Yunnan University lists 10 major scientific achievements in 2018

7. A research finding by Yunnan University (YNU) made the cover of Environmental Science: Nano, a famous journal affiliated with the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Titled “Metabolic profiling of silver nanoparticle toxicity in Microcystis aeruginosa,” the paper reveals how nano-silver, a type of nano-material, impacts the metabolite of aquatic organisms. 

The first two authors of the paper, Zhang Jilai and Zhou Zhipeng, completed postgraduate study at YNU, and the corresponding authors of the paper were Professor Chang Xuexiu and Deputy Researcher Chen Liqiang. 

Their research received funding from the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and a provincial fund aimed to encourage young and middle-aged scholars. 

To learn more information about their research, please visit the following link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/en/c8en00738a#!divAbstract

A research finding by Yunnan University pictured on the cover of Environmental Science: Nano, a respected journal affiliated with the Royal Society of Chemistry. [Photo/ynu.edu.cn]

8. A finding in paleontology by a research team led by Bi Shundong, a professor at the Yunnan Key Laboratory for Paleontology of Yunnan University, was reported online by Nature on June 13, 2018. 

The article they published reported on the discovery of the most well-preserved mammal fossil in Early Cretaceous Epoch, and they named the mammal amboleste. The finding revealed that Asia may not be the center of origin of marsupials.

Fossil of Ambolestes discovered by a research team from Yunnan University [Photo/ynu.edu.cn]