SIAT Research
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Jul 27, 2021Whole Brain Mapping of Primates Enters Micron EraThe research team of Prof. Guo-Qiang BI and Prof. Pak-Ming Lau, along with domestic and international collaborators, realized three-dimensional mapping of the entire brain of the macaque monkey at ... The research team of Prof. Guo-Qiang BI and Prof. Pak-Ming Lau from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy ... -
Jul 26, 2021Deep Learning-powered Multi-Organ Abdominal CT SegmentationA new study published in the Medical Image Analysis on Jul. 9 shows that the proposed hybrid deformable model (HDM) and multi-scale feature fusion network (MFSS) can improve the performance of abdo... Automatic multi-organ abdominal CT segmentation can improve the efficiency of clinical workflows such as disease diagnosis, prognostic analysis, and treatment planning. Artificial intelligence-base... -
Jun 29, 2021New Therapeutic Strategy for Precise Cancer Treatment － Prodrug Activation Using RadiotherapySIAT scientists have explored the possibility of using clinically utilized radiotherapy X-ray sources to activate anti-tumor prodrugs. Chemotherapy is highly efficient and widely used for cancer treatment. However, many commercially applied chemotherapeutic drugs lack the selectively between cancer and normal tissues, and thus ris... -
Jun 16, 2021SIAT Scientists Made Progresses on Saccharomyces cerevisiae's Biological Components Standardization and Applications in Metabolic EngineeringResearchers used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to insert artificially designed "wicket" sequences into the yeast genome, making it possible to achieve integration of β-carotene synthesis pathway at an ef... Supported by the funding of the External Cooperation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the research team lead by Dr. DAI Junbiao, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chin... -
May 14, 2021Theory About How Keto Diet Works is Rejected in Perspectives Article in ScienceSpeakman said “The carbohydrate insulin model was a good attempt to try and explain why we get fat, and why keto diets help reverse it. However, our data in both mice and humans clearly show it is... The keto diet has become very popular in recent years. It involves changing the diet so that almost all carbs are eliminated. In consequence it has very high levels of fat and protein, mostly deriv... -
Apr 26, 2021Self-powered Flexible Neurostimulator Achieves Bidirectional Modulation of Neural PlasticityDr. ZHAN Yang team developed a self-powered flexible wearable neural stimulator to achieve bidirectional modulation of neural plasticity. Related results were published on Nano Energy (impact facto... Recently, Dr. ZHAN Yang team of the Brain Intelligence Center and Dr. LI Guanglin team of the Neural Engineering Center at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Acade... -
Mar 23, 2021Researchers Developed an Engineered P. Aeruginosa Strain to Realize the Optical Control of the Movement Behavior of the BacteriaResearchers design an engineered strain based on Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which realized the optical control of the movement behavior of the bacteria and its infection on the host. Recently, Jin Fan' s group at the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liu Zhi’s group at Huazhong University of Science and Technology collaborated... -
Mar 15, 2021Significant Progress Has Been Made in the Field of Superconducting PhysicsBased on high-throughput calculations and first-principles material design, the research team found that the TbHn (n=1~12) system can achieve superconducting transformation in the pressure range of... In 2015, Nature published an article reporting that a superconducting critical temperature of more than 200K was found in the sulfur hydride. In 2018, LaH10 created a superconducting critical tempe...