“微生物学前沿”新课程体系的构建

作为一门与人类关系极为密切且正在迅速发展的学科,微生物学在生命科学领域具有举足轻重的地位。鉴于微生物学系列课程在教学过程中存在的一些共性问题,我校计划面向3个国家一流本科专业(生物科学、生物技术与生物工程专业)的高年级本科生开设“微生物学前沿”新课程,作为对重要基础理论课程——首批国家一流本科课程“微生物学”的补充与提升。本课程以微生物学的发展前沿、研究热点为授课内容,进一步拓展学生的微生物学知识和眼界,培养学生的科学精神,训练学生的科学思维方法,并增强学生解决复杂问题的能力。本课程的开设将为创新型微生物学专业人才培养起到重要的支撑作用。     

Evolution of a Journal. Editorial Policy 2.0

Papers submitted to Bioscience Hypotheses should be innovative, clear, compatible with at least most of the facts, and testable. Not all good, new, challenging ideas manage these exacting standards. Editorial policy has been altered to include both an increased role for peer advice and an occasional role for editorial advice to authors to bring out the ideas in a form that I think most likely to attract interest from our readership.     

PowerPoint in the classroom

Points of View (POV) addresses issues faced within life science education. Cell Biology Education has launched the POV feature to present two or more opinions published in tandem on a common topic. We consider POVs to be "Op-Ed" pieces designed to stimulate thought and dialog on significant educational issues. Each author has the opportunity to revise a POV after reading drafts of the other POVs. In this issue, we ask the question, "Is PowerPoint the best instructional medium to use in your class?" Everyone seems to have an opinion on Microsoft, but the intellectual merits of using PowerPoint (or similar software) is a growing question as states and institutions put more and more money into information technology and distance learning. Four POVs are presented: 1) David Keefe and James Willett provide their case why PowerPoint is an ideal teaching software. Keefe is an educational researcher at the Center for Technology in Learning at SRI International. Willett is a professor at George Mason University in the Departments of Microbial and Molecular Bioscience; as well as Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. 2) Kim McDonald highlights the causes of PowerPointlessness, a term which indicates the frequent use of PowerPoint as a crutch rather than a tool. She is a Bioscience Educator at the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. 3) Diana Voss asks readers if PowerPoint is really necessary to present the material effectively or not. Voss is a Instructional Computing Support Specialist at SUNY Stony Brook. 4) Cynthia Lanius takes a light-hearted approach to ask whether PowerPoint is a technological improvement or just a change of pace for teacher and student presentations. Lanius is a Technology Integration Specialist in the Sinton (Texas) Independent School District. The authors span the range of teaching experiences and settings from which they bring different points of view to the debate. Readers are encouraged to participate in the online discussion forum hosted by CBE at www.cellbioed.org/discussion/public/main.cfm and/or contact the authors directly.     

Retraction

Retraction: ‘ Overexpression of miR-4286 is an unfavorable prognostic marker in individuals with non–small cell lung cancer ’, by Xian An, Jiwen Ge, Huihui Guo, Huaixue Mi, Jinhua Zhou, Yongrui Liu, Weiyue, Zhilian Wu, J Cell Biochem. 2019; 17573-17583: The above article, published online on 20 May 2019 in Wiley Online Library ( https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jcb.29024 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal acting Editor in Chief, Dr. Lucie Kalvodova, and the Wiley Periodicals LLC after the authors stated that in subsequent research they found results which are in contradiction to the conclusions of this article.     

Retraction statement: The protective effects of propofol against renal ischemia-reperfusion injury are potentiated by norisoboldine treatment via inhibition of oxidative stress pathways

The following article, published online on 31 October 2021 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Hari Bhat, and Wiley Periodicals, LLC. Following publication, concerns were raised by authors regarding Figure 2. The retraction has been agreed because of concerns that the figures were duplicated and/or manipulated, affecting the interpretation of the data and results presented.     

Withdrawal: Cai,Z.,Wu,H., Xu,X. and Li,W. (2019),Down‐regulation of miR‐26 plays essential roles in TGFβ‐induced EMT. Cell Biol Int. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11029

The above article, published online on 04 July 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11029 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided final corrections.     

Retraction: Fu,W., Wang,W., Wang,H., Zhu,X., Liang,Y., Kung,H. and Zhang,J. (2014), 1,3,5‐Trihydroxy‐13,13‐dimethyl‐2H‐pyran [7,6‐b] xanthone directly targets heat shock protein 27 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cell Biol Int, 38: 272–276. doi:10.1002/cbin.10193

The above article from Cell Biology International, published online on 07 October 2013 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ) has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor‐in‐Chief and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to an error in the detection method used.     

Withdrawn: Y. Yin,X. Lu,M. Yang,J. Shangguan,Y. Zhang. Inhibition of lncRNA MALAT1 reduces myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury of rat cardiomyocytes through regulating the miR-135a-5p/HIF1AN axis,published in The Journal of Gene Medicine.

The above article, published online on 09 October 2021 in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been withdrawn by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Gening Jiang, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not responded to repeated attempts to contact them to correct and approve the article proofs for publication of the version of record.     

Retraction: MiR‐506‐3p inhibits cell proliferation,induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in retinoblastoma by directly targeting NEK6 by Lina Wu,Zhen Chen,Yiqiao Xing

The above article, published online on 06 August 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11041 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement.     

Retraction: Circular RNA‐0007874 (circMTO1) reverses chemoresistance to temozolomide by acting as a sponge of microRNA‐630 in glioblastoma by Jiang Rao,Xinxin Cheng,Huimin Zhu,Lifeng Wang,Li Liu

The above article, published online on 11 December 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11080 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement.     

Retracted: Diversity of ants across an altitudinal gradient in and outside a spruce forest in the Harz Mountains,Germany

Retraction: The following article from Insect Science, ‘Diversity of ants across an altitudinal gradient in and outside a spruce forest in the Harz Mountains, Germany’ by Marc Srour, Germano Leão Demolin Leite, Torsten Wappler, Teja Tscharntke and Christoph Scherber, published online on 2 August 2012 in Wiley Online Library ( http://wileyonlinelibrary.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Le Kang, and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. The retraction has been agreed due to concerns having been raised about the validity of the species richness values derived by the authors, and regarding the validity of the species determinations.     

Withdrawal: Cai,H., Tao,X., Zheng,L., Huang,L., Peng,Y., Liao,R. and Zhu,Y. (2019), Ozone alleviates ischemia‐reperfusion injury by inhibiting mitochondrion‐mediated apoptosis pathway in SH‐SY5Y cells. Cell Biol Int. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11087

The above article, published online on 20 December 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.11087 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement.     

Retraction: SODD promotes glucose uptake of colorectal cancer cells via AKT pathway by Rui Zhang,Jibin Li,Xiaofei Yan,Keer Jin,Wenya Li,Jian Xu,Jian Zhao,Jinghui Bai,Xiaohui Su

The above article, published online on 31 October 2017 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.10907 ), has been withdrawn by agreement with the journal Editor, Sergio Schenkman, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed because the authors have not provided a signed Copyright Transfer Agreement.     

Retracted: Notch activation is regulated by an interaction between hCLP46 and chaperone protein calnexin

Retraction: The following article from Cell Biochemistry and Function, "Notch activation Is regulated by interaction between hCLP46 and the chaperone protein calnexin" by Xiaoqin Feng and Lixin Liu, published online on 3 April 2012 in Wiley Online Library (www.wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted with agreement from the authors, the journal Editor, Nigel Loveridge, and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The retraction has been agreed because the paper was submitted without approval from the co-author, Lixin Liu, and contains data that requires further experimentation in order to support the conclusions fully. Reference Feng, X. and Liu, L. (2012), Notch activation is regulated by an interaction between hCLP46 and chaperone protein calnexin. Cell Biochem. Funct. doi: 10.1002/cbf.2825.     

Withdrawn: Immunization with pseudotype baculovirus expressing envelope protein of Japanese encephalitis virus elicits protective immunity in mice

This paper appeared in the February issue, occupying pp. 150‐159. It was a duplicate of JGM 1271, which appears on pp. 57‐65 of the January issue. It has therefore been withdrawn from Wiley InterScience. The publisher apologies to the authors for the error. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Absorption of light in photoreceptors: Effect of waveguiding property

The effect of waveguiding property (i.e., the intensity distribution) of the photoreceptor on the number of photons absorbed in a photoreceptor has been studied. It has been found that the effect is significant only for large values of the exposure and the maximum effect is less than 11% in the case of human rod photoreceptor. In the analysis, the funnelling effect, which follows from the coupling between the interior and exterior fields, has not been considered.Work partially supported by the Department of Science and Technology (India)B. D. Gupta is associated with the School of Bioscience Studies     

Retracted: Terbium-sensitized fluorescence method for the determination of dopamine in biological fluids and tablet formulation

The following article from Luminescence, Terbium‐sensitized fluorescence method for the determination of dopamine in biological fluids and tablet formulation by Vahid Shahinfard, Ali Ehsani, Vahid Panahi‐Azar, Negar Kabir Yousefi and Morteza Salek Jalali, published online on 12th January 2012 in Wiley Online Library ( www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal Editor in Chief, Professor L. J. Kricka and Wiley‐Blackwell. The retraction has been agreed due to data in the article is not being reproducible. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Retraction

Retraction : “MicroRNA-1271 functions as a potential tumor suppressor in hepatitis B virus–associated hepatocellular carcinoma through the AMPK signaling pathway by binding to CCNA1 ” by Yang Chen, Zhen-Xian Zhao, Fei Huang, Xiao-Wei Yuan, Liang Deng, and Di Tang, J Cell Physiol. 2019; 3555-3569: The above article, published online on 22 November 2018 in Wiley Online Library ( https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.26955 ), has been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editor-in-Chief, Prof Dr Gregg Fields, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed following an investigation based on allegations raised by a third party concerning similarities to images in a published article by different authors in another journal. The authors asked to retract their article and stated that unintentional errors occurred during the collation of the figures for publication. As a consequence, the editors consider the conclusions to be invalid.