CAS Institute of Biophysics: new CRISPR-Cas complex at 3.35 Å resolution
The groups of Tao JIANG and Xiangxi WANG have solved the structure of the CRISPR-CAS complex of Thermococcus onnurineus by cryo electronmicroscopy. It is the hitherto simplest structure of such complex and might be developed into a new engineering tool. CAS news release, November 28, 2018
CAS Beijing Institute of Genomics develops dog database iDog
The database, jointly developed with CAS Kunming Institute of Zoology, hosts 127 resequenced dog genomes and a canine gene database. It is the first integrated resource dedicated to domestic dogs and wild canids, providing a variety of data services and online analysis tools to dog researchers around the world. http://bigd.big.ac.cn/idog/ CAS news release, November 27, 2018
Group at CAS SIAT finds inexpensive black phosphorus preparation for photocatalysis
The team around YU Xuefeng at the CAS Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) has developed a low-cost metal-free photocatalyst based on black phosphorus for effective photocatalysis. Using a simple ball-milling technique, the team converted red phosphorus and urea to black phosphorus and black phosphorus/CN complexes in large-scale, among which the material cost of black phosphorus […]
“Beautiful China” program to be largely completed by 2035
According to the National Bureau of Forestry and Grassland, China will have created an ecological environment as a whole by 2020 and realized the targets of “beautiful China” by 2035. The forest industry should have reached the state of developed countries by 2050. By 2020, the forest ratio will be 23 %, forest reserves 16.5 […]
CAS Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering develops a 3kW graphene-based aluminum fuel cell
The team developed a graphene-based aluminum fuel cell with an energy density of 545Wh/kg and a capacity of 130kWh. The system consists of an array of six 10-cell batteries in series. Test results show that 50A current discharge power can reach 3000W, peak power is expected to be as high as 4800W. The battery system […]
China connects Tibet to ultrahigh electric power grid
The Tibet – Changchun grid connection is considered the most complicated in the world, due to severe differences in elevation. Transmission capacity is 400,000 kW, with a target on 1 million kW. Total investiment is about 16.2 billion RMB or about 2 billion €. Japan JST China news, November 26, 2018
CAS Institute of Industrial Biotechnology achieves vitamin-B12 synthesis in E. coli using synthetic biology
The group of ZHANG Dawei divided the vitamin B12 biosynthesic pathway into six modules into which they engineered a total of 28 genes from R. capsulatus, Brucella melitensis, Sinorhizobium meliloti 320, ,S. typhimurium, and Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Each module was expressed in E. coli on individual plasmids or incorporated into the E. coli genome. After metabolic engineering to ameliorate cobalt chelation and remove module […]
Peking University hosts 4thScientific Forum with Ludwig-Maximilian University (LMU) Munich, some 150 participants
LMU and 10 of China’s leading universities, including PKU, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China and Fudan University, founded the LMU-China Academic Network in 2015. The 3 day program with about 60 participants from Munich will cover many scientific areas including astronomy, pharmaceutics, precision medicine, political sciences and Chinese translations of German poetry. http://www.en.uni-muenchen.de/about_lmu/international_net/lmu-chan/scientific_forum/scientificforum2018/index.html CAS […]
Medical Biotechnology – Profiling China: Markets and Stakeholders
Rolf Schmid, Cuifeng Zhao, Xin Xiong, for GTAI Germany Trade & Invest, Berlin, March 2017