Chapter 151: The Flame of Hope
When Mick Stewart and his team successfully cultivated lysosomal PSC1 and inactivated prion proteins, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, the University of Hamburg in Germany, and the University of Tokyo also demonstrated the results.
Everyone's expressions were shocked.
Although they had been prepared, when they successfully copied it, their feelings were still complicated.
China's prion research is still in its infancy, and they don't even have their own prion identification system, so how can they make PSC1 that digests prion protein molecules?
It feels incredible!
It's magical!
Whether you like it or not, facts speak louder than words, and they did use the technology of a few "amateur" scientific researchers in China to successfully inactivate prion proteins.
So the next problem is to face - patent licensing.
The cultivation technology of lysosomal PSC1 can only be used for scientific research experiments, and if it is commercially developed, it must obtain a patent license, otherwise it is infringement.
And in all laboratories, the ultimate goal of scientific research is precisely the development and application of commercialization, otherwise which group company is willing to sponsor it?
After recognizing the reality, some scientific research institutes began to contact the Jiangzhou Medical Department to discuss patent licensing.
The leaders of Jiangzhou Medical Department were naturally overjoyed.
Immediately afterwards, a patent negotiation team was formed......
Nine a.m.
Jiangzhou Hospital, 7th floor of the testing center.
Dong Wenying is doing a handover task with Lin Caiyi.
Zhou Wen went to the Institute of Neoneocryptococcal Disease, Dong Wenying and Qin Haitao followed, and the administrative work of the Prion Research Institute was handed over to Lin Caiyi in the future.
Of course, there is only administrative work, and Dong Wenying is still in charge of finance for the time being.
"Okay, if there's anything you don't understand, call me. ”
"Okay, thank you, Sister Wen Ying. ”
"You're welcome~ Then I'll go down first. ”
After saying goodbye to Lin Caiyi, Dong Wenying went to the PCR on the sixth floor.
From tomorrow, she will not come to work at the testing center, and will be at the Cryptococcal Research Institute in the future, so she specially came to say goodbye to a few old colleagues.
Wu Yan, Zhang Shuguang, Wei Zhaogong, Xu Jiajia, Jiang Hexuan, etc.
"Congratulations on Gao Sheng~"
"Where. ”
"Hey, I knew I was going to the prion team with you. ”
"Hehe, it's not too late to come. By the way, I'll treat you to dinner in the evening, and everyone will enjoy their faces. ”
"Okay, by all ......"
After chatting for a while, Xu Jiajia followed Dong Wenying out of the laboratory and asked in a low voice, "Hey, I heard that your salary is more than 10,000 yuan a month now, is it really true?"
Dong Wenying smiled shyly and said, "No~"
Xu Jiajia pouted: "We're still not good sisters?
Dong Wenying hesitated for a moment and said, "Uh...... We have more than 20,000 ordinary experimenters, and Dr. Li Wenshuo has more than 30,000. ”
Xu Jiajia: "......"
Dong Wenying explained: "In fact, the basic salary is about the same as yours, and we mainly have a part of the patent bonus more than you, so it adds up to more than 20,000 yuan." ”
Xu Jiajia naturally knew that Dong Wenying and his research team had declared several patent bonuses.
But I always thought that the hospital would reward a few hundred yuan for one person at most, but I didn't expect it to be so much.
"Just a month?"
"Well, every month. ”
“……”
Xu Jiajia's intestines were blue at this time.
When the prion team first recruited employees, she actually had a chance to get there.
But considering that the group is a grass platform team, it is estimated that it will be disbanded in a short time, so it has not passed.
Who knows......
Virus testing team on the fourth floor.
Zhou Wen is also saying goodbye to Yang Liqun and Zhang Shuguang.
Zhang Shuguang was already training Zhou Wen to take over the PCR, but who knew that he had grown so fast and was directly in charge of a research institute.
"At the Prion Research Institute, I have already handed it over to Dr. Li Wenshuo. ”
"We know this! Work hard, and I wish you a better level in your new job. ”
"Thank you to the two Zhang Group and Yang Group for taking care of them during this time. ”
"You're welcome......"
After chatting in the office for a while, Zhou Wen went downstairs.
After waiting in the car for a while, Dong Wenying also came down with the information.
Then the two went to the Cryptococcus Research Institute in the Science and Technology Park.
There is a lot of waste to be built here.
Except for a rented laboratory building and offices, the laboratory is still empty.
The people in the equipment department of the hospital were discussing with Qin Haitao.
"Zhou is here, I just have something to tell you......"
The people from the equipment department took Zhou Wen to the office.
Here, Qin Haitao was just about to be lazy, but the doorman called over and said that all the interviewers had arrived.
"Okay, wait a minute, we'll be there in a minute. ”
Qin Haitao and Dong Wenying went downstairs together and came to the conference room on the first floor.
As soon as she arrived at the door, Dong Wenying was startled.
The conference room of Nuoda was unexpectedly full, and everyone was looking forward to it.
Dong Wenying asked in some surprise: "These people ...... Are they all here for interviews?"
Qin Haitao said with some uncertainty: "It should be ...... Right. ”
Their recruitment requirements clearly state that they must be PhD students in biogenetic engineering or cell engineering.
Of course, if you feel like Zhou Wen, more awesome than a doctor, then of course you are more welcome.
Because of this, Qin Haitao is also a little confused, is the doctor of biology so worthless now......
The two of them entered the conference room nervously.
Dong Wenying is a master's student, and Qin Haitao is only an undergraduate, and now they are asked to interview a group of doctoral students, and they are panicked.
Qin Haitao stood in front of the conference room and took a cursory glance, there were at least more than 100 people on the scene.
My heart shook again.
"Well, wait for the name to come in. ”
After Qin Haitao finished speaking, he and Dong Wenying each took a stack of resumes and entered the small office.
The two of them sat down and briefly flipped through their resumes.
Ph.D. in Biology, Zhejiang University.
Dr. Chiba University Biology.
Ph.D. in Biology from Wuhan University.
Dr. Fu Zhi Biologics.
Ph.D. in Biology, Yale.
Ph.D. in Biology, Xiamen University.
Ph.D. in Biology, Peking University.
Ph.D. in Biology, Jiaotong University.
Stanford Biologics, Ph.D.
Ph.D. in Biology, Tsinghua University.
……
At a glance, all the biology doctoral students in top universities in China and the world have not even seen an ordinary university.
And looking carefully at their resumes, everyone is out of the blue, with various awards and innovative papers, Qin Haitao and Dong Wenying, who are both biological students, are ashamed of themselves.
Neither of them knew how to interview.
Because with their level, they can't interview these people at all.
There was no way, Dong Wenying had no choice but to call Zhou Wen and ask him to come down for an interview in person.
Soon the neighborhood came over.
Like Qin Haitao and them, they were also shocked when they saw such a doctoral student.
It's a shock that so many PhDs get together, and it's absolutely impossible to see in any other patent.
It can only be seen in the biological field.
Many biology doctors, in order to compete for the position of one or two middle school biology teachers, can fight their heads and blood.
Zhou Wen was not happy to see so many PhDs applying, but felt very uncomfortable.
Which of these doctoral students was not a top student and a leader among the people?
Just change to another professional PhD, I dare not say more, the annual salary is 500,000 yuan!
As a result, I accidentally fell into the pit of biology, and now I have fallen to more than 100 PhDs, grabbing a position with a monthly salary of 15/8000, and it is also a bitter tear to say it.
Just when Zhou Wen sighed, there was a system prompt sound in his ears.
"Can this also be taught?"
Open the system and take a look.
[Mission: Tinder of Hope.]
Note: The 21st century is the century of biology, but the 21st century is still very long, biology is in the cold winter season, please ignite the fire of hope for biology.
Requirements: Admission of more than 50% of the personnel.
Reward: 10000~20000 subject experience, 5000 points, 1 chance to open the box (silver)]
Seeing the task description, Zhou Wen's already sad heart became even more uncomfortable.
I blinked my eyes hard to keep from crying.
Because he thought about his four years of college.
I entered the pit of biology with hope, and as a result, I was confused for four years, especially in the last three years, and I became more and more anxious day by day.
The kind of confusion without direction, people who have not studied biology, will never be able to understand.
So he could better understand the feelings of those biology doctors outside.
He believed that if they were given another chance to choose, no one would ever choose a creature again.
"How many people are there?"
Qin Haitao smiled and said, "There are a total of 108 generals." ”
"So many......" Zhou Wen said, thinking quickly in his mind.
There are so many people, the Cryptococcus Research Institute will definitely not be able to do so, it just so happens that Huanyu Biology needs people over there, and it can be arranged to go there, and this needs to be discussed with them later.
However, the financial pressure will be very huge.
The salary is okay to say, all the recruitment, less than 1 million a month, is not a big problem.
The main thing is that there are so many biology doctors, if they are all recruited, there will be something for them to do.
And if so many people are all engaged in scientific research, every moonshine experiment consumables will be a huge expense......
"Wang Hua. ”
With Qin Haitao's voice, a young man with a ****** soon came in, wearing a red and black jacket, with some pimples on his face, and a trace of apprehension between his eyebrows.
"Are you Wang Hua?"
"Well, yes. ”
"Biological genetic engineering, Zhejiang University bachelor's, master's and doctoral studies?"
"Yes!"
"Tell us what you think about genetic engineering. ”
Wang Hua organized the language and said: "Genetic engineering is the main direction of the future development of biotechnology, and through genetic modification technology, new varieties, varieties with resistance to pesticides, drought and cold resistance, varieties with high protein and sugar content, and so on can be cultivated......
Zhou Wen asked: "Some people say that the genes in genetically modified organisms are easy to cause genetic pollution, so that genetically modified organisms can reproduce and compete for nutrients and living space of other organisms, etc., what do you think about this?"
Wang Hua said a little excitedly: "This is too one-sided. Genetically modified plants or animals are subjected to rigorous experiments before being bred in large quantities, and genetic contamination has nothing to do with so-called mass reproduction......"
As a doctor, he has a thorough understanding of genetic engineering.
And many of his views on genetically modified organisms coincide with him.
GMO technology is a good thing.
It's a pity that the general public only sees the appearance, and everyone follows the clouds, but they don't know the deep-seated reasons inside.
In fact, the things we eat now have changed little by little over thousands of years, including Yuan LP's rice, which can be regarded as genetically modified, which is already different from the original.
In the early days of wild rice, the yield per mu was only a few dozen catties.
For example, China's genetically modified insect-resistant cotton, which has independent property rights, has been commercialized for more than 20 years and occupies a major position in the world.
And soybeans.
China used to be an important soybean producing area in the world, and the black soil in Northeast China nourished large soybean fields, providing the world with a large amount of plant protein and animal husbandry raw materials.
However, the "reversal frenzy" many years ago led to the complete collapse of soybean cultivation in China.
Since 1995, China began to import soybeans, and in an instant, it changed from a soybean exporter to an importer.
Just 5 years later, the annual import volume exceeded 10 million tons.
By 2017, China's local soybean output was only 10 million tons, but the import volume was as high as 95.57 million tons, with a foreign dependence of more than 90%.
The international soybean market has basically formed a passive beating pattern of "soybeans from the Americas, soybeans from China, and prices set by rice countries".
And why do rice soybeans form such an overwhelming advantage over Chinese soybeans?
The problem comes from the seeds.
Mi soybean has been genetically modified, with large yield and high oil yield, which is about one-sixth higher than the oil yield of golden beans in Northeast China, with high economic value and is an ideal raw material for large-scale industrial production.
Coupled with the unique light and heat conditions and vast geographical resources, it firmly holds the regulating valve of the soybean market.
The downstream of soybeans is closely related to almost all eggs, poultry, fish and meat products, and is an important raw material for the production of the national vegetable basket, which has a great impact on people's livelihood.
Otherwise, even if we don't produce soybeans, it's very cool to just sell genetically modified soybean seeds to foreign countries and buy soybeans in!
It can be said that genetically modified technology is one of the few technologies in China that started almost at the same time as developed countries and is in the leading position in the world.
There are a lot of various genetically modified inventions in China, but due to the pressure of public opinion, the safety certificate has expired and has not obtained a commercial license!
As a result, we can only watch as foreign genetically modified seed companies aggressively seize China's seed market.
The cruel reality of "buying seeds by grain and selling grain by tons" has been formed.
As of mid-2018, more than 70 foreign-funded seed enterprises have completed registration in China.
Including DuPont, Monsanto, Syngenta, etc., have set up offices in China, established R&D centers, arranged variety tests, participated in local advantageous seed enterprises, established joint ventures, etc.
It firmly controls more than half of the market share of China's high-end vegetable seeds.
These "foreign seeds" have monopolized the pricing and supply rights of domestic seeds, and can cause incidents such as price increases, lack of goods, and reduced yields for the planting industry at any time, which has directly threatened the safety of China's agricultural production.
Thinking back to the reversal frenzy many years ago, it's scary to think about......