中国生物物理学和结构生物学的栋梁之才——首届“贝时璋奖”获奖者梁栋材院士

2009年,在第九届全国生物物理学大会上,当宣布将首届贝时璋奖授予著名生物物理学家、著名结构生物学家梁栋材院士时,经久不息的热烈掌声传送着全     

大冢制药公司在美国建新所着手细胞表面糖链的研究

大塚制药公司在美国开设的第2个生物所已确定明年2—3月起正式发展工作,主要进行阐明利用单克隆抗体的细胞表面糖链结构等项研究。这个研究所与基因操作中心的大冢马里兰工程研究所一起,建成在美国的从事细胞工程和基因工程研究的基地。     

科研快讯

《自然》:科学家解析乳腺癌耐药之谜来自英国癌症研究所的研究人员领导的一个研究小组在1月4日出版的《自然》(Nature)杂志上宣称,他们在新研究中证实乳腺癌对标准激素治疗产生耐受的原因是因为雌激素受体发生了重编程结合到了基因组的不同位点。该研究发现为开发出克服耐药的新治疗策略,以及可用于预测患者耐药可能性的诊断方法提供了重要的线索。     

具有阶段结构和免疫反应的病毒动力学模型的全局稳定性

研究了一类被感染细胞具有潜伏和活性两阶段以及免疫反应的病毒动力学模型.通过建立适当的Lyapunov泛函和使用LaSalle不变集原理,获得当σ≤1,ω≤1σ和σω1时,对应的未感染平衡点P,体液免疫未激活的无免疫感染平衡点M,体液免疫已激活的感染平衡点N是全局渐近稳定的充分条件.所获得结果推广了Nowak(1996)和Bangham(1997)的工作,得到了一些新结果.     

猕猴自发性胆结石结构与成份研究

胆结石在除人以外的脊椎动物中极为少见，据Martensson（1941）报道胆结石自然发病率，牛：0.68%；猪：0.24%；马：0.08%；狗：0.04%。在非人灵长类中，自然发生的胆结石在猩猩、狨猴、狒狒、夜猴和猕猴有过报道。     

无色杆菌蛋白酶Ⅰ突变体的结构与稳定性研究

报道了用定位诱变技术，改变无色杆蛋白酶Ⅰ的酶原加工位点，使其向左或向右移动，导致突变体成熟酶的肽链从Ｎ端延长或缩短若干氨基酸残基。所获突变体显示了低于野生酶的活性。突变体的园二色谱和荧光光说研究表明，它们的结构发生了某些微小的改变。在不同的ＰＨ值的，温度和不同浓度的ＳＤＳ和盐酸胍条件下，也表现了低于天然酶的稳定性。     

Fractal root system of Melica przewalskyi along different aspect in degraded grassland

Aims Fractal root system is phenotypic plasticity result of plant root architecture to respond to environmental heterogeneity, may reflect the growth strategy of plants to adapt to environmental conditions. Our objective was to explore the relationship between root fractal dimension and fractal abundance of fractal root system of Melica przewalskyi population in response to aspect variation in the northwest of China. Methods The study site was located in a degraded alpine grassland on the northern slope in Qilian Mountains, Gansu Province, China. Survey and sampling were carried out at 40 plots which were set up along four slope aspects transects with 20 m distance between adjacent plots. Handheld GPS was used to determine the elevation, longitude and latitude of each plot. ArcGIS was used to set up digital elevation model (DEM). Community traits were investigated and six individuals roots of M. przewalskyi were collected randomly at each plot. The samples were cleaned and divided into different organs, then scanning the root with the Win-RHIZO for measurements of fractal dimension and fractal abundance in laboratory, and their biomass were then measured after being dried at 80 °C in an oven. Important findings With the slope aspect turned from north to east, west, and south, the density, height and soil moisture content of the plant community displayed a pattern of initial decline, the height, density, root fractal abundance of M. przewalskyi increased and the root fractal dimension decreased. The root fractal dimension was negatively associated with the fractal abundance in all aspects, but the relationship varied along the slope aspects gradient; there was a highly significant negative correlation (p < 0.01) between the root fractal dimension and fractal abundance at north slope and south slope aspect, whereas the correlation only reached a significant level (p < 0.05) at the east slope aspect and west slope aspect; indicating that there is a trade-off between the root fractal dimension and fractal abundance. In addition, when the slope aspect changed from north to east, west and south, the standardized major axis (SMA) slope of the regression equation in the scaling relationships between root fractal dimension and fractal abundance increased (p < 0.05), indicating that the roots of M. przewalskyi at the droughty southern slope have less branch and more sparse in the same soil volume of root exploitation and utilization. Consequently, the resource allocation pattern on reasonable trade-off between root fractal dimension and fractal abundance in different slope aspect of M. przewalskyi, reflects the relationship between the income and the cost of construction of plant root architecture.     

长江安庆新洲水域鱼类群落结构及多样性

沙洲水域环境良好,饵料资源丰富,栖息生境多样,为鱼类的生长繁殖提供了优良的生存环境。为了解长江安庆新洲水域鱼类群落结构特征,于2017年4月、7月、10月和12月对安庆江段新洲水域鱼类群落进行季节性调查。共采集鱼类64种,分属5目11科48属,其中62.5%为鲤科鱼类。以物种数和多样性指数分析群落多样性特征,结果表明新洲水域鱼类种类多样性水平较高。单因素方差分析表明,该群落多样性季节差异显著(P0.05),空间差异不明显。新洲水域鱼类群落优势种为鳊(Parabramis pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855)、鲤(Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758)、贝氏■(Hemiculter bleekeri Warpachowsky, 1887)、银鮈(Squalidus argentatus Sauvage et Dabry, 1874)和似鳊(Pseudobrama simoni Bleeker, 1864)。4种摄食功能群中,杂食性(42.19%)和肉食性(35.94%)鱼类物种数比例较高;3种生态类群中,淡水定居性鱼类占绝对优势(84.37%);3种栖息水层类型中,底层鱼类物种数比例较高,占37.50%。大型经济鱼类占总渔获物比例低(0.01%),但个体较大,因而相对重要性指数(IRI)高。总体上,新洲鱼类群落多样性和丰富度指数较高,均匀度指数偏低,个体小型化趋势明显。捕捞强度过大、水利工程建设导致的江湖阻隔及外来物种入侵是新洲水域渔业资源衰退的主要因素。由此,建议持续开展长江渔业资源监测,加强长江干流沙洲水域渔业资源保护。