Ray Wu, as remembered by a former student

Some 35 years ago, I had the good fortune to be ac-cepted into Ray Wu’s lab as a graduate student. Ray was already well known for his pioneering studies in DNA se-quencing, and his lab was quietly humming with the ex-citement of the new approaches being developed for DNA labeling, sequencing and synthesis. Looking back, I am somewhat surprised that Ray accepted me into his lab-I was     

Length‐weight relationships of fishes in the Wu Jiao nature reserve and adjacent areas,China

The length‐weight relationships LWRs) (W = aL^b) of four fish species caught in 2010–2012 from the Wujiao Nature Reserve and adjacent areas are reported. LWRs of these species are documented for the first time.     

著名的生物化学与分子生物学家吴冠芸教授

吴冠芸教授是一位毕生活跃在医学科学前沿的女科学家、教育家。她在科教战线上辛勤耕耘逾50载,成就卓著,声名斐然。在科学研究上,她的突出贡献是：在我国首先建立起一系列常见的和严重的遗传病的基因诊断新方法、新技术,并将之推广应用,取得了显著的社会效益,翻开了我国遗传病研究和防治工作的新篇章,为提高人民健康水平带来福音,因而多次获得国家级和部级嘉奖,并受任为世界卫生组织遗传病社区防治合作中心主任。吴冠芸教授也是在分子水平上研究中医药疗效原理的开拓者之一,多有建树。改革开放后,她壮心不已,奔波于国际学术讲坛,为中国相关科学领域在国际科坛上赢得了一席之地。吴冠芸教授已发表论文140余篇,综述50余篇,主编出版专著3部。她曾作为中国医学科学院基础医学研究所生物化学与分子生物学系多年的主要负责人之一,为生物化学与分子生物学的学科建设和人才培养作出了重要贡献,尤其在培养人才方面,她甘为人梯,勤于育人。培养了不少有成就的人才,出自其门下的莘莘学子遍布海内外,受过短期培养的科技人员和医务工作者更不胜枚举。吴冠芸教授不愧为“知识先锋,道德楷模”。     

Length–weight relationships and biological data of Odontobutis sinensis (Wu,Chen & Chong, 2002) from Liangzi Lake,China

This study provides the first biological information on a small freshwater benthic fish species Odontobutis sinensis (Wu, Chen & Chong, 2002) from Liangzi Lake, China. The length‐weight relationship was BW = 0.0080TL^3.23. The male : female sex ratio was 1.56 : 1. Based on the gonadosomatic index (GSI), the spawning season is from April to June. Females first matured at 7.90 cm total length (TL). Absolute fecundity varied from 346 to 2588 eggs. Main food items consisted of crustaceans and smaller fishes.     

Resonance light scattering technique for the determination of proteins with Congo red and Triton X‐100. Xia Wu,Shuna Sun,Changying Guo,Jinghe Yang,Changxia Sun,Chengrong Zhou and Tao Wu. Luminescence Vol. 21 No. 1, 2006, pages 56–61.

The original article to which this Erratum refers was published in Luminescence Vol. 21 No. 1, 2006, pages 56–61.     

Gymnocypris chui Tchang,Yueh & Hwang, 1964 and Gymnocypris scleracanthus Tsao,Wu, Chen & Zhu, 1992 from Lake Langcuo,Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

This study presents length‐weight relationships (LWRs) for two sympatric species of the subfamily Schizothoracinae (Cyprinidae), Gymnocypris chui and G. scleracanthus, captured in Lake Langcuo in Tibet, China. A total of 193 specimens were collected in June and July of 2014 and 2015 using gill nets of different mesh sizes (mesh size: 2 × 2 cm, 3 × 3 cm). Specimens included 76 G. chui and 117 G. scleracanthus. The values of parameter b in the LWRs equations were estimated as 2.875 for G. chui, and 2.773 for G. scleracanthus, respectively. These are the first LWRs records for the two sympatric species.     

吴汝康科学著作目录

001.吴汝康.1941.中国人发旋的研究WooJukang.1941.NotesontheVertexWhorloftheChineseandTwoOtherRacialGroupsin Kweichow,China.Anthropol.J.,Acad.Sin.,2:43—46[inEnglish].002.吴汝康.1941.中国人的寰椎与枢椎WooJuknag.1941.TheAtlasandAxisinChinese.Anthropol.J.,Acad     

Mitochondrial DNA diversity of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Glyptothorax zanaensis</Emphasis> (Wu et al., 1981) populations in Nu River,China

The hillstream fish, Glyptothorax zanaensis (Wu et al., Oceanol Limnol Sin 12:74–79, 1981) is a freshwater teleost species belonging to the order Siluriformes, endemic to Nu River and Lancang River basin. Because wild stocks of G. zanaensis have declined substantially in recent years, owing to overexploitation, pollution, illegal fishing practices and the development of hydroelectricity in the Nu River, the populations of G. zanaensis have markedly declined in recent years. We studied the mitochondrial DNA cyt b gene to assess the genetic diversity of G. zanaensis in seven tributaries of the Nu River. Seventy variable sites defined 15 haplotypes in 153 individuals. Haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity were 0.542 ± 0.014 and 0.011 ± 0.007, respectively. The Sunzu River site had the highest haplotype diversity (Hd, 0.893 ± 0.014) and nucleotide diversity ( Pi, 0.010 ± 0.012). Genetic diversity was low in the Dong River, Fengwei River and Mengtong River. Pairwise F _ST values ranged from 0.00 to 1.00. Significant F _ST values were found for Sunzu River sampled sites paired with all other populations and Mengtong river sampled site paired with the others. Furthermore, the Nanpeng River sampled site was significantly differentiated from the Luoming River, Dong River and Fengwei River sampled sites. Such knowledge is essential for developing appropriate policies for the rational management of G. zanaensis.     

Ray Wu: united we prevail

In the morning of Monday, February 11, 2008, I was in-formed of the sad news – Dr. Ray Wu passed away the night before – by Dr. Jun-Lin Guan, then on faculty with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.     

福建宁德发现凹耳臭蛙

2021年4月在福建宁德蕉城区石墩村采集到3只相同蛙类,通过形态特征鉴定为隶属于无尾目(Anura)蛙科(Ranidae)臭蛙属(Odorrana)的凹耳臭蛙(O.tormota).凹耳臭蛙为中国特有种,之前仅被报道分布于安徽黄山,浙江建德、天台、安吉,江西婺源和江苏宜兴,其纬度分布范围在29°～31° N之间.该物种...     

Ray Wu and the CUSBEA Program

I first met Dr Ray Wu in the late seventies of the last century, when China was beginning to re-engage with the western world. Deng Xiaoping laid out a bold, ambitious plan for the country to rapidly modernize. To realize this plan, China would need a new kind of work force. The responsi-bility fell upon the Ministry of Education to find the brightest young minds in China and to dispatch them to "scientifically advanced western countries" for post-graduate studies.