Research sheds light on the allocation of China’s carbon emission allowance2019-03-29Global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions has become a topic of global concern. The Paris Agreement has opened up a crucial avenue for the concerted efforts to reduce emissions. China has announced its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) aimed at reducing its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 60–65% from the 2005 level by 2030. Against this backdrop, it is of supreme ... READ MORE |
Focus on “Two Sessions”— Concerns and proposals of ZJUers2019-03-29[Editor’s Note: This is third part of our “two sessions” special. What were ZJUers concerned about? What proposals did they submit?]More than 2000 political advisors attended the meeting during the “two sessions”. Among them, there were a special group of people who carry the baton of Qiushi Spirit regardless of the fact that they work in different fields in different places. They are labeled... READ MORE |
Bitter food may help initiate immune responses, experts find2019-03-28It is receptors in taste buds that are responsible for the detection of taste in the mouth. A typical taste bud is comprised of 50-100 cells, each cell being for one taste. Recently, HUANG Liquan’s Laboratory at the College of Life Sciences conducted research into intestinal tuft cells whose structure is similar to that of taste buds. They found out that the bitter-taste receptors (Tas2rs) e... READ MORE |
Renowned Chinese scientist WU Xifeng joins ZJU2019-03-26ZJU is pleased to announce the addition of Professor WU Xifeng at its School of Public Health. She will serve as the Dean for School of Public Health, Vice President for the Second Affiliated Hospital and the Director for National Institute of Health Big Data, Zhejiang University.“We are pleased to welcome Professor WU to the University,” said ZJU Vice President ZHANG Hongjian in the w... READ MORE |
Dysfunction of “traffic light” for microcircuits contributes to SAD2019-03-25This video clip is shot in Prof. XU Han’s laboratory at the School of Medicine. Compared to the mouse on the left, the one on the right shows a clear escape and avoidance behavior, a typical symptom of social fear. This is a novel mouse model designed by XU’s group to understand the pathological mechanism of social phobia. Using this model and a series of elegant experiments, an important d... READ MORE |
Researchers discover a novel mechanism for reversing anti-PD-L1 resistance in liver cancer2019-03-23China has the highest incidence of liver cancer in the world. For patients with early liver cancer, surgery is the optimal treatment, but most patients are diagnosed with advanced liver cancer and thus miss the opportunity for surgery. Due to the limitations of targeted drugs Sorafenib and Regorafenib, the immune “brake-point” drug represented by the anti-PD-1/PD-L1 axis holds promise for curing... READ MORE |
Insights of ZJU scientists on the government report II2019-03-22[Editor's Note: During the “two sessions” of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress, Premier LI Keqiang delivered the 2019 Government Work Report, which has generated many headlines. What do ZJU scholars think about the new policies proposed in the Report?]“We must fully respect and trust our researchers. ” “We will work hard to cu... READ MORE |
ZJU and Merck enter into CRISPR Core Partnership2019-03-21On the afternoon of March 14, Zhejiang University and Merck Group signed an MOU for the establishment of CRISPR Core Partnership.LUO Jianhong, Vice President of Zhejiang University, and Steve Vermant, Managing Director of Merck China Life Sciences, signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides. Merck bestowed upon Zhejiang University the plaque of “Zhejiang University-Merck CRISPR Core Partners... READ MORE |
tRNA mutation causes structural and functional alterations, contributing to coronary artery disease2019-03-20Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a pervasive complicated disease caused by environmental and inherited risk factors and poses a hazard to human beings globally. The incidence rate and the mortality rate have taken on an upward trend in recent years, thereby becoming a major public health issue.The research team led by Prof. GUAN Minxin from the Zhejiang University Institute of Genetics were t... READ MORE |
Insights from ZJU scientists on the government report I2019-03-19[Editor's Note: During the “two sessions” of the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress, Premier LI Keqiang delivered the 2019 Government Work Report, which has generated many headlines. What do ZJU scholars think about the new policies proposed in the Report?]YANG Huayong, member of the CPPCC National Committee, member of the Chinese Academy of Eng... READ MORE |
New idea on the adaptation of plant to land proposed by international team2019-03-19The transition from an aquatic to a terrestrial environment is one of the milestones in the evolution of terrestrial life. In contrast with the aquatic environment, the terrestrial environment is fraught with more drought stress for terrestrial life. How to cope with droughts is thus one of the key issues in agricultural and botanical research.Research teams led by Prof. ZHANG Guoping and Pro... READ MORE |
Financial Geeks takes the crown in 2019 KPMG National Business Case Competition2019-03-16The ZJU team Financial Geeks clinched first place in 2019 KPMG National Business Case Competition at Xiamen University on March 2, winning the entrance ticket for the grand final of KICC 2019 - KPMG Innovation & Collaboration Challenge.This year’s national competition put a greater emphasis on innovation. The participants are asked the question "What innovations would help to e... READ MORE |
Light makes a gold plate dance gracefully in air2019-03-15First look at this footage may make you feel bored. If it is light that powers this micrometer-sized single-crystalline gold plate “dancing” around a microfiber about 1/50th as thick as a hair, will you be impressed?A circular dance, born in the State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, made its debut on the cover of Science Advances. Driven by light, the gold plate revolves ceasel... READ MORE |
Red raspberry may help lower your blood sugar after a meal2019-03-13Postprandial hyperglycemia is a condition that extremely high blood glucose occurs after eating a meal, which is a typical symptom of diabetes mellitus, a chronic metabolic disease affecting 371 million people worldwide. At present, alleviating postprandial hyperglycemia is a key strategy for the treatment of diabetes and its complications. α-Glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs), which prevent postprand... READ MORE |