Happy Chinese New Year 2023
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To the ZJU community and our international friends, Warmest greetings from the Office of Global Engagement for a Happy Chinese New Year! 2023 is the year of the Rabbit based on the Chinese zodiac, starting from Jan. 22, 2023 (Chinese New Year) and lasting to Feb. 9, 2024. As one of the twelve Chinese zodiac animals, the rabbit is not only cute, but also holds many interesting implications. For Chinese people, the rabbit represents hope, peace, life and longevity. In ancient...
Dialogue@ZJU: How to reduce risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms during the Spring Festival travel rush
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2023-01-19
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[Editor’s Note: As China continues to optimize its COVID-19 response measures and relax requirements for cross-region travel, the country's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush has begun. What measures should we take to protect ourselves and reduce the risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms during the period? What essential tips should we follow to protect the elderly? Doctors from the Second Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University School of Medicine were interviewed by CGTN to give their advi...
ZJU scientists identify the crucial role of a novel protein domain in photosystem II complex assembly and photoautotrophic growth in angiosperms
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2023-01-19
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Recently, the research team led by MO Xiaorong at the Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences published an article titled “A novel protein domain is important for photosystem II complex assembly and photoautotrophic growth in angiosperms” in the journal Molecular Plant. They discovered a novel protein domain termed as the CLS (chlorotic lethal seedling) domain in TROL2, a second-type thylakoid rhodanese-like (TROL) protein in seed plant genomes. They identified the crucial role ...
The first Digital Agriculture Bootcamp has concluded successfully
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2023-01-18
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The Digital Agriculture Bootcamp was co-organized by Zhejiang University and FAO. The main purpose of our digital agriculture bootcamp is to enhance the digital agriculture innovation and entrepreneurship ability of young leaders, to share the dividends of high-quality development through the integration of the whole industrial chain of digital enabling agriculture through innovative digital agriculture solutions and business models, to deal with the leap-forward battle of insufficient agricultu...
Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 successfully held
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2023-01-16
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After two months’ tensive schedule, the pitch event of Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 was finally successfully held in the Rome time afternoon of 16 December via Zoom.Global AgriInno Challenge 2022 is co-organized by FAO, Zhejiang University and Hangzhou Municipal People's Government. It is undertaken by Talent Office of Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Hangzhou Agricultural and Rural Bureau, Jiande Municipal People's Government and Institute of Food Economy and Agrocommercial Manage...
Three ZJU scientists selected into New Cornerstone Investigator Program
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2023-01-15
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The New Cornerstone Investigator Program, an independent non-profit funding initiative guided by scientists, funded by Tencent and supervised by the China Association for Science and Technology, unveiled its first batch of new cornerstone investigators on January 13. The Program adopts a forward-thinking approach to encouraging basic research spearheaded by leading scientists. Tencent pledges to provide 10 billion RMB in 10 years for a select few scientists. Those working in the program’s exper...
Positive allosteric modulator targeting TRPV1 for long-lasting analgesia
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2023-01-13
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The transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV1) ion channel is a polymodal nociceptor broadly expressed in sensory neurons involved in pain sensation, thereby playing an essential role in analgesia. The outer pore domain of TRPV1 is essential for regulation of this channel by temperature, protons and other toxin peptides, so rationally engineering modulators targeting the outer pore of TRPV1 is a potential strategy for regulating pain responses.On January 3, YANG Fan at the Zhejiang Univ...
8 books to read over winter holiday
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[Editor’s Note: Do you what to curl up with a good book as the winter holiday begins? Are you looking for new insight for the new year? It’s a moment to take a breath and consider the past, present and future after the exam week. Here are recommendations from Class of 2022.]Cognitive Awakening by ZHOU LingIt can answer many of my doubts during my freshman and sophomore years. High school lives and college lives are very different.At college, we need to manage our time more actively compar...
Dr. SHI Ye: Continuing ZJU’s legacy of seeking truth
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2023-01-13
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[Editor’s Note: Dr. SHI Ye, Assistant Professor at ZJUI, obtained his BS and MS degrees in Polymer Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University under the supervision of Prof. CHEN Hongzheng. He then received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Prof. YU Guihua. Before joining ZJUI, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech and UCLA. Dr. Shi is interested in soft materials, particularly new dielectric elastomer...
Researchers invented the unmanned aerial vehicle-mediated first aid for rapid drug delivery to targeted emergency patients
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2023-01-12
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For patients suffering from sudden illnesses such as myocardial infarction and severe hypoglycemia, prompt administration of emergency medications is imperative, otherwise they may be at great risk of death. Actually, a large number of deaths still occur due to untimely emergency care caused by the lack of emergency equipment and therapeutics around the patients, or the inability of the patient to call for help, or traffic congestion.To this end, the team of Prof. GU Zhen and Prof. YU Jiche...