The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and social impacts on the world.It has highlighted an urgent need to strengthen existing international biosecurity governance mechanisms to prevent the mis...The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and social impacts on the world.It has highlighted an urgent need to strengthen existing international biosecurity governance mechanisms to prevent the misuse and malicious abuse of life science research and maintain international biological arms control norms.Biologists are at the front line of biotechnology development and are key to maintaining biosecurity awareness and moral self-discipline.As an important first step,biologists need to actively participate in the formulation and implementation of relevant biosecurity policies and measures to ensure their effectiveness and sustainability.Furthermore,efforts should be made to advocate for and promote the establishment of an ethical code of conduct for biologists to share safety responsibilities for global biosecurity.To maximize the impact of this ethical code of conduct,an effective approach to implementing codes of conduct for biologists at both national and international levels should be established under the framework of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention(BTWC).展开更多
The first Youth Investigator Forum on Interdisciplinary Re- search of Mathematics, Computer Science and Biological Sci- ence （YMCB） took place on May 18-19, 2013 in Beijing, China. The conference was hosted by the N...The first Youth Investigator Forum on Interdisciplinary Re- search of Mathematics, Computer Science and Biological Sci- ence （YMCB） took place on May 18-19, 2013 in Beijing, China. The conference was hosted by the National Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences （NCMIS）, Chi- nese Academy of Sciences （CAS）, and was initiated by Dr. Xiu-Jie Wang （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biol- ogy, CAS） and Dr. Shihua Zhang （Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS）. This conference was launched to nurture the next generation of computational biologists in Chi- na. More than 300 people from all over the country attended this conference and 21 talks and 40 posters were presented at this meeting. The topics covered next-generation sequencing data analysis, transcription and mRNA regulation, microR- NA and lncRNA regulation, network biology, cancer genom- ics, epigenetics and personalized medicine. The conference was opened by Prof.展开更多
Prof. Chen Zhu, a molecular biologist, recently joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and was appointed vice president of the China’s top research center in natural sciences. Chen was a research professor at S...Prof. Chen Zhu, a molecular biologist, recently joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and was appointed vice president of the China’s top research center in natural sciences. Chen was a research professor at Shanghai Second Medical University before entering CAS. His career has included: the director of Shanghai Research Institute of Hematonosis, head of Key Lab of Human Genome of the Ministry展开更多
The origin of the angiosperms has always been assumed to be one of the most interesting problems by botanists. About one hundred years ago, the great biologist Charles Darwin believed that the angiosperms arose sudden...The origin of the angiosperms has always been assumed to be one of the most interesting problems by botanists. About one hundred years ago, the great biologist Charles Darwin believed that the angiosperms arose suddenly in the Late Cretaceous, and considered that this was an 'adominable mystery'. Due to the insufficiency of fossil records and research work, he had to ascribe it to be 'the incompleteness of the geological record'. In展开更多
In an essay written by the evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky in 1973,he pointed out that "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution."An interesting phenomenon in biology is t...In an essay written by the evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky in 1973,he pointed out that "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution."An interesting phenomenon in biology is the presence of variable numbers of chromosomes in different organisms.Besides several species,which possess multiple circular chromosomes or simply linear chromosomes (Baril et al. 1989;Suwanto and Kaplan,1989;Jumas-Bilak et al.,1998), most prokaryotes only possess one circular chromosome.In contrast,the genomes of eukaryotic species are usually packaged into linear chromosomes with numbers varying from one to hundreds (Crosland and Crozier,1986;Lukhtanov,2015).展开更多
What was your dream when you were a little girl?What first made you interested in biology?Surprisingly enough,Inever dreamed of beingabiologist.Actually,wanted to beam a the matician.
基金supported by the National Social Science Fund of China(Grant no.20BFX163)grants from the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant no.2020YFA0908600,2019YFA0904600).
文摘The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and social impacts on the world.It has highlighted an urgent need to strengthen existing international biosecurity governance mechanisms to prevent the misuse and malicious abuse of life science research and maintain international biological arms control norms.Biologists are at the front line of biotechnology development and are key to maintaining biosecurity awareness and moral self-discipline.As an important first step,biologists need to actively participate in the formulation and implementation of relevant biosecurity policies and measures to ensure their effectiveness and sustainability.Furthermore,efforts should be made to advocate for and promote the establishment of an ethical code of conduct for biologists to share safety responsibilities for global biosecurity.To maximize the impact of this ethical code of conduct,an effective approach to implementing codes of conduct for biologists at both national and international levels should be established under the framework of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention(BTWC).
基金the National Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciencesthe Youth Innovation Promotion Association,CAS
文摘The first Youth Investigator Forum on Interdisciplinary Re- search of Mathematics, Computer Science and Biological Sci- ence （YMCB） took place on May 18-19, 2013 in Beijing, China. The conference was hosted by the National Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences （NCMIS）, Chi- nese Academy of Sciences （CAS）, and was initiated by Dr. Xiu-Jie Wang （Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biol- ogy, CAS） and Dr. Shihua Zhang （Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS）. This conference was launched to nurture the next generation of computational biologists in Chi- na. More than 300 people from all over the country attended this conference and 21 talks and 40 posters were presented at this meeting. The topics covered next-generation sequencing data analysis, transcription and mRNA regulation, microR- NA and lncRNA regulation, network biology, cancer genom- ics, epigenetics and personalized medicine. The conference was opened by Prof.
文摘Prof. Chen Zhu, a molecular biologist, recently joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and was appointed vice president of the China’s top research center in natural sciences. Chen was a research professor at Shanghai Second Medical University before entering CAS. His career has included: the director of Shanghai Research Institute of Hematonosis, head of Key Lab of Human Genome of the Ministry
文摘The origin of the angiosperms has always been assumed to be one of the most interesting problems by botanists. About one hundred years ago, the great biologist Charles Darwin believed that the angiosperms arose suddenly in the Late Cretaceous, and considered that this was an 'adominable mystery'. Due to the insufficiency of fossil records and research work, he had to ascribe it to be 'the incompleteness of the geological record'. In
文摘In an essay written by the evolutionary biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky in 1973,he pointed out that "Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution."An interesting phenomenon in biology is the presence of variable numbers of chromosomes in different organisms.Besides several species,which possess multiple circular chromosomes or simply linear chromosomes (Baril et al. 1989;Suwanto and Kaplan,1989;Jumas-Bilak et al.,1998), most prokaryotes only possess one circular chromosome.In contrast,the genomes of eukaryotic species are usually packaged into linear chromosomes with numbers varying from one to hundreds (Crosland and Crozier,1986;Lukhtanov,2015).
文摘What was your dream when you were a little girl?What first made you interested in biology?Surprisingly enough,Inever dreamed of beingabiologist.Actually,wanted to beam a the matician.
