Jiang Shuiyuan's voice was crisp and comfortable, coupled with his outstanding appearance, which made most of the students in the class remember him at once. As for whether Jiang Shuiyuan can remember them, it all depends on his mood - as long as he is willing, it is no problem to repeat the self-introduction of everyone in the class from beginning to end!

Don't look at the small number of people in the class, wait for everyone to sit down again and introduce themselves again, most of the class has passed. He Dayi didn't care, but moved a stool and sat down next to the podium Shi Shiran, and said slowly: "Since everyone is an elite selected by thousands of people, the basic biological knowledge must be very good, and even the study and understanding of some aspects are better than that of me, an old man. What's more, we are a training camp, so there is no need to be so formal, so the form can be a little more flexible. As for me, sit here and ask questions, if you know, you can raise your hand to answer, and if you don't know what you don't know, you can also stand up and ask questions, and everyone can discuss it together. Got it?"

"Understood!"

He Dayi nodded: "First question, there has been a recent outbreak of an arbovirus in the Americas, which is called Zika virus. Which of you knows more about Zika?"

Immediately, someone raised his hand: "Professor He, I know a little bit about this, so it's up to me to throw bricks and lead the way!"

"Please. ”

According to the Acta Virovira Sinica, published earlier this year, Zika virus is a single-stranded positive-stranded RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family, flavivirus, with a diameter of about 20 nm, which is transmitted by mosquitoes and has an unknown host, and circulates mainly in wild primates and tree-dwelling mosquitoes, such as the African Aedes mosquito. The virus was first discovered in 1947 by chance in rhesus macaques in the Zika jungle of Uganda through the Yellow Fever Surveillance Network, hence the name 'Zika virus'. Subsequently, in 1952, cases of infection were detected in Uganda and ******** populations......"

This guy is said to be throwing bricks and leading jade. As a result, he talked endlessly for more than ten minutes, turning the past and present life and the ins and outs of the Zika virus upside down. Fortunately, everyone present knew that He Dayi was improvising, otherwise they thought that he had checked the information for half a month to answer this question!

He Dayi looked approving: "It's very good, even I, a biology teacher, have nothing to add." It seems that you are usually very interested in virology, and you have a very deep and thorough understanding, and you are really terrible! Do you have anything to add or ask questions? No? At present, China, Europa, and the United States have invested heavily in brain science research, and brain science is the ultimate frontier for human beings to understand natural phenomena and human beings themselves, and it is not an exaggeration to call it "the last frontier of human science". Who among you is talking about this burgeoning brain research project?"

"I!" said Francis Crick, the famous biologist who won the Sun Yuanqi Young Scientist Award the year before, 'As human beings, we can identify galaxies light-years away, we can study particles smaller than atoms, but we still can't reveal the mystery of the three-pound matter between our ears.' This is intolerable'! Because of this, there has been a rapid boom in brain science research among the major powers. Jingshi University of China took the lead in announcing the launch of the 'Human Brain Project', and jointly established the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Neuroscience with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which received 530 million yuan of national scientific research funds that year. The United States is also interested in brain science research, and has launched the 'Brain Research Program', which is expected to invest a total of $4.5 billion over the next 12 years. ……”

Well, this guy can even speak, and he can talk for half an hour in one breath. only to reluctantly stop his feet in the knife-like eyes of everyone. It is estimated that if it weren't for the safety of his personal life, he would have been able to turn the whole afternoon into a solo show!

With the first two throwing bricks and stones. The people who answered the questions in the back all did the same, and they would never stop without talking for twenty or thirty minutes. This matter is like squeezing a bus, when it is not my turn, I hope that the people in front of me will finish speaking quickly, so that I can have a chance to speak; once it is my turn, I immediately feel that the people behind me will have a good time! So much so that He Dayi finally had to "friendly" remind: "Everyone try to make a long story short." After all, we don't have much time!"

Classes started at 2 p.m. and ended at 6:30 p.m., and the atmosphere in the classroom was very lively, from the ethical debate of gene editing to the progress of AIDS research, and then from biological invasion to the conservation of endangered species. It covers almost all the hot and focal issues of current biological research. While those who speak are spitting like a river, those who listen are equally excited, and many feel that they are still unfinished by the end of the class.

During the four-and-a-half-hour discussion, most of the content discussed was not in the textbook, and even unheard of or unseen, so Jiang Shuiyuan was like Yao Ming and Guo Xiaosi kissing -- he couldn't reach his mouth at all, and many times he was listening carefully. It was only when everyone was discussing human gene editing that he asked He Dayi a question:

"Mr. He, through the Human Genome Project and a series of subsequent scientific studies, it has been found that the mutation of the LaminA gene and the defect of DNA repair function may be the most important cause of the appearance and death of Progeria (full name is 'Early Aging Syndrome'), do you think that Progeria can be effectively treated through gene editing technology?"

He Dayi pondered for a moment and replied, "I'm not studying this direction, so it's really hard to answer you right away." However, as far as I know, although DNA repair and gene editing are very hot now, there are still many major problems that have not been solved, such as the lack of experimental methods, the preference for single gene and static research, and so far no one has been able to elucidate the similarities and differences between DNA review and repair mechanisms under physiological and pathological conditions. Until these questions are addressed, it may be too early to answer whether gene editing is effective in treating a disease. ”

Jiang Shuiyuan sat down with a little disappointment, and He Dayi immediately added: "Despite this, gene editing is still the most promising technical means for treating genetic diseases. As for these problems, they will eventually become the most dazzling ornaments in the laurels of the winners. The greater the difficulties, the greater the glory! I hope that all of you here will make up your mind, study hard, and bravely scale new heights, so as to win honor for yourself and solve the pain of illness for mankind!"

These students in the house can come to participate in the training, in addition to solid basic skills, more of them are originally interested in biology, like Jiang Shuiyuan, who was driven ducks on the shelves, it is estimated that he is the only one in the class. Now that he is instigated by He Dayi, everyone is enthusiastic, and he can't wait to bite his finger and write a blood book on the spot, determined to fight for biology for life!

Jiang Shuiyuan was quite calm, but this situation still reminded him a lot.

As for his mastery of the Biology Olympiad textbooks, he knew everything about them, and he could even pat his chest and say: Among all the people on the scene, if he was the second, no one would dare to say that he was the first! But what could he do? Once he went beyond the scope of the textbooks, he immediately became an illiterate person who did not know anything, and could only speak and listen to others, and others would talk and learn by himself!

It's all about interest!

Interested people will not be satisfied with the content recorded in the textbooks, studied in the classroom, and taught by the teachers, they will do everything possible to use the resources of the library and the Internet to take the initiative to learn, such as Zhang Jin, such as Shi Yang. They will also not be satisfied with the known, but will also actively explore the unknown, create new knowledge, satisfy their curiosity, and at the same time learn from the future.

And people like themselves who have few interests and are forced to read some books, although they may be ahead for a certain period of time, may even get better staff and better education. But in the long run, even if you can read all the tens of millions of pictures in the library of Jingshi University, what will be the result? After all, it is just a "humanoid library" and "two-legged bookcase", what is the benefit?

Thinking of this, Jiang Shuiyuan fell into deep thought. (To be continued.) )