Genome-editing technologies using CRISPR-Cas nucleases have revolutionized plant science and hold immense promise in crop improvement. Conventional transgene-mediated CRISPR-Cas reagent delivery methods may be associated with unanticipated genome changes or damage, with prolonged breeding cycles involving alien DNA segregation and with regulatory restrictions regarding transgenesis.  DNA-free delivery has thus been developed by transfecting preassembled CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoproteins i...

Under the umbrella of the College of Control Science and Engineering, a partnership between the the College and Alibaba DAMO Academy, a team of Zhejiang University students participated in and won the championship at the 2020 iQIYI iCartoonFace Challenge, an integral part of IJCAI PRICAI 2020.The team representing Zhejiang University was comprised of three students: HE Shuting (BA22), ZHANG Miao (BA21), and ZENG Zhaoyang (BA22). They came in first place in the iCartoonFace Recognition Challenge....

Recently, the Zhejiang University - Tencent Games Joint Lab for Intelligent Graphics Innovative Technology (hereinafter referred to as the Joint Lab) was officially set up.The Joint Lab will make the most of the elite talent pool and the world-class academic asset of the State Key Lab of CAD & CG to strengthen disciplinary construction and talent cultivation in the domains of computer game science and animation, fill the gap in China’s games technology education and promote the sound d...

The research article, titled “Whole-Genome Resequencing of a Worldwide Collection of Rapeseed Accessions Reveals the Genetic Basis of Ecotype Divergence”, was selected as Best of Molecular Plant 2019. In accordance with several factors, including the number of downloads, reviewers’ comments, editors’ choices and publication dates, 12 reviews, research articles and resource articles were picked.Co-authored by researchers from Prof. JIANG Lixi in Zhejiang University and the National ...

It is graduation time for more than 7000 Zhejiang University students as the 2020 spring semester comes to a close at ZJU 7 campuses. ZJU’s newest graduates have plenty to celebrate. They joined the ranks of ZJU alumni this summer, each one proving that when faced with adversity, ZJUers find a way to make it happen.  While there may have been some bumps along the road, the Class of 2020 persevered, enduring the new stresses of daily life on their fight to the finish line. As the ...

Recently, the research team led by Prof. WANG Huiming from the Zhejiang University Stomatology Hospital published their research findings on the photofunctionalization of TiO2 nanodots and its regulating effects on cells in the ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. This study was featured as a cover article of the journal.In this study, the ultraviolet radiant energy (URE)-dependent functionalization was demonstrated on the titanium surfaces. A series of physicochemical changes, e.g the i...

On June 28, Zhejiang University released its ninth convergence research project, and the first of its kind in humanities and social sciences: the Convergence Research Project of Asian Civilizations, Asian Civilizations Project for short. With the launch of the Project, the university aims to conduct in-depth studies on the value of Asian civilizations, promote integration of its research forces in humanities, social sciences, and adjacent disciplines, propel new breakthroughs, and provide fresh ...

On June 18, the research team led by Prof. SONG Jizhou from the Zhejiang University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented a simple, cost-effective, yet robust transfer printing technique via a shape-conformal stamp with actively actuated surface microstructures for programmable and scalable transfer printing with remarkable reliability and exceptional efficiency. Their research findings are published in a research article entitled “Programmable and scalable transfer pr...

Undergraduate student Jia Pengyue led the team Contemporary Li Shizhen and won the second place of the 2020 COVID-19 Computational Challenge which was jointly organized by the RMDS Lab (Research Methods and Data Science Lab) and the City of Los Angeles. “This challenge has been a way to bring the best ideas from our global community and to focus on how innovation, data and technology can help us address this global crisis together.” said Jeanne Holm, the City of Los Angeles Chief Data Officer,...

Recently, Prof. YING Yibing from the Zhejiang University College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science has been inducted into the 2020 Class of Fellows with the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for his outstanding contributions to intelligent agro-information sensing equipment and agricultural robots. Prof. YING is the first recipient of this honor in the Chinese mainland.ASABE is an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the adv...