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02 2020
Recent years, Prof. JIANG Heqing’s group from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has done a lot of work on the development of new perovskite oxides and their catalytic - membrane separation performance. In the newest research, to solve the the serious energy consumption in film regeneration from biofouling, the high catalytic activity of perovskite oxides in combustion has been performed. The related findings were published in the Nano Energy. Biological or organic contaminants widely exist in most water sources. During the practical solar-driven evaporation process for fresh generation, photothermal films tend to be contaminated by alga or other organics, resulting in unavoidable perfo...
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02 2020
Recently, the research team led by Prof. LU Xuefeng from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), revealed the catalytic mechanism and structure-function relationship of the specific and efficient lovastatin hydrolase PcEST. Hyperlipidemia, one of the most common threats to human health, refers to an abnormal increase of cholesterol and/or triglycerides in the blood. One effective method for prevention and treatment of the disease is cholesterol-lowering therapy, such...
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01 2020
A research team led by Prof. LU Xuefeng from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), have successfully revealed a new biosynthetic mechanism of fungal natural products. The findings were released on Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. Filamentous fungi are known to produce a variety of structurally diverse secondary metabolites with widely ranging biological activities. The backbones of these metabolites are synthesized by core multidomain megasynthases such as polyketide synth...
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01 2020
A research team led by Prof. WU Jianfei from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have been successfully developed a series of sulfide solid electrolytes and excellent solid-state batteries. All-solid-state (sulfide) battery is a cutting-edge technology which promotes the progress of society and human. It has several advantages such as high safety, high energy density, high temperature resistance and long life comparing. It can solve ...
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12 2019
Research team from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology focused on improving the current method of examining the so-called “shotgun metagenomes.” When an environmental sample is processed, all of the genetic material present is cut apart into identifiable DNA samples. The DNA samples are processed to produce metagenomes of the species in the environmental sample—a combination of metadata and genomes. A metagenome can contain genetic data from several types of organisms, indicating the evolutionary combinations that lead to that specific species. High populations of specific organisms have a higher representation of the DNA sample, but even minor species can be accounted for through this method. Microbiomes can contain thousands of bacteria species, hinting at the complex ecosystem that houses the microbiome as well as the one contained within the microbiome. Yet, until now, researchers have been limited in the tools they have to precisel...
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12 2019
By examining the enzymes that break down the alginate, the researchers from Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT),may be able to harness the natural process to produce biofuel. During this process, they identified previously unknown enzymatic families that contribute to the bioconversion. The recently published the full structure of one such enzyme October 17 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Brown algae are not just seaweed that floats in the ocean and tangles swimmers’ feet - it also contains a secret. In its cell wall, brown algae hold polysaccharide alginate, one of the most abundant carbohydrates in the ocean. A major food source...
