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Scientific research

The CAS-JIC Joint Research Center (CEPMAS) aims to provide a platform for outstanding scientific research, with a focus on areas such as crop improvement and the production of high-value natural products from plants and microorganisms.

The collaborative research projects are funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) of the UK, and the Newton Fund.

Research projects include:

  • Development of a bioactive herbal medicine natural product production system
  • Genome sequencing of diploid oat (Avena strigosa)
  • Wheat association genetics
  • Identification of symbiosis and PAMP signaling pathways in rice
  • Iron signaling in Arabidopsis
  • Mechanisms and significance of chromatin remodeling in plant reproductive cell lines
  • Nitrate transport targets of the wheat NAC2 transcription factor
  • Functional and population analysis of genomic islands in the genus Panicum (millets)
  • Regulation of plant growth and organ size
  • Intercellular transport of begomoviruses: Interaction between the begomovirus C4 protein and plant BAM1 receptor kinase
  • Optimization of nitrogen assimilation sites by editing long-distance transport and storage under drought and salt stress
  • Construction of a plant immune signaling map through recognition of RLCK substrates
  • Coordinated regulation of plant plant height and branching
  • Investigating the adaptation of oats’ unique agronomic traits
  • A platform for exploring the biosynthetic pathways of alkaloids
  • RNA processing and transcription-related research
  • Functional identification of natural products from Streptomyces coelicolor in interspecies interactions
  • Functional study of aphid effector protein B
  • Functional analysis of bidirectional nitrate transporters in rice and wheat
  • Structural analysis of tuberculosis drug resistance-related proteins
  • The RNA structural basis of miRNA precursor sugar-dependent degradation during plant development from seedling to maturity
  • Research on the anticancer metabolites of Scutellaria baicalensis (Baikal skullcap)
  • The impact of transposon RNA structure on transposon function in Arabidopsis
  • The role of Pseudomonas syringae exopolysaccharide production in plant infection
  • Study of the DNA gyrase-interacting proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their significance in tuberculosis treatment
  • New gene targets for iron and zinc biofortification
  • Hunger-mediated resistance to Fusarium species
  • Improving legume crop yields and nitrogen input