Chinese research team develops new approach for genetically encoded tags for single-molecule imaging in electron microscopy

2020-08-13

A research team -- from the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing – recently reported an approach for directly synthesizing electron microscopy (EM)-visible gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) on cysteine-rich tags, for single-molecule visualization in cells.

Chinese research team reveals importance of feedback signals for cortical neurons, to recalibrate their sensitivity

2020-08-12

A research paper entitled Adaptation to feedback representation of illusory orientation produced from flash grab effect -- written by a Chinese research team was published in the prestigious peer-review scientific journal Nature Communications on Aug 6.

Chinese researchers make significant discovery in Parkinson's disease-related phosphorylation

2020-08-11

Chinese researchers have found that Parkinson's disease-related phosphorylation at Tyr39 rearranges α-synuclein amyloid fibril structure revealed by cryo-EM, according to news on the WeChat account of Biophysical Society of China (BSC).

Scientific expedition completed in South China Sea

2020-08-07

Chinese scientists said on Thursday that they have completed a comprehensive scientific expedition near Zhongsha Islands in the South China Sea.

Biophysical Society of China acts to support young talent

2020-08-04

Since the start of its youth talent support program in 2015, the Biophysical Society of China has established a set procedure for selecting, training and evaluating young people -- and has gradually expanded the program into its existing personnel training system, according to BSC officials.

Member spotlight: Yan Xiyun

2020-08-03

Yan Xiyun, PhD, Professor, CASM Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, or CAS; Member of the Biophysical Society of China, or BSC.