"Genomics illuminates the way forward for the brave and is changing the ecology of the field of genomics. Cowards may be afraid of today's genomics, just like they were afraid of genomics back then. But gentlemen and ladies, genomics has taken steps. We either follow it or can only look at it from afar..." Linden's explanation is simple and vivid, with the flavor of American movies from the 1970s.

But to the Chinese, this way of speaking is both familiar and American, and I can't help but applaud.

Everyone tried their best to applaud friends from the United States.

Director Ma also applauded vigorously, especially after Yang Rui walked onto the stage.

"Thank you Mr. Linden." Yang Rui took the microphone, smiled, and said, "Thank you for the invitation from Norton Press, so that we can get together today. Because it is a gathering organized by a publisher from the United States, we will follow the rules of the United States for the time being and will not invite all leaders to speak for now..."

A burst of laughter came from below. For the current Chinese people, especially civil servants and officials, such jokes are very profound.

Yang Rui smiled again, grabbed the Genomics on the podium, showed it to everyone, and said: "I want to talk about genomics, or rather, the development of genomics. As we all know, the focus of modern genomics and biology is about structure. In other words, the focus we hope and need to know at present is structure, gene structure, protein structure, and cell structure. This is the article we have seen the most in Nature and Cells, and is the current hot topic, but..."

"In a forward-looking manner, structural science should not be our focus. Of course, we still need to study structure, but studying structure should not be the focus, nor should it be a hot topic..."

"What are the key points and hot topics, I think, should be the function!"

"Functional genome, functional proteins and functional cells are our goals, key points and hot topics, which is also the main reason why I wrote "Genomics"..." Yang Rui's topic was very high and his eyes were deep.

He had reason to prove it with deep eyes, because the speech he was giving was indeed important.

Yang is also predicting the arrival of the post-genomic era. The genome here is originally about the human genome project, which means biology after the human genome project.

However, if the post-genomic era of the human genomic project is replaced by the post-genomic era after Genomics, it seems that there is no big problem.

The key to the problem lies only in the fact that functional genomes replace structural genomes.

"Genomics" was originally a theoretical guide to the human genome project.

In short, Genomics is equivalent to architectural design, while the human genome project is actually engineering construction.

Yang Rui naturally wanted to take this opportunity to scan his face more.

Prophecy that requires no money may not be of much significance to ordinary people, but it is of great value in the scientific community.

Yang Rui had done such a thing before, and the benefits were also very good.

So, he couldn't help but prepare to do it again.

Just like astronomers predict black holes, biologists predict that the post-genome era will also gain fame if they succeed.

Yang Rui hopes that his "Genomics" can successfully soar through the prediction of the post-genome. At that time, when people talk about the post-genome era, they will naturally mention Yang Rui's "Genomics".

It is even possible to call Genomics a theoretical guide for the entire post-genomic era.

The so-called big bull that cannot be avoided is like standing up step by step, like a technical barrier. You have to stack one brick on another brick and apply cement in the middle to make it more stable.

Just like Newton, if you only get the Newton Leibniz equation, although this brick is very strong and strong, it is enough that Newton and Leibniz are called the darlings of the times, but it is not Newton after all. But if the brick of algebraicization of integral is added, it will be different. This is an important step in shifting mathematics from a sensory discipline to a thinking discipline, and it is the founder of the true natural sciences.

Of course, if only this is the case, Newton is still not Newton, but also adds analytical geometry and polar coordinates, plus "Cubic Curve" and "Generalized Arithmetic", he is not the Newton H in people's impression, but can only be said to be a great mathematician, fighting with the little prince Gauss and the great emperor Orazi.

The reason why Newton was Newton was that in the big wall he built, there was Newton's mechanics composed of Newton's three laws, the law of universal gravitation, the law of planets, and the law of optical... So, Einstein was the one who was in the end to be with him...

"Genomics" is Yang Rui's first book, and it is a very representative big brick. Yang Rui spent a lot of effort and extended the speech to fifteen minutes.

Of course, in domestic speeches, this is nothing.

It was a little bit a pity that no more than a quarter of the people present could understand what he was saying.

But Yang Rui didn't care. This speech was not just for the audience, just as the secretary's speech at the office meeting was not just for chatting with other people in the meeting, or the report at an academic report was not just for the scholars present.

The post-genome era will not be realized today, nor will it be realized tomorrow. But one day in the future, when the era when functional genome research gradually replaces structural genomes really comes, today's speech will become very meaningful.

Just as patents are not meant to take effect at that time, patent barriers are not meant to block today's patent thieves.

However, scholars who understand, mainly from invited universities and research institutes, listen very seriously.

The concept of the post-genomic era is actually very simple. In layman's terms, it is to replace structure with functions.

The so-called functional genome is to examine the function of a genome, such as the existence of a leg shaking gene. Its function is to shake the leg. If the M shaking gene exists, its function is to shake the M. As for its structure, although it still has great significance for biology, from a more macro perspective, its significance is not as great as that of a function.

In the final analysis, just like what Yang Rui said, who is more important is the question. It is not that the structure is not important, but that the function is more important.

In the past few years, people have not met the conditions for functional genomes, so people are more engaged in structural genomes. However, with genomics and human genome projects, structural genomes should give way to functional genomes.

A quarter of an hour later, Yang Rui's speech ended, and someone immediately raised his hand below.

"This...we are not holding an academic presentation." Linden of Norton Press stood up and smiled, saying, "We are not prepared for the defense."

"Just one question." The person who raised his hand was an academic man in his 30s and wearing glasses.

Linden hesitated for a moment and said, "Just one question, please ask."

"I want to say that we must first understand structure before we can understand function. Moreover, we will first study structure. There is another advantage that we can know the unknown functions of strange structures through the same or similar structures..."

"I would rather call what you said comparative functional genomics." Yang Rui shrugged and said: "Based on the basis of genomic maps and sequence determinations, comparing known genes and genomic structures to understand the function and expression mechanism of genes will be the focus of development in the next few years, but what I want to talk about is the final direction. Our ultimate goal is to use the information provided by structural genomics to develop and apply experimental methods to study the function of the genome at the systematic level, so as to expand the research object from a single gene and protein study to the joint action of multiple genes and proteins..."

The academic man wearing glasses leaned his head and said, "Your ends up being too far away. How many years will it take, 50, 100 years?"

"How about 15 years?" Yang Rui said: "At 25 years at most, we will fully enter the era of functional genomes."

"How is that possible?" The academic man in glasses smiled: "We need to do structural genomics first, how many years will it take? Even if we only complete 50%, or 30%, 50 years are not enough..."

"There is no need to complete the structure of all genes and proteins, and 30% is also unnecessary. In fact, the human genome project should be launched immediately. Fifteen years is enough for us to understand the structure of the genes clearly." Yang Rui smiled, put down the microphone, and signaled to Linden.

Linden immediately stepped onto the stage, ended the topic, and smiled and said, "Now please welcome our guests..."

The boring leader's speech began, and the academic man in glasses couldn't ask any more.

Director Ma waited for Yang Rui to sit on the chair and said with a smile: "The person I asked just now doesn't seem to be convinced."

Yang Rui looked back and saw that the academic man with glasses was full of words and hadn't said enough. If the scene wasn't serious, he might have come over now, or simply stood up and shouted.

"There is nothing to do if you don't accept it." Yang Rui smiled and said, "It's not for him."

"How to say it?"

"This is a prophecy. Before the prediction is realized, it is always debated endlessly. I don't think it is necessary." Yang Rui said simply.

"I'm disdainful of explanation." Director Ma saw through it at a glance. He was too familiar with Yang Rui's expression.

Yang Rui didn't explain, but smiled softly.

"Speaking of it, Xiao Yang, I can call it that, what do you do at home?" Director Ma looked like a good elder.

"Oh, my father used to be the secretary of the township party committee, but now he has been transferred to the Investment and Merchants Bureau." Yang Rui didn't hide anything, this is all considered public information.

Director Ma nodded with a "Oh" and said with a smile: "China Merchants Bureau? It's the same system as the Commercial Bureau. I'm quite familiar with this film."

"You are not from the Ministry of Education?"

"It's familiar to you when you meet frequently. You know, what do you often know between ministries and commissions have to sign? I often go to the Ministry of Commerce to sign." Cooperation between departments often requires the signature of leaders of different departments, which is called meeting signing, and running signing is to urge signing. The directors of central ministries and commissions have great power and responsibilities, which is also related to this.

Yang Rui casually said: "Does the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Commerce still have to interact with each other often?"

"Now, who doesn't want to deal with the Ministry of Commerce?" Director Ma laughed and said, "Fortunately I'm in the Ministry of Education. If it were the Bureau of Education, I would be embarrassed to go to the Ministry of Commerce."

Speaking of this, Director Ma stopped and said, "No matter how much I say, I do have a few friends in the Ministry of Commerce and are also senior intellectuals. Maybe you have something to talk about. I will make an appointment to chat together one day."

"Okay." Yang Rui was perfunctory.

Director Ma didn't see it this time, but felt that he had laid the groundwork almost the same, so he gestured to the back with his eyes.

The man who had biting his ears with Director Ma immediately stood up and said with a laughing voice: "Yang Rui, you are lucky. Director Ma likes to promote young people the most."

"Thank you, Director Ma." What can Yang Rui say? I can't say that I don't need your promotion.

The man sitting on the right side of Director Ma came to ****, smiling charmingly with a beard and said, "Yang Rui, at this time, you can't be shy. Do you know Director Ma is in charge of something in the department?"

"What do you care about?"

"Not to mention anything else, the review of university textbooks will be subject to Director Ma." The charming man with a beard held his chin with his hands and blinked at Yang Rui.

Yang Rui was stunned. He didn't expect that the person next to him could really promote him. It can only be said that China's government responsibilities are so comprehensive.

"If your book can be included in the designated textbooks of the university, it can be sold a lot more even if it is the reference book catalog." The charming man continued to increase his investment.

Yang Rui nodded. Not only can he sell more, but there are so many universities in China. If it can be included in the textbooks, the purchase volume of libraries alone can greatly outperform the sales in the United States. Each student owns one copy, and no matter how cheap the price is, it can make the publisher and author profit. It is no wonder that Director Ma was invited by Norton Publishing House to attend today's publishing briefing and sit next to him.

"Director Ma, please give me some advice." The county magistrate is not as good as the current manager, and Yang Rui's smile has become much more sincere.

"Okay, okay, I like to advise young people the most. Let's have a good chat when you have time." Director Ma said and handed Yang Rui a business card, asking Yang Rui to find him, so he would naturally be more imposing than he found Yang Rui.
Chapter completed!