Scientists decipher early evolutionary history of solar system from meteorites
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Meteorites, 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 his collaborators at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and Lund University in Sweden proposed ...
125 years of innovation and tradition
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2022-05-21
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The 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.
ZJU scientists report new progress in carotenoid biofortification in tomato products
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2022-05-10
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Tomatoes 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 series of problems, such as insufficient innovation in germplasm, intensive cultivation, storage and p...
New mechanism in regulating selective autophagy
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2022-05-10
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Autophagy 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 diseases and metabolic diseases. Clarifying molecular mechanisms of selective autophagy can provide a the...
ZJU scientists discover interaction between nanoplastics and bacteria
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2022-05-10
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As 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 nm in size) due to sunlight radiation and slow biodegradation. The nanoplastics can translocate into...
Global representatives from multi-stakeholders join the heated discussion on “Open Science and Quality Graduate Education in Global South”
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2022-05-09
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On 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 forge a consensus over the concept of open science on graduate education in Global South and deliver...
New aggrephagy receptor for clearance of solid protein aggregates
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2022-05-08
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Aggrephagy, 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 elucidated. Traditional aggregation-prone proteins receptors (P62, NBR1, and TAX1BP1, etc.) mediate ...
SRRSH released English Manual of Situational Dialogues on Medical Services for Asian Games
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2022-05-06
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On 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 beginning of this year. Written for medical staff to have an overview of common dialogue scenarios duri...
Structures of Tetrahymena ’s respiratory chain reveal the diversity of eukaryotic core metabolism
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2022-05-06
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Oxidative 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 transport chain (ETC) complexes are limited to yeast, mammals, algae and vascular plant, belonging to the ...
What was the “childhood” of the Solar System like?
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2022-05-06
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How 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 the Sun’s gaseous protoplanetary disk probably triggered the instability of the giant planets.LIU Be...