Jing Yulan brought the news that the University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, and Waseda University were involved in the research of G protein-coupled receptors, but Yang Rui was not surprised. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This made Jing Yulan anxious, and said: "These three are all very powerful schools, and the funds and talents are only stronger than Peking University, not weaker, and the three together, you have to be more careful." ”

What she said was a euphemism, at the level of 86 years, the University of Tokyo is a world-class school, and Peking University has no ranking at all, compared to Cairo University in Egypt or Corvinus University in Hungary.

However, this kind of problem of external perception has never been in Yang Rui's consideration.

He smiled slightly, hugged Jing Yulan and said, "I know, I'm not ready to compete with Dongda them." ”

"They want to rob you of your honor and achievements. Jing Yulan warned Yang Rui as tactfully as possible. She works in the school and knows a lot about scientific research. In the same field, if the achievements in this field will win important awards, then the winner must be the person who has contributed the most?

Of course not.

Even with the public's "public" thinking, it is probably the one who gets the most credit for the final result, and the so-called results are exactly that.

But shouldn't the credit of the person who provided the seeds, planted the trees, took cuttings, and maintained them more than the one who picked the fruit?

However, this kind of thing, even in the scientific research community, is not clear, and it is even more difficult to talk about it if various interest factors and political entanglements are added.

There are three places for a Nobel Prize, if it is divided by the three who provide seeds, plant and maintain trees, and pick fruits, it is the most perfect situation, but in the history of the Nobel Prize, the probability of this kind of perfection is really small, and the most common situation is often that the last person who picks the fruit can get two places, and the person who provides seeds, plants trees, and maintains them chooses one of them.

Taking the field of G protein-coupled receptors as an example, making the conformation is equivalent to providing seeds, and he is already eligible for the Nobel Prize, but if Yang Rui does not make any achievements in the next two stages of crystal structure and three-dimensional structure, he is likely to lose the chance to win the prize.

Yang Rui was not worried about this, and said: "When Matsushima Heng came, I knew his plan, don't worry, no matter how powerful Dongda is, it is still one step slower than us, if they want to make a crystal structure, it's not that I'm bragging, they are delusional." ”

Jing Yulan laughed when she was said, and said coquettishly: "It's not bragging in the end. ”

With the soft words in his ears, Yang Rui felt that his heart was crisp, and he said with a relaxed feeling in the way of speaking in later generations: "Give me a little confidence." ”

Jing Yulan pouted and said, "Dongda is too famous...... By the way, don't you have a professor at your school who graduated from the University of Tokyo? Is it okay to ask him about the situation?"

"What's the use of just asking about the situation. Yang Rui said a word, immediately came to his senses, and said in a good manner: "Yes, I'll ask and see." ”

He now wants to appease Jing Yulan, after all, he can't say that I am not afraid of Dongda, with the current situation in China, no one believes this kind of statement.

"You must be careful, what about the three universities, they still have the support of the consortium, which is even more fierce than the subordinate universities of our school. Jing Yulan reminded Yang Rui as much as possible.

Yang Rui just agreed, in fact, he is facing more than three Japanese universities, there are many universities in the world that are interested in participating in the field of G protein-coupled receptors, especially universities in some third world countries, inspired by Yang Rui, they can't help but make some moths.

And those who are more famous than the University of Tokyo, such as the famous Harvard, Oxford, Yale, and Cambridge brothers, are also indispensable to have people doing scientific research in this area, which is nothing more than whether their own strength is strong or not.

This is also Yang Rui's strength is not enough, so that everyone thinks it is profitable, if it is replaced by a top laboratory that is already so far ahead, most of the medium and large laboratories are already about to withdraw. It's like running 100 meters, Bolt has started 10 meters away, and then spending a lot of money to participate in the race, it is not so meaningful.

But if Jin Sipang is replaced on the track, he is 20 meters ahead, and some people will still think that he can take advantage.

Back in the lab, Yang Rui briefly informed the three Japanese universities of possible involvement, and the researchers did not look surprised.

Xu Zhengping also said calmly: "The Japanese are like this, they are very polite when they can talk to you, and they can't come according to his requirements when they turn around, and the knife is handed out without saying a word." ”

"There is no guarantee that they will not hand over the knife. Yang Rui said: "Behind Dongda is the Mitsui Consortium, according to Matsushima Heng, he has at least 20 million US dollars, and if it is more, it is possible to increase it to 30 million." The situation of Kyoto University and Waseda University is not clear, but they also have the support of the consortium behind them, and I estimate that the start-up capital of the two companies must be more than 10 million US dollars, and if not, they would not be able to add it. ”

Even Yang Rui's ion channel laboratory has used $6 million in start-up funds, and if a Japanese laboratory wants to carry out research of this scale, it will not make sense to participate if it does not come up with $10 million.

"It doesn't matter if there is a 20 million, 30 million, and 10 million for the others. Fan Zhenlong let out a hearty laugh, which drew a chorus in the laboratory.

Several researchers chatted more easily.

Yang Rui looked at it and frowned slightly.

To say that the current ion channel laboratory is worthy of morale, but Fan Zhenlong's words have attracted a relaxed spirit, and the appeal is a little too strong. It's as if a person with low self-esteem suddenly gets an unexpected success and becomes too proud.

Yang Rui thought for a while, looked at the table again, and said, "Everyone, let me say two words." ”

There was an instant silence in the lab.

"As Fan Zhenlong just said, there is a 230 million laboratory participating in the competition, and it seems that we can not care about the laboratory with a budget of 10 million US dollars, as if our opponent has only one laboratory. Yang Rui looked left and right, pointed to his brain, and said, "Do you think that the $10 million laboratory is participating in the competition for?

Everyone's smiles gradually converged.

Yang Rui said: "Under what circumstances did we participate in this competition, other laboratories will have similar judgment criteria. To put it more clearly, there is no three, two, three, dare not go to Liangshan, now, dare to join this scientific research competition, either there are more funds, or there are more talents, or there is accumulation, or there is a unique job. No one is stupid, and no one dares to throw tens of millions of dollars into the water as child's play. ”

"Director Yang is right, you can't underestimate the enemy. Xu Zhengping knew what Yang Rui wanted to express.

"But, with all that in mind, what else do they do?" a young research dog shouted on the spot.

"The means are many. Yang Rui said: "Let me tell you a simple example, let's say I am the head of the laboratory at Kyoto University, I now know that the research and development progress of the Ion Channel Laboratory of Peking University is the fastest, the capital and talent reserve of Tokyo University is the most abundant, and I have not accumulated enough technology at Kyoto University, what should I do? ”

There was a "boom" in the laboratory, and everyone seemed to start to have something to say.

"It's too dangerous to do it, they don't necessarily dare to do it. ”

"Who knows when the second phase will be done, their pre-research will be controlled by others. ”

"This is a $10 million gamble, and if you find that there is a dead end ahead, isn't it meaningless to study later?"

In the midst of various questions, Yang Rui stood still, and after a while, when everyone was quieter, he said, "How long do you think we can complete the second phase of research?"

No one speaks, because no one can make a real judgment.

Yang Rui didn't actually know, he just shrugged his shoulders and said, "We at least believe that we can complete the second phase of research in a short period of time, so we are so engaged, right?

Looking at the people below, Yang Rui said again: "We are now working on the crystal structure of G protein-coupled receptors, our enemy may be the Matsushima Heng Laboratory, or the University of California Laboratory, our current advantage is that we have a first-mover advantage, and the enemy has a more abundant resource and manpower advantage." If a laboratory that does not have an advantage in terms of resources and manpower compared to us may skip the study of crystal structure and go straight to the ultimate goal of high-resolution 3D structure, then, if we can win in the second stage, we may face other laboratories with a first-mover advantage. Therefore, all the laboratories participating in the competition, we should not take it lightly. ”

The lab fell silent.

Yang Rui actually proposed a possibility, skipping the second stage and directly doing the third stage of research and development, which is not an easy task, otherwise, there would have been a laboratory doing this a long time ago.

However, this is indeed a feasible way of thinking, and in the world of scientific research, the most important thing to be underestimated is the brains of researchers.

If there is no way out, it is a unique way, foreigners have no idioms, and they also have IQ, especially after Yang Rui completed the conformation of G protein-coupled receptors at a very fast speed, there may be more people who do this.

Whether it is the "one-pot stirring" pretreatment method or the academic help brought by the clear conformation itself, it means that the research on G protein-coupled receptors has accelerated.

The air full of relaxation that had been accumulated in the laboratory for many days was swept away by Yang Rui within a few minutes.

"Director Xu, you asked someone to make a form in the laboratory. Yang Rui pointed to the white wall behind him and said, "We are now going to arrange a special person to track the movements of foreign laboratories at any time, and calculate the progress of other laboratories, ...... Wu Qi, you come to do this. ”

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