Research Progress

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  Residence time, expansion toward the equator in the invaded range and native range size matter to climatic niche shifts in non-native species

  Jun 10, 2014
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  Diversification and vicariance in two species complexes of Tomocerus (Collembola) from China

  The Qinling-Dabie Mountains-Huai River line/zone has been traditionally regarded as the geographical, climatic, agricultural and demographic boundary between north and south regions in eastern China. Human activities are frequently in eastern China, where the topographical differences are relatively small particularly in eastern plain region. The north-south boundary were considered to have weaker impacts on geographical patterns of fauna than Himalayan Mountains and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in western China. Many animals including birds, mammals, insects etc., have broad distributions, spanning both southern and northern areas in eastern China. In these cases, Qinling-Dabie Mountains-Huai River line/zone seems to play a limited role in driving vicariant speciation in widespread species. However, the wide distribution of Collembola was doubted because of low long distance dispersal capability.

  May 22, 2014
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  Epigenetic modifier Ezh2 regulates adult neural stem cell proliferation and cognition

  Apr 18, 2014
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  The embryos of birds and reptiles actively cope with temperature challenge

  Apr 03, 2014
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  Inhibition of endothelial ERK signaling by Smad1/5 is essential for hematopoietic stem cell emergence

  Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are a group of multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cells that can differentiate into all blood lineages to maintain normal life activities. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) has become the most effective way to treat the malignant blood diseases, but it is still difficult to generate HSCs in vitro and maintain their pluripotency.

  Mar 13, 2014
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  IOZ Team Established Knockout Pig Model for von Willebrand Disease Using CRISPR Technology

  Feb 17, 2014
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  Population size and time since island isolation determine genetic diversity loss in insular frog populations

  Feb 17, 2014
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  New circulating small RNAs (tsRNAs) found associating with active infection

  Discovery of an ancient class of tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs) abundantly and conservatively existed in the sera of a wide range of vertebrate species along the evolution tree. The serum tsRNAs showed sensitive response to active infection in mouse, monkey and human being.

  Jan 22, 2014
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  CIP2A inhibitor shows promise in preclinical study for lung cancer

  Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, killing 1.4 million people annually. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop new targeted therapies for this deadly disease.Cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A) is a newly discovered endogenous cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase PP2A, and functions as an oncoprotein to modulate Akt and stabilize c-Myc, and is required for cell proliferation and malignant transformation.

  Dec 19, 2013
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  Solving the pitfalls of pitfall trapping: a two-circle method for density estimation of ground-dwelling arthropods

  Nov 08, 2013