The field investigation led by Professor Xie Gaoyi did not gain more after the surprises created by Yang Rui.

This is also a natural thing. The discovery of new species is not difficult, but it is not simple.

If you organize a Shennongjia species survey or a subsea biodistribution survey, it would be natural to find dozens of new species, but in the main teaching area of ​​hundreds of universities in Beijing and Badaling Forest Area, if you want to find a new species, it depends purely on luck.

Or gold fingers.

Yang Rui undoubtedly brought the achievements of his descendants, but from an academic perspective, this did not have any impact.

This new plant of the genus Blue Thorn was originally discovered during a field screening in Badaling Forest Area. The so-called screening is naturally not as simple as a field survey. It is a bit too much to use dragnet patrols, but from the perspective of wild creatures, its scale is almost the same, it is just the size of the mesh.

Such field screening will collect many plant specimens. As for whether new species can be discovered, it actually depends more on scholars' analysis and identification of standards.

As Professor Xie said, Peking University alone has thousands of specimens waiting to be examined. If scholars have enough time, it is possible to find dozens of new species, or even hundreds of new species.

However, there are many biological enthusiasts, and there are only a handful of biological taxonomists who are truly capable of identification.

However, Yang Rui's newly discovered new plant of the Blue Thorns can naturally be given priority identification by Professor Xie. Not only Yang Rui wanted to know the results, but the other 24 students who accompanied him also wanted to know whether a new species would be born.

Although it is common in the academic world to discover new species, it seems to be a very important thing in the eyes of laymen. After all, ordinary people do not understand the significant significance of the functionality of ion channels, but ordinary people often see the discovery of species very important, as if the discovery of a new species has brought human biological science level to a big step forward.

For students, if Yang Rui can discover a new species, everyone will at least get a new topic of discussion. The Chinese New Year is coming, and this time I will be able to tell my aunts and aunts about their college life.

Otherwise, every time I go back, I will say that I have learned to do electrophoresis, and everyone will not take it seriously - swimming in the electricity is nothing more than a courageous thing. Are there fewer young people in the village who are bold and arrogant? Maybe, this classmate will be warned by the village chief: You are the only college student in the village, and you can't give your life to practice courage.

In short, the students all came to the ion channel laboratory with a curious attitude.

Not only the students who participated in the field survey, but also many students who received the news from the Department of Biology. There are many curious people who are curious about this plant, which may be the first new species discovered by students from the Department of Biology at Peking University.

The reason for the identification in the ion channel laboratory is very simple. Yang Rui decided to use PCR to identify the source for the first time.

It only took two years since the invention of PCR technology.

It is a natural idea to use PCR technology in biological taxonomy - PCR is a technology that replicates and compares DNA, DNA is a biological genetic material, and biological taxonomy needs to find homologous organisms... Therefore, experts in biological taxonomy began to apply PCR technology more than a year ago.

However, for the Chinese academic community in the 1980s, two years were so short. Not to mention popularization, the attempt was just beginning. PCR instruments for domestic use were simple, but reagents and other reagents were not cheap. The most important thing is that most scholars are still learning imported knowledge in the past few years. Just like high school students do not care about changes in university textbooks, the overall changes in the domestic biology community are still slow.

As a professor of the Department of Plant at Peking University, Professor Xie also wanted to learn PCR from scratch with his relationship with Yang Rui.

Therefore, after a small amount of communication, Professor Xie directly brought the specimen to Yang Rui's laboratory.

The students rushed in.

...

Xu Anqing looked at the ceiling of the Ion Channel Laboratory in a sensation.

The renovated ion channel laboratory has a smooth and bright floor, and the ceiling is also made of composite materials, which is completely different from the common gray roof or the white roof brushed by paint.

Of course, such decoration level is not uncommon, and Xu Anqing has been to many places.

However, when Xu Anqing thought that this place was Yang Rui's territory, and Yang Rui was actually the head of this laboratory, he felt very surprised.

"I was also the second place in the national college entrance examination back then." Xu Anqing remembered the past inexplicably. To be honest, Xu Anqing, a junior, has not recalled the college entrance examination for a while. His college career was very smooth, of course he was not as good as Yang Rui, but it was also very smooth. He also published papers in academic journals. Although it was a Chinese journal, it was still an achievement that only a few people in Peking University could achieve. In addition, Xu Anqing is also a winner of the school and even national scholarships. His academic performance has been maintained before 5% of the grade for a long time. In less than 100 students, this means that he is always in the top five in the grade.

Unlike the 1980s, the grades of students in the 1980s are very valuable. First of all, from the most utilitarian perspective, academic performance can determine graduation allocation and has a very large weight. Under the national distribution policy, it is difficult for any unit to be assigned to college students, and it requires competition and competition. When they finally get the distribution rights, they naturally hope to get good students.

More popular positions, such as those at the ministerial level or above in Beijing, if they are recruiting students in ordinary key schools, they are basically only top students. However, at Peking University, students with 20% of their academic performance can successfully go abroad with the grades of top students and receive full scholarships from developed countries.

As for the environment in the 1980s, no matter which one it is, it will completely change life and live a completely different life from students with ordinary grades in the next 40 or 50 years - any path can be basically done, neither stealing nor robbing nor embezzling, and five houses before retirement.

In addition to academic performance, Xu Anqing's social activities also went smoothly. Although his family background inevitably helped, Xu Anqing had joined the party in his junior year and successfully joined the student union, and then became the director of the Student Union's Logistics Department. As a member of the Peking University Student Union, he also qualified to participate in the National College Student Union this year. As for student organizations, he almost had to do the best.

However, all these achievements, which occasionally make Xu Anqing a little proud, were so overwhelmed by the ceiling without any fancy colors.

The ion channel laboratory, which has been established for more than two years, is showing its charm with its glory.

X-ray biological wind diffractometer, flow cytometry, environmental scanning electron microscope, isotope ratio mass spectrometer, bidirectional electrophoresis system, ultracentrifuge, ion chromatograph...

It is enough to shock you without knowing these instruments themselves.

The design of the first-class laboratory in later generations made today's ion channel laboratory look like a scene in a science fiction movie... In fact, students in the 1980s didn't have the chance to watch any science fiction movies, but no matter how they imagined it, they probably couldn't imagine how magnificent a laboratory that cost 4 million US dollars and 6 million yuan was built.

"Professor Xie, the electron microscope is here." Yang Rui briefly introduced the laboratory to Professor Xie and the students who accompanied him, and then pulled everyone to the experimental area.

The experimental area was a little crowded, but fortunately it was quiet. In such an environment, everyone naturally became slight and whispered.

Xie Gaoyi nodded, came to the scanning electron microscope, looked at it for a while, and said a little embarrassedly: "This is Shimazu I400's electron microscope, I haven't used it yet."

"Let Zhang Xuetong help with the operation." Yang Rui said and called Zhang Xuetong over, and then the formal species identification work began.

Before the invention of PCR technology, that is, before DNA identification could be realized, microscopic identification was the most commonly used method in morphological identification.

Although most species are quite similar at the macro level, so it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish, at the micro level, the gap in microstructure is huge and can be distinguished without special training.

Xie Gaoyi began to observe with great enthusiasm, and while observing, he hand-drawn the image, which was ridiculously strong.

Without him drawing it for too long, the shape of the new plant will be revealed, and anyone with discerning eyes can see the similarities and differences between the stems and leaves.

"Yang Rui, I think you can start thinking about it and name it." Xie Gaoyi was in a good mood and gave Yang Rui a reassurance.

The discussions became louder.

Even Bai Ling looked at Yang Rui in surprise.

This is a great luck.

Yang Rui asked without any awareness: "What are the requirements for naming a name?"

"Now, we use the double name method. The official name is Latin. It doesn't matter. I will translate it for you. Let's first name. It is from the genus Blue Thorn, and this cannot be changed. You can give it a name to modify it. It can be a form, a place name, or a human name..." When Professor Xie talked about human names, the students around him were excited. This has brought his name to the ages. Although few people really care about plant names, what if it can be used as medicine.

Think about it, if you drink ten grams of ginseng with three cents of angelica and two Yang Rui blue thorns as medicine tips, you will have to get rid of any cold.

"Zhang Fei, let's have a blue thorn." Yang Rui's voice interrupted everyone's imagination.

Professor Xie asked as if he didn't hear it clearly: "Who are you going to commemorate?"

If it is not your own name, it is usually a memory of someone.

Yang Rui shrugged and said, "I modified it according to the shape. The circle of bristles around its stems and leaves looks very much like Zhang Fei's beard."

Professor Xie was in a bad mood and hurriedly said, "Don't rush to name it, don't be so hasty."

"I'm not sloppy, I've thought about it long ago, so I'll use this name." A multiple-choice question appeared in Yang Rui's mind. Which of the following four types is not named after a human: Zhang Fei's Blue Thorn Head, Obama Lizard, Gaga Fern, and Bush Beetle.

Yang Rui even thought of the reference answer: The interference item of this question is Bush beetle. In English, Bush means shrub. Students who choose this item, please do not write English homework in biology class!
Chapter completed!