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According to Muming POO, Director of the Shanghai-based insitute, the database will collect biomarkers for brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and autism. According tot he WHO, China had 7,8 million autistic children in 2008. CAS news release, June 30, 2014
The group around Jian XU, group leader for single-cell oil, has mined the genome of Nanochloropsis oceanica, a marine microalgae, and elucidated 34 transcription factors, 30 transcription factor binding sites and 950 target genes in this organism. 11 transcription factors are associated with oil production and provide clues for transcription factor engineering. CAS news release, […]
According to Professor Yanzhi XIA, Professor at Qingdao University and Director of Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Functional Fibers, Qingdao will increase its annual output of 800 t of various seaweed fibers by a production line of 1000 t/y of sodium alginate with improved solvent-free down-stream processing. China Bio news release, June 26, 2014
The modeling of an E. coli phytase (EcAppA) was modeled on two thermostable Citrobacter phytases, leading to a mutant with three single point mutations sites and glycosylated. CAS news release, June 25, 2014
China is in cotton production No. 2 after the USA, with independent IP. In 2013, 540 million acres of transgenic cotton was planted, and over 90 million kg of pesticides were spared. Next steps will be to breed new varieties with resistance to drought or saline environment. China Bio news release, June 25, 2014
The group of YU Shuhong at the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences has presented an oil collection apparaturs based on a hydrophobic polymer sponge and a self-priming pump which can selectively collect oil from water surface with high efficiency. CAS news release, June 25, 2014
The group of LI Chunzhao has developed bubble column bioreactors which showed a productivity of 32 mg biomass per liter per day. The content of unsaturated fatty acids was higher, as compared to indoor cultures CAS news release, June 25, 2014
The membrane reactor allows to remove acids and replenish fresh broth, maintaining high cell-density for up to 130 hrs. Succinic acid concentrations were up to 73 g/L, attaining 99,4 % purity after crystallization. CAS news release, June 25, 2014
The group around Guorui TING solved the structure of the E. coli enzyme and showed by mutations at M123 and M135 that these residues are crucial for producing higher quantities of C-55 terpenoids. CAS news release, June 24, 2014
The submersible is accompanied by its carrier and 45 members of staff. It dives over 7.000 m deep and is able to take mineral and biological samples from the deep sea floor. Its home base is Qingdao. CAS news release, June 23, 2014