On Dec. 21st, 2015, a research paper titled “Life cycle reversal in Aurelia sp.1 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)” got published on《PLOS ONE》, authored by He Jinru, a postgraduate of College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University. The first back-transformation of sexually mature medusa into polyps in Aurelia sp.1 was reported in this paper, attracting great attention from the academia. The discovery got reported by numerous media from home and abroad.

After publication, scientific writer from National Geographic conducted an exclusive interview with members of associate professor Zheng Lianming’s research group, and deeply reported on this important discovery on March 2nd, 2016( http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160302-jellyfish-immortal-science-animals-oceans-deadpool/) Soon after, The Huffington Post in the U.S(http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/03/03/immortal-moon-jellyfish-could-help-us-cure-cancer_n_9372124.html), Daily Mail(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3473857/The-immortal-jellyfish-Researchers-creature-age-backward-form-hordes-clones-regenerate-lost-body-parts.html) and BBC News(http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35726433) in the UK, People’s Daily Online(http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/0303/c202936-9024553.html) in China and other important international media and websites all reported on and discussed it.

The major work of the paper was finished by postgraduate He Jinru and his supervisor, associate professor Zheng Lianming from the laboratory of Marine Planktology, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University. The corresponding author is associate professor Zheng Lianming. The research was funded by National Science Foundation of China.

        Source：http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0145314