiji Sino Biological Technology Co.) will jointly develop and market BeiGene-290, a poly-ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitor. China Bio news release, November 20, 2013
The culture containing a full-length infectious virus will serve as a model for drug development. China Bio news release November 20, 2013
Using metabolic engineeering for the optimization of transporter proteins, succinate production was increased by 34 % Zaigao TAN et al., doi:10.1128/AEM.00826-13
The team headed by Bingfang WU projects global harvest projections on satellite information and modelling. The 2013 crop production season is described as globally average for rice, maize and soybean, while wheat did generally better, 4.1 % over 2012 average. CAS news release, November 20, 2013
According to an annual evaluation of TOP500, an international organization, Tianhe 2, built at the Chinese University of National Defense Science and Technology and located, located in the Guangzhou Supercomputer Center, is nearly twice as fast as USA competitor „Titan“ with 1400 tB storage and 34 petaflops/sec Science and Technology Daily, November 20, 2013
The 3-5 years’ project will be carried out by researchers from CNGB, BGI, George Washington University, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (Singapore), Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, University of Guelph, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute (YSFRI) of Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS), Sun Yat-Sen University, CAS Kunming Institute of Zoology and the […]
The enzyme gene was cloned from a metagenome library and expressed in E. coli in yields of 1800 U/ml in a 7 L fermenter. Huilin WANG et al., Process Biochemistry doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2013.10.001