The research team led by Professor Haizhen Wu from the Pathway Engineering Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, ECUST, has made a significant leap in the interdisciplinary field of artificial intelligence and enzyme engineering. The paper, Machine Learning-Optimized Long Single-Stranded DNA Synthesis Technology Empowers High-Precision Diagnostic-Therapeutic Integration in Living Cells, was recently published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.Long single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is a critical mat

Recently, the research team led by Associate Professor Shengmin Zhou from the State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering and the School of Biotechnology at ECUST, has introduced a highly efficient and universal strategy for precise genome editing. Their findings offer a scalable solution to a long-standing challenge in the field: efficiently knocking in target DNA fragments without relying heavily on specific insertion sites.The study, titled “Dual-single-guide RNA strategy improves CRISPR-m

Recently, the research group led by Professor Zhipeng Zhang and Dr. Shouyi Cen at the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, ECUST, has developed a novel confined chiral palladium(II) catalyst, marking a significant step forward in enantioselective catalytic synthesis. The study, titled “Confined Chiral Pd(II) Catalyst-Enabled Enantioselective Intramolecular Aminoalkylation of Alkenes: One-Step Construction of Chiral N-Fused Bicyclic S

Recently, the research group led by Professor Yifeng Chen from the Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center at the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, ECUST, published two research papers online, reporting a series of new advances in palladium-catalyzed asymmetric dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes. One paper, titled “Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Migratory Diarylation of Unactivated Directing-Group-Free Internal Alkenes” was published in Nature Communications. The other,

Recently, Professor Haiping Fang and Associate Researcher Ruoyang Chen from the School of Physics, ECUST, in collaboration with researchers from multiple domestic academic institutions, discovered that calcium ions can exhibit distinctive “monovalent” characteristics when combined with suitable organic substances, and the corresponding hydrogels exhibit exceptionally strong paramagnetism. The study was published in the international journal Nature Materials (doi.org:10.1038/s41563-025-02477-3).T

Recently, the School of Mechanical and Power Engineering at ECUST, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials (MPI-SusMat) in Germany, has achieved significant progress in damage-resistant manufacturing of metallic materials designed for extreme service environments. The two studies were published in the Nature Communications under the titles “In situ nano-reprecipitation enables superior cryogenic mechanical properties in a 3D printable medium-entropy alloy” and “P

Recently, the research team led by Professor Nianfeng Wan from the School of Pharmacy at our university published a research paper titled “Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production” in Nature Ecology Evolution, a journal in the Nature Portfolio. The study provides global-scale evidence that plant diversity not only directly enhances plant productivity but also indirectly boosts crop yields by suppressing pests and diseases. The find

Recently, significant progress has been made in the catalytic upcycling of waste polyolefin plastics into light olefins under mild conditions. This research was carried out through a collaboration between the research groups of Professor Yan Li and Professor Sheng Dai from the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at ECUST. The findings were published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition under the title Mild-Condition Upcycling of Polyolefins Enabled by Micropore Confinement in Zeo