2018 π Index Released

On October 29th, the 2018 Reports of π Index were officially released by Shanghai Information Center for Life Sciences (SICLS), Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH), Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)...

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Researchers Developed RNA-binding Protein Splicing Activity Prediction Model

On Nov 7th, 2018, Dr. WANG Zefeng’s group at the CAS-MPG Partner Institute of Computational Biology (PICB) published a research article entitled “Modeling and predicting the activities of trans-acting splicing factors with machine learning” in Cell Systems. In t...

Is Eyebrow Thickness Subject to Natural Selection？

A research team led by Prof. WANG Sijia from CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences performed genome-wide association studies on eyebrow thickness in multiple ethnic groups, including Han Chinese, Uyghurs, Latin Ameri...

Computational Analysis of Single Cell Data and Cell-type Heterogeneity Conference Held in Shanghai

The Computational Analysis of Single Cell Data and Cell-type Heterogeneity Conference was held in Shanghai during June 8th - 9th, 2018. This international symposium brought together world-renowned experts in the single-cell and cell-type heterogeneity fields, to di...

Chinese Scientists Develop a New Genetic Modulation of RNA Splicing

In a recent study led by Dr. CHANG Xing from Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, researchers developed the first genetic approach to efficiently modulate various types of RNA splicing in their native chromatin context.