Recently, the research team led by Professor Mao Xiangzhao from the College of Food Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China (OUC), the research team led by Professor Jiang Shuai from the School of Medicine and Pharmacyat OUC, and Professor Katharina Landfesterfrom the Max Planck Institute For Polymer Researchin Germany jointly constructed a series of novel glycosylated phospholipidsthrough enzymatic synthesis. They also systematically elucidated their functional properties and struc

On April 17, Associate Professor Liu Xiaohui from the College of Environmental Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China (OUC) published a research article entitled “Urban wetlands as hotspots of antibiotic resistomes and their potential viral transmission” in Nature Cities, a Natureportfolio journal.Urban wetlands, often referred to as the “sponges” of cities, play an irreplaceable role in flood prevention and disaster mitigation, carbon sequestration, urban cooling, and providing le

Recently, a paper written by Bu Yanjun, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science of the School of International Affairs and Public Administration, and a researcher at the Institute of Marine Development of Ocean University of China (OUC), was published in Issue 4, 2026, of World Economics and Politics,a leading Chinese academic journalin political science. The paper is entitled “Is Technological Diffusion a Strategic Necessity? National Strategic Choices Under Dual Empowerment”.The arti

On April 12, a research team led by Professors Mao Yunxiang and Wang Dongmei from the College of Marine Life Sciences and the MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding at Ocean University of China (OUC) made new progress in the genetic transformation of red algae. The related work, entitled “Establishment of an efficient Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system for the economically important macroalga Pyropia yezoensis (Rhodophyta)”, was published in New Phytologist.Pyropia yezoensi

On March 26, a team led by Professor Dong Yunwei from the College of Fisheries and the MOE Key Laboratory of Mariculture at Ocean University of China (OUC) published a research article entitled “Hexokinase Expansion in Thermophilic Snails Supports Extreme Heat Tolerance” in the leading journal Science China Life Sciences.Against the backdrop of global warming, understanding the adaptive mechanisms that enable organisms to tolerate extreme heat has become a crucial scientific question in modern b

Recently, the team led by Professor Liu Weizhi from the MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding of the College of Marine Life Sciences and the Fang Zongxi Center for Marine Evo-Devo at Ocean University of China (OUC) has made a breakthrough in the application of marine biological enzymes. After more than a decade of dedicated research in collaboration with partner universities and enterprises, the team has overcome multiple technical bottlenecks, and its new marine oligosaccharide dru

Recently, the Sea-STAR Program team at Ocean University of China (OUC) published a research article entitled “Neutrino tomography with a three-dimensional model of Earth’s density”online in Chinese Physics C. The Sea-STAR Program for neutrino detection and research is an OUC initiative aimed at strengthening organized scientific research and promoting interdisciplinary integration. It is also an important measure to bring together research strengths for original and leading scientific and techno

Recently, a research team led by Professor Hou Chunchao from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China (OUC) made important progress in green electrocatalytic upcycling research. The related findings were published in the internationally renowned journals Journal of the American Chemical Societyand Angewandte Chemie International Edition.Driven by China’s “dual-carbon” goals and the urgent need for environmental pollution control, conventional thermochemical co

On April 6, Professor Wang Hongyu from the School of Medicine and Pharmacy and the MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs at Ocean University of China (OUC), in collaboration with Associate Professor Liu Jianbiao from Shandong Normal University, made new progress in the construction of structurally diverse alkanes through ring-opening difuctionalization of methylenecyclobutanes. The related research was published in Nature Communications under the title “Nickel-Catalyzed Ring-Opening Difunctionaliza

To advance the high-quality development of AI-empowered research in higher education in line with China’s strategic plans for artificial intelligence and the requirements set forth in relevant policy documents, the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Second Language Acquisition led by Professor Yang Lianrui from the College of Foreign Languages at Ocean University of China (OUC) has made important progress in research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and second language acquisition

On January 28, a team led by Professor Meng Xiangchao from the College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology at Ocean University of China (OUC) published a research article entitled “Modulation of Local Hydrogen Bonding for Highly Efficient Bi-MOFs Photocatalyzed Fixation of N₂ in Aqueous Solution” in the internationally renowned journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.Ammonia is not only an important feedstock for arti

On March 20, a research team led by Taishan Scholar Chen Xiguang and Professor Liu Ya from the College of Marine Life Sciences at Ocean University of China (OUC) published their latest findings in Biomaterialsunder the title “Reassembly nanomaterials-mediated engineered bacteria lysis for reshaping immunosuppressive microenvironment”.One of the major challenges facing tumor immunotherapy is the immunosuppressive microenvironment of “cold” tumors, which is characterized by a lack of immune cell i

Recently, a research team led by Professor Sun Mingliang from the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Ocean University of China (OUC) made new progress in the field of organic room-temperature phosphorescent materials. Their outcomes were published online on March 17 in Nature Communications under the title “Isomer design unlocks rainbow phosphorescence”. The study achieves full-spectrum visible room-temperature phosphorescence color tuning through a simple organic molecular isomer de

On March 13, a research team led by Professor Long Hongan form the Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity and the College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China (OUC), published a research article entitled “Biocontrol potential and molecular basis of predation in a marine raptorial ciliate” in The ISME Journal. The study first systematically elucidates the population dynamics underlying efficient predation by a marine raptorial ciliate and its molecular adaptative mechanisms, and assess