中国古人类活动遗址形成过程研究的进展与思考

中国境内分布着数千处古人类活动遗址,是早期人类演化与适应行为研究的重要区域。虽然以往的研究一直关注地学手段在解读遗址地貌和地层形成过程中的作用,然而,作为正确鉴别遗址完整性和早期人类生存行为研究的遗址形成过程（或遗址成因）分析,长期以来缺少系统性的研究和关键指标的选择。本文结合古人类活动遗址保存的地貌和主要沉积物类型,依据河湖相沉积、洞穴（岩厦、裂隙）发育区、黄土与红土分布区等类型中遗址的特点,回顾近10年来我国在该领域的研究进展。通过对不同分布区遗址的地貌和沉积特点的介绍,结合重要遗址的形成过程研究的进展,总结不同分布区遗址埋藏类型对研究视角与分析指标的选择差异。在上述基础上,作者对目前我国遗址成因研究现状、存在问题和未来研究方向进行讨论,为该领域研究提供参考信息。     

Progress Curves Analysis as an Alternative for Exploration of Activation-inhibition Phenomena in Cholinesterases

The kinetic behaviour of insect acetylcholinesterases deviates from the Michaelis-Menten pattern. These deviations are known as activation or inhibition at various substrate concentrations and can be more or less observable depending on mutations around the active site of the enzyme. Most kinetic studies on these enzymes still rely on initial rate measurements. It is demonstrated here that according to this method one of the deviations can be overlooked. We attempt to point out that in such cases a detailed step-by-step progress curves analysis is successful. The study is focused on two different methods of analysing progress curves: (i) the first one is based on an integrated initial rate equation which can sufficiently fit truncated progress curves under corresponding conditions; and (ii) the other one precludes the algebraic formulae, but uses numerical integration for searching a non analytical solution of ordinary differential equations describing a kinetic model. All methods are tested on three different acetylcholinesterase mutants from Drosophila melanogaster. The results indicate that kinetic parameters for the E107K mutant with highly expressive activation and inhibition can be well evaluated applying any analysis method. It is quite different for E107W and E107Y mutants where latent activation is present, but discovered only using one or the other progress curves analysis methods.     

鸡的遗传多样性的研究方法及研究进展

遗传多样性是生物学研究中的一个重要领域,研究鸡的遗传多样性,不仅能加强生物多样性的保护。同时对起源进化、分类鉴定及遗传育种等都有重要的意义。本文对目前DNA水平鸡的遗传多样性的研究方法和研究进展进行了详细的阐述。重点介绍了DNA分子标记的特征;概括了在鸡遗传多样性分子标记的方法,包括微卫星分子标记(SSR)、扩增片段长度多态性(AFLP)、随机扩增多态性标记(RAPD)、限制性片段长度多态性标记(RFLP)和单核苷酸多态性标记(SNP)。本文综述了最近有关鸡DNA水平的遗传多样性的研究方法在系统学、遗传结构、生物地理等研究中的应用情况;提出在研究鸡遗传多样性时,可根据研究的目的,选择合适的方法。     

Journal Club和Progress Discussion教学方法在卫生毒理学研究生培养中的应用

本实验室在卫生毒理学研究生培养中开展Journal Club和Progress Discussion教学模式,使研究生耳濡目染地学习国际同行的高水平研究,开阔科研视野,带着问题去进行研究,并及时进行总结提高,旨在提高研究生科研选题、文献获取、实践操作、英文阅读与使用等综合能力。5年的实践证明,Journal Club和Progress Discussion取得了很好的效果。     

糖尿病肾病发病机制研究进展

糖尿病肾病(DN)是糖尿病(DM)最常见的慢性并发症,也是终末期肾病(ESRD)的主要原因,其治疗费用巨大。其发病机制主要涉及遗传易感性、糖代谢紊乱、肾血流动力学的改变、细胞因子、炎症机制已及氧化应激等方面。本文就以上作用机制的最新研究进展作一综述。     

中国转基因作物风险评估技术研究进展

现代生物技术的发展为利用外源基因培育优良作物品种提供了新的途径,目前国内外已培育出多个高抗害虫的转基因作物。但是,人们对转基因作物潜在的风险尚存在疑问,这是目前转基因作物是否能进一步获准商品化生产的一个重要原因。综述了中国转基因作物研究和转基因产品安全性检测技术取得的主要进展,对我国转基因作物的研究前景进行了展望,并对将来的工作提出了几点建议。     

The Darwinian Revolution,as seen in 1979 and as seen Twenty-Five Years Later in 2004

My book, The Darwinian Revolution gives an overview of the revolution as understood at the time of its writing (1979). It shows that many factors were involved, from straight science through philosophical methodology, and on to religious influences and challenges. Also of importance were social factors, not the least of which was the professionalization of science in Britain in the 19th century. Since the appearance of that book, new, significant factors have become apparent, and here I discuss some of the most important – especially the way in which evolution as an idea came into being as an epiphenomenon of the ideology of cultural progress; the (often tense) interaction between ideas of biological progress and the urge to professionalization, and of how this led to a delay in the full appreciation of what Charles Darwin had done in the Origin; and the ongoing divide between biological functionalists and biological formalists, a Kuhnian-type paradigm difference that persists across the Darwinian revolution.     

Analysis of slow-binding enzyme inhibitors at elevated enzyme concentrations

The improvement in the characterization of slow-binding inhibitors achieved by performing experiments at elevated enzyme concentrations is presented. In particular, the characterization of slow-binding inhibitors conforming to a two-step mode of inhibition with a steady-state dissociation constant that is much lower than the initial dissociation constant with enzyme is discussed. For these systems, inhibition is rapid and low steady-state product concentrations are produced at saturating inhibitor concentrations. By working at elevated enzyme concentrations, improved signal-to-noise ratios are achieved and data may be collected at saturating inhibitor levels. Numerical simulations confirmed that improved parameter estimates are obtained and useful data to discern the mechanism of slow-binding inhibition are produced by working at elevated enzyme concentrations. The saturation kinetics that were unobservable in two previous studies of an enzyme inhibitor system were measured by performing experiments at an elevated enzyme concentration. These results indicate that consideration of the quality of the data acquired using a particular assay is an important factor when selecting the enzyme concentration at which to perform experiments used to characterize the class of enzyme inhibitors examined herein.     

微生物除草剂的研究进展与展望

综述了国内外微生物除草剂的研究进展,介绍5种已经商品化的微生物除草剂和包括真菌、根际细菌、病毒、放线菌4种具有除草潜能的微生物类型的除草剂,并对我国微生物除草剂的研究开发提出了建议。     

肠道细菌移位的研究进展

肠道是机体最大的生物库,定植着以细菌为主的种类繁多的微生物,共同构成肠道菌群。正常情况下肠道菌群与机体处于动态平衡,当各种原因引起肠道屏障功能损坏,致使细菌的数量、比例发生改变或空间上发生转移将引起肠道细菌移位,最终导致机体各种功能障碍。本文对肠道细菌移位的研究进行综述,为其防治提供相应的理论依据。