Taiwan
Taiwan team elucidates role of galectin-4 in protecting against intestinal inflammation
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…
A carnivorous mushroom paralyzes and kills nematodes via a volatile ketone
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…
Two Taiwan teams win gold medals at iGEM synthetic biology competition in Paris
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…
“AI Aquarium” in Taiwan wins U.S. CES award
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…
Team in Academia Sinica Taiwan: a single cell atlas for embryonic spinal motor neurons
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…
Nitrogen fixation occurred first in eubacteria, not arches
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…
Traffic jams with frequent brake use generates aerosols with health risks
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…
Listed Pharma startups 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…
Genistet, a soybean ingredient, prevents cardiovascular side effects of marijuana
https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/220904/topic_nt_01.html https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)00443-3 Researchers at the Taiwan National Taiwan University (NTU) have found that genistein, a component in soybeans, red clover and other plants, prevents the adverse cardiovascular…
Taiwan’s ITRI holds workshop on “Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence”
https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/220905/topic_nt_03.html Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) on August 2 hosted the 2022 International Workshop on Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) online. More than 500 participating experts discussed AI…
Taiwan and UK discuss offshore wind power, port development and biomass
https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/news/220905/topic_nt_02.html The Bureau of Energy, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, and the British Office Taipei, Taiwan’s equivalent of an embassy, jointly held the 4th Taiwan-UK Energy Dialogue…
Academica Sinica Taiwan detects new lead for anti-cancer drug
https://www.sinica.edu.tw/en/news/7253 Swainsonine, an alkaloid, is an inhibitor of human Golgi alpha-mannosidase II and can control cancer growth by preparing N-linked glycosylation, but clinical development has been suspended…
Report: Taiwan’s science and technology capability
https://spap.jst.go.jp/other_asia/experience/2022/topic_et_22.html In the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking 2021, Taiwan ranked 8th out of 64 countries/regions evaluated, a new record high. The Research Center for Asia-Pacific Studies (RCAP)…
