Chapter 470: It's okay to ask (yesterday's
"Then I'll continue talking." Yang Rui asked again in a student manner.
However, his momentum was slowly gathering.
The academic hall says that academics are naturally the most powerful and noble, and the other is the most intelligent and the other is the one who is authoritative.
Although Yang Rui said entries like a student's memorization, he had to ensure that these entries could be copied in the laboratory.
Judging from his explanation, he can indeed replicate in the laboratory, which is quite difficult.
A one-sentence test method, when it comes to the laboratory, it may take several days or even dozens of days to take steps. Each step is familiar with it, not just a saying.
Professor Cai couldn't help but say "Okay".
Yang Rui didn't mean to stop and continued: "The tenth type is mass spectrometry analysis method; the eleventh type is through laser scanning confocal microscope; the twelfth type is to infer from mRNA expression..."
He took a breath and looked at everyone.
Professor Cai fell into a state of silence.
Professor Fu fell into a state of dullness: There are so many kinds, what's going on with what I haven't heard of before?
Lu Yueping was a little excited about this and asked: "Is there any?"
"There is another type that I understand, but it cannot be a short-term goal." Yang Rui's eyes flashed.
"you say."
“By genome analysis.”
"Genome analysis?" Lu Yueping felt that this method was unfamiliar, but she became even more curious.
"This is a cutting-edge technology. First, it is necessary to establish a protein database. In fact, this can be used as a long-term goal in our laboratory..." Yang Rui was actually talking about genomics.
However, the concept of genomics was not proposed until 1986. In fact, when Yang Rui first entered university, he determined that the goal of basic research would be genomics and related papers on potassium channels were also determined based on this goal.
Even as early as when Yang Rui first joined Tangjin Laboratory, the "Molecular Mechanism of Voltage Gated in Sodium and Potassium Channels" published was aimed at this.
Of course, genomics is a specialty. Although this concept was proposed in 1986, the relevant research has been done for countless years.
Yang Rui is not qualified to call out the concept of genomics now. A CELL is not enough to establish a theory. When you want to publish CELL and have nature and nature, you will have a stack of monographs, and then get the right to speak in various international conferences. Then you can choose the right time to shout "genomics" to be the correct way to carry out academic development.
Therefore, Yang Rui can only do it, not say it.
Even if he did it, he did it very late. The doctrine established in 1986 may have been brewing for more than ten years.
If Roderick officially established genomics, he could mention Yang Rui or his laboratory in the article, or include one of his articles in references, it would be worth his efforts in this regard. Of course, it would be no less than the CNS standard.
Think about it, if one day, college students who entered the biology department would have to recite Yang Rui's research content when they opened the "Genomics" that was so thick that it was colorful, with a snobbish cover and a snoring content. The style was self-evident.
Professor Cai didn't know that Yang Rui had such great ambitions, so he just looked at him in surprise and said, "It's very expensive to build a protein database."
"It's just a long-term plan, and the early stage is to study the interaction between proteins." Yang Rui thought for a while and said, "We can start with surface plasmon resonance."
Surface plasmon resonance technology requires the application of computers, and this characteristic obviously attracted the most attention, so Yang Rui started from this aspect.
Using computer technology was obvious in the 1980s when using money for papers, because most schools and institutions, including the United States, lacked application computers at this time.
Whether it is a small or a mainframe, at the current computing speed, it is difficult to do a few experiments a month, and it is difficult to use and maintain. For example, the University of Berkeley, California, or the Ivy League first-class university, you can buy it if you want, but it is still quite rare at Peking University and Tsinghua University.
In addition, computers with all-English interfaces have also prevented their popularity.
To understand some English, the school and institution you are in must have good conditions, and finally your own project is valuable. Finally, you must be able to apply for it. When you arrive at the machine, various conditions will be superimposed to make the professors and associate professors present feel that the computer is new.
Professor Cai was a person who didn't think it was new and frowned slightly and said, "We can't approve the computer budget. Can you use the computer from Huarui Laboratory?"
"I can borrow for one or two months, but I can't borrow it all the time. I can apply for a national project and use project funds to buy it." Yang Rui didn't want Huarui Laboratory to have too much intersection with the laboratory of Peking University.
Professor Cai looked around, smiled, and said, "It is not easy to apply for millions of national funds."
"If someone helps, it won't be too difficult. Moreover, you can do potassium channel projects first." Yang Rui expressed his thoughts in a vague way. He didn't want to build a laboratory together. He wanted his own laboratory, only someone would help.
There was no fool in the room, and it could be heard.
Professor Cai doesn’t care. It’s a two-way choice. He smiled and said, “Applying for a national budget is very troublesome, and the most likely thing is when you approve the machine.”
"Plasma resonance requires special application computers and special software, and I'm afraid it won't work when I think about it."
"oh?"
"If I go back and write a few papers and publish them, then apply for them, the chances will be much greater."
"Of course, but how many articles do you have to write?" Professor Cai was obviously a little confused about the unit given by Yang Rui.
Yang Rui quickly replayed it in his mind and said, "I can change the experiment I am doing, take out the protein detection part, and write three or four articles without any problem."
It’s not just Professor Cai, but everyone here is a little speechless.
Everyone writes papers one by one. What the hell is that "writing three or four articles" is fine.
In China in the 1980s, the academic community did not have the style of "painting" papers in later generations. Of course, it is also the reason why teamwork and a good operating system have not been established. After one paper after another, the experiments must be done very smoothly, at least with connotation.
Of course, later Chinese academic circles were familiar with the review methods of foreign journals and creatively invented many methods of brushing papers. These advanced methods are probably not mastered by the professors in the conference room today.
Professor Cai did not talk about whether he could do it. He coughed and said, "The three or four articles must be above the level before applying for funds."
"certainly."
"Well, are there any problems with others?" Professor Cai did not make any comments. He could not join Yang Rui's laboratory anyway.
As for what people who are interested in think, it is a personal consideration.
It was about one minute of calm, and several associate professors rushed to ask questions.
They asked questions about cloning mutation genes to analyze potassium channel structure. Needless to say, what attracted everyone the most was the possibility of publishing CELL's paper.
Yang Rui was not in a hurry and answered calmly.
Academic defense is the time when a scholar is best reflected in his thinking and strength. This is also the reason why top foreign academic institutions attach great importance to international conferences. Questions that cannot be seen when reading the papers, and ask a few words, they may be asked. This is like a question in court. A person can make perfect statements, but he cannot make perfect false statements.
Yang Rui is so familiar with the paper he has done for half a year that he can't be more familiar with. In contrast, he has only read the paper or temporarily crammed the questioner, and can only say that he has a simple understanding of cloning mutant genes, or analyzing the structure of potassium channel, etc.
At this level, you naturally cannot ask Yang Rui. Not only can you ask him, but when the superficial question is over, he tried to ask a few people in depth, but Yang Rui also pointed out the problem incorrectly.
Now some people are embarrassed to ask questions.
However, there are always scholars who don’t care about the problems pointed out, are very confident, are interested in propositions, or are very concerned about newly built independent laboratories.
The difficulty of the problem is also deepened.
Yang Rui always had a gentle smile on his face, and his counterattack became more and more sharp, and he did not relax at all because the other party was a professor or an associate professor.
The purpose of this meeting is to select people for his independent laboratory. If the other party is strong, the dominance of the laboratory may change hands. This is not a simple face-saving project.
If necessary, Yang Rui can cut off the professor's face.
About half an hour later, fewer and fewer people asked questions, and gradually became calmer.
Professor Cai looked at both sides in surprise. When discussing academic research, there was no reserved person. The scene in front of him was very similar to the student's graduation defense, but only the professors never told the students that they could not speak, and the questions were not questionable, which was really unexpected.
"If you don't ask questions, it's over." Professor Cai couldn't let the silence continue.
"Wait a minute, I still have some problems and want to think about it again." Someone said softly.
Yang Rui looked over and found that it was Associate Professor Wei who asked more questions just now.
If the questioning is over now, it means that Yang Rui has gained an advantage and then set up a laboratory later, it is likely that he is the main focus. This is obviously not a good thing for Associate Professor Wei who wants to join it.
The gentlemen present, what they most hope is to lead the laboratory and then let Yang Rui assist him, not the other way around.
As soon as Associate Professor Wei spoke, the few people who were actively speaking just now also realized the reason, and some people also raised their thoughts.
Although Professor Fu does not want to work with Yang Rui, he also supports Associate Professor Wei and said, "Wait for a moment, I also want to sort out two questions."
Chapter completed!