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Taiwan group elucidates the evolutionary process of cement proteins secreted by barnacles

By rscPosted on 7. November 2023Posted in News, Taiwan

https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en/News_Content/36/1841 A research team led by Benny K.K. Chan of Academia Sinica has conducted microdissection, transcriptome, shotgun proteomics, and immunohistochemistry of larval cement glands to identify turtle barnacles that attach to sea turtles. We successfully identified 30 types of larval cement proteins and 27 types of adult cement proteins of Chelonibia testudinaria. The results showed […]

Taiwan collaborates with Indonesia on research to reduce and effectively use waste

By rscPosted on 20. July 2023Posted in Environmental solutions, News, Taiwan

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/230703/topic_nt_01.html Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) is conducting research on waste reduction, sustainable use of materials, and clean production methods through its Science and Technology Innovation Center, which opened last year as a joint initiative with Indonesian academic institutions. Taiwan Tech, Indonesia’s Institute of Technology Surabaya (ITS), Widya Mandala Catholic University (WMSCU), and […]

Taiwan team elucidates role of galectin-4 in protecting against intestinal inflammation

By rscPosted on 2. April 2023Posted in News, Taiwan

https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en/news/7476 The intestinal epithelium acts as the first barrier against the bacterial invasion of host tissues. Galectins are a major type of glycan-binding protein (GBP) that differ from other GBPs by being located mainly intracellularly. Galectin-4 is unique in that it is specifically expressed in the gastrointestinal tract. The research team led by Dr. Fu-Tong […]

A carnivorous mushroom paralyzes and kills nematodes via a volatile ketone

By rscPosted on 2. April 2023Posted in News, Taiwan

https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en/news/7482 A study led by Dr. Yen-Ping Hsueh’s group at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, has uncovered that the oyster mushroom develops a lollipop-like structure (toxocyst) on the mycelium that stores a volatile compound, 3-octanone, to kill nematodes. This study “A carnivorous mushroom paralyzes and kills nematodes via a volatile ketone” has been […]

Two Taiwan teams win gold medals at iGEM synthetic biology competition in Paris

By rscPosted on 7. March 2023Posted in Taiwan

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/230301/topic_nt_01.html On January 16, the Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan announced that two teams from NYCU won gold medals at the 2022 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM), an international synthetic biology competition held in Paris, France, at the end of October 2022, out of 356 teams from top schools around the world. The […]

“AI Aquarium” in Taiwan wins U.S. CES award

By rscPosted on 27. January 202327. January 2023Posted in Newsticker, Taiwan

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/230102/topic_nt_03.html Photo: AI Aquarium Enables Eye Tracking and Interactive Display of Marine Life Information (Courtesy of ITRI) The AI Aquarium uses technology that fuses the virtual world with reality to display information about marine life in real time according to the visitor’s line of sight. Using gestures, visitors can also intuitively operate the aquarium without […]

Team in Academia Sinica Taiwan: a single cell atlas for embryonic spinal motor neurons

By rscPosted on 27. January 2023Posted in Newsticker, Taiwan

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35574-x https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en/news/7439 A research team, led by Jun-An Chen, Ph.D. from Academia Sinica Taiwan in Taipei, sequenced 10,000 motor neurone (MNs) in the spinal cord of mouse embryos at the single-cell level. The team discovered new subtypes within known MN types and reported their genetic markers. They also compared subtype diversity among different species. The […]

Nitrogen fixation occurred first in eubacteria, not arches

By rscPosted on 15. December 2022Posted in Taiwan

https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en/news/7341 Dr. Wen-Hsiung Li and colleagues at the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, have published a study that overturns the conventional hypothesis on the origin and evolution of nitrogen fixation in organisms. Previous studies had postulated that nitrogen fixation first evolved in archaea and then transferred to eubacteria. However, nitrogen-fixing eubacteria are much more […]

Traffic jams with frequent brake use generates aerosols with health risks

By rscPosted on 19. November 2022Posted in Taiwan

https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/221103/topic_nt_02.html A research team from Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and National Taiwan University (NTU) has found that not only the concentration of particulate matter (PM) but also its composition significantly affects health risks. The team monitored air quality near a busy road in Taipei City for one month and found that organic aerosols, iron, manganese, […]

Listed Pharma startups in Taiwan

By rscPosted on 30. September 20223. October 2022Posted in Taiwan

https://bio.nikkeibp.co.jp/atcl/column/16/062200025/092800021/ Nikkei Biotech has published a list of pharma ventures in Taiwan. These are Company name Security code Listing date Business PharmaEssentia Corp 6446 2016 Treatment of erythrocyte hyperplasia etc. P1101 has already been launched in Europe, the U.S. and other markets Polaris Group 6550 2022 Anti-cancer drugs. P3 study of ADI-PEG20, a treatment for […]