On November 30, Nature Communications (IF: 12.131) published online the latest research findings by Professor Zhong Bo’s research group from the Medical Research Institute/College of Life Sciences, and the Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University. The article describes the important function and mechanism of chemokines CCL7 recruiting cDC1 to promote antitumor i...

On November 11, Nature published a paper by Prof. Song Baoliang’s team from WHU School of Life Sciences which reveals a new regulatory mechanism between feeding and cholesterol biosynthesis. This study offers a glance into the law of cholesterol metabolism in the human body and lays a foundation for the treatment of metabolic diseases, including hyperlipidaemia, obesity, liver steatosis and di...

The central conference on work related to overall law-based governance was held in Beijing from 16 to 18 November. General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a key speech. Feng Guo, dean of Wuhan University’s School of Law, attended the conference as a representative of colleges and universities and was interviewed by CCTV.Combining history with reality, domestic with international relations, and...

Recently, Professor Guo Xibao from School of Economics and Management of Wuhan University won the fifth Liu Shibai Award in Economics, which was granted for his book A Research On Transformation Of Economic Structures Towards High-Quality Development. It was another national prize in economics won by Professor Guo Xibao this year after he won the Award for Outstanding Scientific Research Achie...

Recently, significant progress was made on polyketide synthase (PKS) biosynthesis by Professor Sun Yuhui’s research group from the team of CAS member Deng Zixin at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University (WHU). The research revealed that double bond reduction of the polyketide chain in PKS domain could be achieved by a novel cross-module “borrowing” method, which had been pu...

On October 21, the international academic journal Cell Death Differentiation published online the latest findings of Prof. Zhou Rongjia and Prof. Cheng Hanhuas’ team (College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University). Their research reveals the molecular mechanism in germline mitophagy, which is of great scientific significance for understanding autophagy’s role in the regulation and function main...

On October 1, Current Biology published online the latest findings of Prof. Zhang Mengxiang’s team from College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University. The research reveals a novel molecular mechanism responsible for structural patterning and functional specifying the fine architecture of apical gynoecium. The paper is entitled Three STIGMA AND STYLE STYLISTs Pattern the Fine Architectures of Api...

On October 1, the international authoritative journal Nature Communication published online the latest findings of Prof. Wang Cheng’s team (College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University), whose research has resulted in the first stimuli-responsive three-dimensional covalent organic framework. The paper, entitled Redox-triggered Switching in Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic F...