On August 25, the 2025 annual meeting of the Academic Committee of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Food Processing and Safety Control (hereinafter referred to as “the Laboratory”) was held in Qingdao.Prof. Wang Houjie, Vice President of OUC, extended a warm welcome to the members of the Academic Committee attending the meeting. He noted that the Laboratory has consistently targeted major national needs and has produced a series of important achievements in areas such as the high-value utiliza

The 2025 International Conference on Marine Bio-organism and Health Industry was held in Qingdao from August 25 to 26. The conference was hosted by the State Key Laboratory of Marine Food Processing Safety Control (the Laboratory), co-hosted by the Ocean University of China, Dalian Polytechnic University, and Qingdao Bright Moon Seaweed Group. President Zhang Junfeng addressed the opening ceremony.President Zhang extended a welcome to the leaders and experts attending the conference. He introdu

On July 18, the Qingdao Science and Technology Innovation Conference was held to commend the recipients of the 2024 Qingdao Science and Technology Awards. Xue Changhu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor at OUC, received the Qingdao Science and Technology Highest Award.As the lead institution, OUC won seven Qingdao Science and Technology Awards in 2024, including 1 Science and Technology Highest Award, 3 first prizes and 3 second prizes, equaling the university’s b

On June 27, the Science and Technology Award Conference of Shandong Province was held in Jinan to honor the winners of the 2024 Science and Technology Award of Shandong Province.Professor Chen Zhaohui from OUC’s Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography (MOE), received the Youth Science and Technology Award of Shandong Province, becoming the second young scholar from the university to earn this honor. As the leading institution, OUC won 11 project awards, including 6 first prizes and 5 second priz

On June 28, the Symposium on Maritime Culture and Chinese Civilization was held at OUC. The symposium was hosted by OUC and organized by the Research Center on Maritime Culture and Chinese Civilization.Nearly one hundred experts and scholars from more than 30 universities and research institutes attended the symposium. Prof. Zhang Junfeng, President of OUC, addressed the symposium. In his address, he noted that the university will thoroughly implement the important instructions contained in Gene

The latest research of Associate Professor Liu Yingying, a member of the Second Language Acquisition Research Team, has been published in Computer Assisted Language Learning, titled “Enhancing GPT-based automated essay scoring: the impact of fine-tuning and linguistic complexity measures” .

On June 11, the research team led by Professor Gan Bolan under the supervision of Academician Wu Lixin at the Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System/Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography published their latest research titled “Oceanic uptake of CO₂ enhanced by mesoscale eddies” in Science Advances. This study is the first to evaluate the impact of mesoscale eddies on oceanic CO₂ uptake based on large-sample statistics of eddy-induced air-sea CO₂ flux reconstructe

Recently, Professor Li Aifeng from College of Environmental Science and Engineering, in collaboration with Professor Lin Senjie’s team from Xiamen University, has made significant progress in the field of the biosynthesis mechanism of β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in diatom cells. Their findings, titled “Induction of a neurotoxin in diatoms by iron limitation via cysteine synthase”, have been published online in the top-tier multi-disciplinary journal PNAS on June 9.In this study, the researc

On June 6, Professor Dong Bos team from Fang Zongxi Center for Marine Evo-Devo published a research paper titled Physics of Notochord Tube Expansion in Ascidian in PNAS. With a focus on the morphological development of the notochord tube in the ascidian at crucial evolutionary stages, the research reveals that the mechanical contraction force generated by the Cdc42 signaling-regulated cell cortical constriction ring, combined with the physical barrier created by intercellular tight junctions, pl

Recently, Professor Li Qi and Professor Liu Shikai from the Laboratory of Shellfish Genetics and Breeding at Fisheries College in collaboration with researchers from the University of Edinburgh, have made new progress in the research field of genome diversity in bivalves. Their findings have been published online in Cell Reports titled “Haplotype-resolved genomes provide insights into the origins and functional significance of genome diversity in bivalves.”Bivalves, such as oysters, scallops, an

On June 8, which marks the 17th World Oceans Day and the 18th National Ocean Publicity Day, the launch ceremony of Blue New Opportunities, an integrated media program produced by the CMG Finance and Economics Program Center, was held at OUC. The event was co-hosted by the CMG Finance and Economics Program Center and OUC. The Research Team on Financial Support for Marine Economy and Marine Disaster Management was invited to participate in the event. Chief expert of the team, Professor Zhao Xin, d

In May 2025, the protozoology team led by Professor Gao Shan from Marine Biodiversity and Evolution Research Institute published their latest research titled Identification and characterization of the de novo methyltransferases for eukaryotic N6-methyladenine (6mA) in the journal Science Advances.

Recently, the Frontier Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System/the Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography at OUC published their latest research outcome titled “Combined Dynamical-Deep Learning ENSO Forecasts” in Nature Communications. The study introduced two hybrid forecasting strategies that integrate deep learning with dynamical models, significantly improving the accuracy of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) predictions. The paper was co-authored by PhD student Chen Y

Recently, the Conversation Analysis Research Team from OUC has made a significant breakthrough in the study of apology behaviors in Mandarin Chinese. Their findings, titled “Apologies in Mandarin Chinese conversation: Lexical format and the reflexive construction of ‘apologizeables’”, have been published in the Journal of Pragmatics, a top-tier international journal in pragmatics. The first and corresponding author of the paper is Professor Yu Guodong, head of the research team. Co-authors inclu