THE 1988 FIELD PROGRAM OF THE DINOSAUR PROJECT

<正> The Dinosaur Project(China-Canada-Aloerta-Ex Terra) continued its fieldwork in nor-thern China in 1988.The expedition was divided into two camps,one working in Xinjiangin the Junggar Basin,and the other in Nei Mingol.Between June and mid-September,staffof the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology joined their hosts from the Institute of Vertebrate Pa-leontology and Paleoanthropology(Beijing) and the Nei Mongol Museum(Hohhot),concen-     

THE 1989 FIELD SEASON OF THE DINOSAUR PROJECT

<正> The third field season of the Dinosaur Project (China, Canada, Alberta) was centered in the Junggar Basin (Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu) and divided into two phases, an initial three weeks near Pinfengshan and a final week at Jiangjunmiao. During the latter part of May through mid-June, personnel of the National Museum of Natural Sciences (Ottawa) and Tyr-     

New Year Address of Zoological Research

The year 2016 was a wonderful and important one for Zoological Research (ZR).In recognition of its impressive progress and great potential to develop into a leading journal in the field,ZR is now supported by the "Project for Enhancing International Impact of China STM Journals" (PIIJ) (Class B) (2016-2018).Having wide coverage,PIIJ is the most influential project in China for supporting and promoting the development of English language academic journal publications.In addition,ZR has achieved the "lntemational Impact Academic Journal of China"title five years in a row.     

Full-Color Publication in JIPB

正from January 1~(st),2017 In order to increase the readability of papers published in JIPB,with the support from the Project for Enhancing International Impact of China STM Journals,JIPB has started to publish all contents in JIPB with full color,both in print and online versions.The page charge will be 100 US$per printed page.If authors decide to choose OpenAccess,a one-time charge of 2,5oo US$ will be applied(no page     

A legacy of the “1% program”-The “Chinese Chapter” of the human genome reference sequence

正The year of 2018 marks the 65th anniversary of the discovery of DNA double helix and the 15th anniversary of the successful completion of the international Human Genome Project (HGP),the two revolutions in life sciences (Sharp, 2014). The year also sees the effective implementation of the "1%Program", the Chinese contribution to the reference sequence of the human genome,which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Genetics Society of China, one of the most influential national academic organizations in China.     

Full-Color Publication in JIPB from January 1~(st),2017

<正>In order to increase the readability of papers published in JIPB,with the support from the Project for Enhancing International Impact of China STM Journals,JIPB will start to publish all contents in JIPB with full color,both in print and online versions.The page charge will be 100 US$per printed page.If authors decide to choose OpenAccess,a one-time charge of 2,500 US$will be applied(no page     

Special Issue on “Big Data in Brain Science”

<正>The journal Genomics,ProteomicsBioinformatics(GPB)is now inviting submissions for a special issue(to be published in the Winter of 2017)on the topic of"Big data in brain science".It took 15 years,3 billion USD,and thousands of top scientists from all over the world to complete the Human Genome Project(HGP).Our next grand challenge in biological sciences,the worldwide Human Brain Project(HBP),will be much more complex than HGP.Human brain is     

Full-Color Publication in JIPB from January 1~(st),2017

正In order to increase the readability of papers published in JIPB,with the support from the Project for Enhancing International Impact of China STM Journals,JIPB will start to publish all contents in JIPB with full color,both in print and online versions.The page charge will be 100 US$per printed page.If authors decide to choose OpenAccess,a one-time charge of 2,500 US$will be applied(no page     

Rediscovery of the sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)in Yingjiang County,Yunnan Province,China

DEAR EDITOR, The sun bear,Helarctos malayanus (Raffles,1821),is a forestdependent bear species distributed in tropical Southeast Asia.The species was previously reported from scattered localities in southwestern China,which is at the northeastern edge of its global range.Due to the scarcity of reliable recent records,some authorities cast doubt on the continued existence of sun bear in China.Here we present the rediscovery of this species in Yingjiang County,western Yunnan Province,China,near the international border with Myanmar's Kachin State.     

Characterization of serogroup C meningococci isolated from 14 provinces of China during 1966—2005 using comparative genomic hybridization

Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of bacterial meningitis and septicemia worldwide. In China, serogroup A strains were responsible for over 95% of the cases, while serogroup B strains were mainly the cause of localized outbreaks and sporadic cases. Before 2003, serogroup C strains were only re-covered from a few sporadic cases. However, a sudden increase in the number of cases due to sero-group C strains occurred during 2003—2005 in Anhui Province, China. Many cases were found in other provinces at the same time. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) results indicated that the unique se-quence type 4821 clone meningococci, a new hyper-virulent lineage, was responsible for the serogroup C meningitis outbreaks. We have completed the project of sequencing the whole genome of the Chi-nese N. meningitidis serogroup C representative isolate 053442. We fabricated a whole-genome mi-croarray of N. meningitidis isolate 053442 and analyzed the genome composition differences among 81 serogroup C isolates which were isolated from 14 provinces of China during 1966—2005. The com-parative genomic hybridization (CGH) result shows that the genome compositions of nearly all sero-group C isolates are similar to that of 053442. The products of many absent open reading frames (ORFs) are conserved hypothetical proteins. The results will provide a valuable resource from which one can analyze the genome composition and genetic background of serogroup C meningococci in China.     

Systems Biology Brings Life Sciences Closer——Report on the China-UK Systems Biology Workshop 2005

The China-UK Systems held during June 20-21 Biology Workshop 2005 was in the National Science Park of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. It was organized by the Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, and was initiated by Prof. Dr. Jun Zhu （Zhejiang University） and Prof. Dr. John Findlay （University of Leeds, UK）. The workshop was part of the program called UK-China Partners in Science, a one-year campaign that was initiated by the British government to explore more collaborations between UK and China on science and technology. It was attended also by a representative of this program, Mr. Frank Yuan, senior science ＆ innovation officer. The idea of the workshop was to bring together experts with specialists in systems biology in order to promote the ＂natural partnership＂ between scientists from the two countries. The most important items of systcms biology considered at the workshop were： （1） New technologies and advances in systems biology; （2） Research developments in genomics and proteomics; （3） New methodologies and software in computational biology; （4） Research collaboration on systems biology between China and UK.     

Special Issue on “Big Data in Brain Science”

正The journal Genomics,ProteomicsBioinformatics(GPB)is now inviting submissions for a special issue(to be published in the spring of 2019)on the topic of"Big data in brain science".It took 15 years,3 billion USD,and thousands of top scientists from all over the world to complete the Human Genome Project(HGP).Our next grand challenge in biological sciences,the worldwide Human Brain Project(HBP),will be much more complex than HGP.Human brain is     

Special Issue on ‘‘Big Data in Brain Science”

正The journal Genomics, ProteomicsBioinformatics (GPB) is now inviting submissions for a special issue (to be published in the summer of 2019) on the topic of ‘‘Big data in brain science’’.It took 15 years, 3 billion USD, and thousands of top scientists from all over the world to complete the Human Genome Project (HGP). Our next grand challenge in biological sciences, the worldwide Human Brain Project (HBP), will be much more complex than HGP. Human brain is     

Full-Color Publication in JIPB from January 1~(st),2017

正In order to increase the readability of papers published in JIPB,with the support from the Project for Enhancing International Impact of China STM Journals,JIPB has started to publish all contents in JIPB with full color,both in print andonline versions.The page charge will be 100 US$per printed page.If authors decide to choose OpenAccess,a one-time charge of 2,500 US$will be applied(no page charge is needed).All authors are advised to read the"Instructions for Authors"     

Special Issue on “Big Data in Brain Science”

正The journal Genomics,ProteomicsBioinformatics(GPB)is now inviting submissions for a special issue(to be published in the summer of 2018)on the topic of‘‘Big data in brain science’’.It took 15 years,3 billion USD,and thousands of top scientists from all over the world to complete the Human Genome Project(HGP).Our next grand challenge in biological sciences,the worldwide Human Brain Project(HBP),will be much more complex than HGP.Human brain is     

The HIV epidemic in China: history, response, and challenge

INTRODUCTION One-quarter of the world’s population, 1.3 billion people, live in China. The majority of the population is Han Chi- nese (91.9%), while the rest are a mix of different minor- ity groups living primarily in southern and western China [1]. The GDP per capita is $5,600 per year, but at least 10% of the population lives below the poverty line. Just less than 15% of the GDP is in agriculture, with the re- mainder in industry/construction and services. The total health expend…     

Medical genetics: Towards precision medicine

正Medical genetics is defined as a branch of medicine that involves the diagnosis and management of hereditary disorders by applying genetics to medical care.The Human Genome Project,initiated in1990 and completed in 2004,has profoundly changed biology and is rapidly catalyzing a transformation of medical genetics and medicine in general(Collins and McKusick,2001;Green and Guyer,2011).Before the Human Genome Project,researchers     

“Beijing Region” (3pter-D3S3397) of the Human Genome: Complete sequence and analysis

The Human Genome Project (HGP), undoubtedly one of the greatest endeavors in the history of natural sciences, aims at determining the DNA sequence of the 3-billion-basepair human genome that holds an extraordinary trove of information about evolution, growth, and development of humans. China officially joined HGP and became one of the six member states of the International Human Genome Sequencing Con-sortium (IHGSC), alongside France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, and United State…     

A new record of the capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) in China

DEAR EDITOR, The distribution of the capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)in China has become controversial since Shortridge's langur (Trachypithecus shortridgei) was upgraded to a full species.The capped langur is considered to be distributed in northeast India,Bangladesh,Bhutan,and northwest Myanmar only (Brandon-Jones et al.,2004;Choudhury,2008,2014;Das et al.,2008;Groves,2001).In our field survey,however,we obtained photos of the capped langur,demonstrating its existence in China. Following the species promotion of Shortridge's langur (Brandon-Jones et al.,2004;Groves,2001) and the delimiting of its distribution range to northwestern Yunnan in China and northeastern Myanmar (Brandon-Jones et al.,2004;Cui et al.,2016;Das et al.,2008;Groves,2001;Htun et al.,2008),with a new record in southeastern Tibet (Wu et al.,2016),the capped langur has been deleted from the checklist of mammals in China (Jiang et al.,2015).Despite this,Dr.George Schaller has suggested that capped langurs might exist in the northeastern section of the Yarlung-Zangbo River (Choudhury,2008).     

Preface In memory of C.C.Young on the 120th anniversary of his birth

Prof.Dr.Yang (1897-1979) was not only a vertebrate paleontologist,but also a brilliant geologist,educator,and poet.His VP career can be divided roughly into two periods:in the early years,1927-1937,he studied mainly the Zhoukoudian and other Late Cenozoic mammalian faunas of northern China;after 1938,his main research interest shifted to the Mesozoic dinosaurs and synapsids.