In 2020, under the influence of COVID-9, IBCAS has steadily promoted international scientific and technological innovation, exploring the new style of cooperation and communication, and trying to enhance innovation and influence in the related research fields.
Steadily Carry Out International S&T Innovation
In 2020, although the global epidemic spreading affects the exchange visits and joint field expedition, cooperative research moved on through internet communication, online meeting, and other new ways.
The International project “Flora of Pan-Himalaya”, held by Academician HONG Deyuan, involved with international scholars has advanced steadily. A large-scale field expedition to Tibet has been organized. More than 9000 specimens of 1900 plant accesses were collected, 38000 images were taken. More than 20 additional expeditions were conducted. Two volumes or the book series have been completed, with one volume was published in 2020.
"Catalytic Mechanisms and Functions of the Metabolic Diversity of Triterpenes in Plants" is a key international cooperation project in collaboration with the John Innes Centre (JIC), United Kingdom (2020-2024). The project had annotated 377 2,3-oxidosqualene cyclases (OSC) genes from whole-genome sequences of 30 species in Brassicaceae. Phylogenetic tree analysis found that whole-genome duplication and gene loss/duplication were related to the diversity of OSCs.
The project “Biodiversity and its controls on grassland ecosystem multifunctionality between China and Mongolia” is to build field research platform and carry out biodiversity-ecosystem functions researches across three vegetation types, i.e. meadow steppe, typical steppe and desert steppe between China and Mongolia. At each platform, plant traits have been investigated in 2020. Based on available data, it was found that vegetation type and foraging significantly impacted species diversity and ecosystem functions.
For the CAS-CSIRO joint project “Cultivate more healthy and high quality cereal crops”, a new line of purple rice with the thickened aleurone was obtained, and the nutritional values of this new line was measured. Using gene editing technology, 5 knock-out lines of TA1 in rice were created. In addition, two webinar of the joint project was held to discuss the research progress and research program in 2020.
Explore New Ways of International Cooperation And Exchange
The scholars and scientists are also active to get involved in international affairs. To date, there are 15 scientists serving in 25 international organizations and 57 scientists serving in 75 international journals.
Meeting for Asia Regional Members Committee of IUCN, Webinar on Usage and citation of data from GBIF and CAS-CSIRO project webinars were organized online in 2020. On September 29, 2020, Mr. David Cooper, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and domestic scientists were invited to interpret the contents of the fifth edition of "biodiversity outlook" published on that day.
More than 20 faculties and graduates have participated in several international conferences online, such as AUG2020, ESA2020, XIII International Terroir Congress, etc. They have exchanged the latest scientific progress with international counterparts, and mastered the current trends in related research fields.
In 2020, under the influence of COVID-9, IBCAS has steadily promoted international scientific and technological innovation, exploring the new style of cooperation and communication, and trying to enhance innovation and influence in the related research fields.
Steadily Carry Out International S&T Innovation
In 2020, although the global epidemic spreading affects the exchange visits and joint field expedition, cooperative research moved on through internet communication, online meeting, and other new ways.
The International project “Flora of Pan-Himalaya”, held by Academician HONG Deyuan, involved with international scholars has advanced steadily. A large-scale field expedition to Tibet has been organized. More than 9000 specimens of 1900 plant accesses were collected, 38000 images were taken. More than 20 additional expeditions were conducted. Two volumes or the book series have been completed, with one volume was published in 2020.
"Catalytic Mechanisms and Functions of the Metabolic Diversity of Triterpenes in Plants" is a key international cooperation project in collaboration with the John Innes Centre (JIC), United Kingdom (2020-2024). The project had annotated 377 2,3-oxidosqualene cyclases (OSC) genes from whole-genome sequences of 30 species in Brassicaceae. Phylogenetic tree analysis found that whole-genome duplication and gene loss/duplication were related to the diversity of OSCs.
The project “Biodiversity and its controls on grassland ecosystem multifunctionality between China and Mongolia” is to build field research platform and carry out biodiversity-ecosystem functions researches across three vegetation types, i.e. meadow steppe, typical steppe and desert steppe between China and Mongolia. At each platform, plant traits have been investigated in 2020. Based on available data, it was found that vegetation type and foraging significantly impacted species diversity and ecosystem functions.
For the CAS-CSIRO joint project “Cultivate more healthy and high quality cereal crops”, a new line of purple rice with the thickened aleurone was obtained, and the nutritional values of this new line was measured. Using gene editing technology, 5 knock-out lines of TA1 in rice were created. In addition, two webinar of the joint project was held to discuss the research progress and research program in 2020.
Explore New Ways of International Cooperation And Exchange
The scholars and scientists are also active to get involved in international affairs. To date, there are 15 scientists serving in 25 international organizations and 57 scientists serving in 75 international journals.
Meeting for Asia Regional Members Committee of IUCN, Webinar on Usage and citation of data from GBIF and CAS-CSIRO project webinars were organized online in 2020. On September 29, 2020, Mr. David Cooper, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and domestic scientists were invited to interpret the contents of the fifth edition of "biodiversity outlook" published on that day.
More than 20 faculties and graduates have participated in several international conferences online, such as AUG2020, ESA2020, XIII International Terroir Congress, etc. They have exchanged the latest scientific progress with international counterparts, and mastered the current trends in related research fields.