Southwest University

Southwest University (Wang Jinjun lab) published an intelligent dsRNA design tool in Trends in Biotechnology.

Country: China

Research

Coverage

	CN	EU	US
agri-inputs-biocontrol	✓	✓	✓

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Verifiable facts

Fact	Value	Source
Affiliation	Southwest University, College of Plant Protection, Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education)	doi.org · kfy.swu.edu.cn
Research focus	Insect molecular ecology, RNA interference (RNAi), pest control, bioinformatics, intelligent dsRNA design for RNA biopesticides, insect-virus interactions	doi.org · zhibao.swu.edu.cn
Facility	Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Biosafety and Green Production of Upper Yangtze River (Ministry of Education), Chongqing Key Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control Engineering	zhibao.swu.edu.cn · doi.org
Grant	National Key R&D Program of China (2023YFC2607000), National Natural Science Foundation of China Major International (Regional) Joint Research Project (32020103010), European Commission (RATION, Grant Agreement No. 101084163)	doi.org · kfy.swu.edu.cn
Publications	Over 120 SCI papers, including a study on dsRNAEngineer published in Trends in Biotechnology (2025)	amas.swu.edu.cn · kfy.swu.edu.cn · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Principal staff	Wang Jinjun (Professor, Principal Investigator), Niu Jinzhi (Professor, Principal Investigator)	amas.swu.edu.cn · doi.org · zhibao.swu.edu.cn
Headcount	Over 40 postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, master's students, and research assistants	amas.swu.edu.cn

Independent sources: amas.swu.edu.cn · doi.org · kfy.swu.edu.cn · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · zhibao.swu.edu.cn

Technologies

Name	Cluster	Risk
Micropeptide plant-protection agents	agri-inputs-biocontrol	Medium	→
RNAi biopesticides	agri-inputs-biocontrol	Medium	→

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