Strategic risk-based allocation of regulatory resources to effectively improve food safety2022-05-27According to the WHO’s ‘Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Diseases’ report in 2015, approximately 600 million people (almost one in 10) worldwide fall ill from eating contaminated food annually; about 420,000 of these cases result in death each year. Moreover, the number of cases of illness caused by eating contaminated food continues to grow. As a result of globalized supply cha... READ MORE |
The microbiota-gut-brain axis in bipolar depression with multi-omics analysis2022-05-27Bipolar disorder (BD) is a common, chronic, and devastating psychiatric disorder affecting 2-3% of the global population, characterized by recurrent episodes of depression and/or (hypo)mania, and accompanied by significant cognitive and social impairment, which brings a heavy disease burden to patients, families and society. However, the etiology of BD is complex, and the clinical diagnosis and tr... READ MORE |
Can "smell" trigger tumors?2022-05-25How tumors emerge has always been quite a conundrum in the scientific community.With unremitting efforts in more than six years, the research team led by Prof. LIU Chong at the Zhejiang University School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and Laingzhu laboratory, demonstrated for the first time a unique causal rela... READ MORE |
“Seeking truth” as the foundation and “pursuing innovation” as the soul2022-05-25Remarks by WU Zhaohui, President of Zhejiang University at the gala celebrating the 125th anniversary of Zhejiang UniversityYour Excellencies leaders, distinguished guests and alumni,Faculty, students and comrades,Good evening!Today, we are gathering on the banks of the Qizhen Lake to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Zhejiang University. Let me begin by extending, on behalf of Zhejiang Univ... READ MORE |
Scientists decipher early evolutionary history of solar system from meteorites2022-05-25Meteorites, as “guests” from outers pace, are fragments of asteroids or comets. They contain a wealth of information about the early formation of the solar system, and scientists have collected and studied these “visitors from outer space” to uncover the formation and evolution of the early solar system.Recently, Prof. LIU Beibei from the School of Physics at Zhejiang University and ... READ MORE |
125 years of innovation and tradition2022-05-21The ethos of seeking truth and pursuing innovation has been embedded in the culture of ZJU since its foundation in 1897. As we enter the next 125 years, we aspire to further unleash our unique strengths and contribute to the creation of a sustainable future in terms of education, research and partnership. READ MORE |
ZJU scientists report new progress in carotenoid biofortification in tomato products2022-05-10Tomatoes are one of the most important vegetables, and China is the largest tomato producer in the world. In recent years, climate change and resource shortages have constituted new challenges to the tomato industry. With the improvement of living standards and health awareness, consumers have an increasing demand for high quality tomatoes. However, the current tomato industry has encountered a se... READ MORE |
New mechanism in regulating selective autophagy2022-05-10Autophagy is crucial for maintaining cellular homeostasis. It can be divided into non-selective autophagy and selective autophagy, both of which exert significant functions. Mitophagy, ribosomal autophagy, endoplasmic reticulum autophagy, and peroxisomal autophagy all belong to selective autophagy. Selective autophagy is closely associated with major human diseases, such as neurodegenerative disea... READ MORE |
ZJU scientists discover interaction between nanoplastics and bacteria2022-05-10As a fundamental material, plastics not only have profound effects on the development of modern industry but also penetrate into every aspect of people’s lives. However, they are also the culprit of severe pollution globally.Large plastic debris can be fragmented into microplastics (1 μm to 5 mm in size), submicroplastics (100 nm to 1 μm in size) and further decomposed into nanoplastics (1–100 ... READ MORE |
Global representatives from multi-stakeholders join the heated discussion on “Open Science and Quality Graduate Education in Global South”2022-05-09On May 4, a side event under the framework of the 7th UN STI Forum, was hosted to engage representatives from multi-stakeholders including leadinguniversities, global publishers, NGOs and academics to explore the interaction between ‘open science’ and ‘quality graduate education’ in Global South under South-South collaborations. Stimulating dialogue was addressed for all the panelists to ... READ MORE |
New aggrephagy receptor for clearance of solid protein aggregates2022-05-08Aggrephagy, the degradation of protein aggregates via autophagy, is an important biological process to clear intracellular toxic protein aggregates. Thus, it is an important target for the treatment of aggregates-related diseases such as neurodegenerative diseases. How autophagosomes selectively recognize protein aggregates has always been an important issue, and the mechanism needs to be further ... READ MORE |
SRRSH released English Manual of Situational Dialogues on Medical Services for Asian Games2022-05-06On April 20, the release ceremony of “An English Manual of Situational Dialogues on Medical Services for Asian Games 2022” was held at Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (SRRSH). The manual, edited by SRRSH, is guided by the Medical Department of Organizing Committee of the 19th Asian Games.SRRSH officially started the compilation of the manual at the beg... READ MORE |
Structures of Tetrahymena ’s respiratory chain reveal the diversity of eukaryotic core metabolism2022-05-06Oxidative phosphorylation is the major cellular process utilized by most free-living eukaryotes to gain energy, in the form of ATP, from catabolism. It happens on the inner mitochondria membrane (IMM), where four membrane-bound complexes (complex I-IV, CI-CIV) first transport electron from the reductive metabolite NADH to molecular oxygen O2. Current structural studies of the above electron transp... READ MORE |
What was the “childhood” of the Solar System like?2022-05-06How did the planets form? How did the Solar System evolve?Prof. LIU Beibei from the Zhejiang University School of Physics, in collaboration with Prof. Sean Raymond from the University of Bordeaux in France and Prof. Seth Jacobson from Michigan State University in the US, proposed a new model for the evolving orbits of giant planets in the Solar System. They pointed out that the dispersal of t... READ MORE |