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2021-08-18

YCU Med Online Clinical Case Discussion with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Strasbourg

The YCU School of Medicine always sees the importance of offering our students world-standard medical education. As a part of our efforts, we have sent more than 10 faculty members in past years to the “PBL* Hawaii Style Workshop” organized by the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM),

2021-08-06

Cryo-EM structure of the human MT1-Gi signaling complex

Melatonin receptors (MT1 and MT2) transduce inhibitory signaling by melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine), which is associated with sleep induction and circadian rhythm modulation. Although recently reported crystal structures of ligand-bound MT1 and MT2 elucidated the basis of ligand entry and recognition, the ligand-induced MT1 rearrangement leading to Gi-coupling remains unclear.

2021-07-29

An Affordable Image-Analysis Platform to Accelerate Stomatal Phenotyping During Microscopic Observation

Recent technical advances in the computer-vision domain have facilitated the development of various methods for achieving image-based quantification of stomata-related traits. However, the installation cost of such a system and the difficulties of operating it on-site have been hurdles for experimental biologists.

2021-07-28

Validation of tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 as a specific biomarker for preoperative prediction of clear cell carcinoma of the ovary

Tissue factor pathway inhibitor 2 (TFPI2) is a novel serum biomarker that discriminates ovarian clear cell carcinoma (CCC) from borderline ovarian tumors (BOTs) and non-clear cell epithelial ovarian cancers (EOCs). Here, we examined the performance of TFPI2 for preoperative diagnosis of CCC.