Institute of Neurobiology, 5th Floor, Experimental Building, School of Basic Medicine, School of Medicine, Beijing Normal University.

"Director Tong, it's been a long time!"

As soon as the elevator door opened, Leng Yan stretched out his right hand from afar.

A middle-aged man greeted him enthusiastically, shook his cold hand vigorously, shook it and said with a smile: "Yes, your director is different from me, but you are a busy man, we can't see it even if we want to!"

This Director Tong is about fifty years old, not tall, slightly fat, with a round face and a smile, and between his gestures, people feel that the spring breeze is blowing, giving people an extremely amiable feeling.

The two exchanged pleasantries, and Leng Yan hurriedly let go of his body and introduced: "Xiao Tian, this is Tong Xiangyangtong, director of the Institute of Neurobiology." Director Tong, this is our new doctor in neurosurgery, Xiao Tian, Tian Lu!"

"Hello Director Tong. ”

Tian Lu took the lead and stretched out his right hand.

"Oh, long admiration, long admiration, long admiration, long admiration, Mr. Tian's name!"

Tong Xiangyang directly stretched out his hands this time, held Tian Lu's right hand vigorously, shook it vigorously, and said sincerely: "When we first saw the article in Nature, we guessed that this name should be a Chinese, but we didn't expect it to be really guessed by us! Haha, and I actually saw a real person today, Xiao Tian, welcome!"

Treating Tian Lu, Tong Xiangyang was much more enthusiastic than seeing Leng Yan, if it weren't for Tian Lu's somewhat embarrassed expression, his hand would even be able to hold it all the time. In the end, it was under the reminder of the secretary next to him that Tong Xiangyang suddenly realized and invited Tian Lu and the two into his office.

It is no wonder that although they belong to the same discipline, basic medicine and clinical medicine are still different after all, and clinicians pay more attention to the clinical application of basic research results and less attention to the research process of basic research. Therefore, compared with Leng Yan, it is obvious that Tong Xiangyang is more aware of the influence of Tian Lu's three articles, and also understands the importance of Tian Lu's follow-up research.

If Leng Yan just saw Tian Lu's strength from these three articles, and then was full of confidence in him, then Tong Xiangyang really saw hope from Tian Lu!

Hope for the development of the Institute of Neurobiology!

What is the university fighting for these years?

Fight scale, fight for funding, fight for ranking, and of course, there is a very important indicator, which is the number of papers, especially the number of high-end papers.

Schools or hospitals of different grades will target magazines of different grades. Small hospitals aside, the general large hospitals and schools will look at whether the magazine is a core journal, while the top hospitals and schools will pay more attention to the number of SCI articles. In Kyoto, many graduate or doctoral students are required to publish SCI articles when they graduate, otherwise they will not get their graduation certificates.

And the three top scientific and technological journals are the focus of everyone's attention!

It is conceivable that if an article can be published in three journals, the benefits to the individual researcher will not be mentioned for the time being, and when the institution goes back to apply for research funds and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, it will naturally be unfavorable. With sufficient funding, it is naturally easier to produce results, and when they do, they can apply for more funding。。。。。。

That's why an academic leader can hold up a department, or even an institute!

Of course, absolute strength and sufficient diligence are also essential, and only by continuously making high-quality results can a virtuous circle be completely formed and the overall strength of the institute can be improved.

Nature only published three articles, but a subsequent article in the European Journal of Neurology gave hints for follow-up research. And most importantly, the article clearly states that these tips were first proposed by the authors of the three articles at the European Neurological Conference!

Clinicians like Leng Yan may not pay attention to this information, but for basic researchers like Tong Xiangyang, they naturally see it one by one in their eyes and keep it in mind.

After sitting down and making three cups of tea, Tong Xiangyang said with a smile: "Mr. Tian, listen to Lao Leng, you just returned to China, haven't you?"

"Yes, it's been two or three months since I was back. ”

Tian Lu nodded, and then said with a smile: "You can call me Xiao Tian directly, Mr. is really awkward." ”

"That's good!"

Tong Xiangyang was not hypocritical, and naturally changed his words: "Xiao Tian, last time Lao Leng told me that you want to continue your own research in our research institute, right?

After a simple greeting, Tong Xiangyang seemed to be in a rather anxious mood, and asked directly.

Tian Lu was slightly stunned in his heart, he thought that the other party would take him to visit the research institute first, but he didn't expect it to go directly to the topic.

"Yes. ”

Just hesitated slightly, Tian Lu nodded and said, "Although I am now a surgeon, I hope to continue because the previous research has already had a good start." As for coming to our institute, the main reason is to be able to borrow a laboratory, and then you can easily use the instruments and equipment in the laboratory building. ”

The instruments and equipment in the laboratory building that Tian Lu said naturally refers to the entire laboratory building, not the fifth floor occupied by the Institute of Neurobiology. In fact, before I came, Tian Lu learned that the scale of the Institute of Neurobiology is not large, and the equipment is not complete, but the stem cell research center, molecular biology laboratory and other units in the same building are much larger and extremely powerful.

Of course, it belongs to the same building and is also a school, just like in San Diego, and it is certainly no problem to use the equipment in other people's leisure time, depending on whether you have to pay for it.

"There's definitely no problem with this!"

Tong Xiangyang, who understood what Tian Lu meant, nodded happily and said: "Our research institute occupies an entire floor, but the number of people is really small, it is definitely no problem to divide a laboratory, and we have agreements with other research institutes and laboratories to use their large instruments for free。。。。。。! ”

Speaking of this, Tong Xiangyang's face showed a trace of embarrassment.

"Just what?"

Tian Lu's heart just burst out, but he was cold but had already asked in a hurry.

With a helpless look on his face, Tong Xiangyang spread his hands and said, "It's just that if you want to use their equipment for free, you must be the person of our research institute itself!"

"What do you mean, old boy?"

At this moment, Director Leng Yantong stopped screaming, and said in surprise: "When you called me a few days ago, you didn't say that!"

"Things have changed!"

Tong Xiangyang shook his head a little embarrassed and said, "I also communicated with them because of Xiao Tian's matter, and I only found out about it." And to be honest, we can provide a laboratory, but what about the basic facilities in the laboratory? After Oda came, he didn't even have a beaker, so how could he do the experiment?"

Leng Yan and Tian Lu were both stunned.

The conditioned reflex is general, and when Tian Lu was already thinking about how much it would cost to build a simple laboratory, Leng Yan heard a treacherous laughter from Tong Xiangyang, who sighed again and again, looking extremely ashamed!

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"This old fox!"

Sitting in the driver's seat, he slapped the steering wheel coldly, and said hatefully: "Don't say it sooner, don't say it later, but we only said it when we came, he must have planned it a long time ago!"

For the cold anger, Tian Lu secretly shook his head and said: "Forget about Mr. Leng, it is really unreasonable not to give some benefits if you occupy other people's places and use other people's equipment!"

"What do you call giving some benefits?"

Leng Yan's eyes widened and he shouted: "As the first author unit, the research institute is still called something?"

"Didn't they also promise to give me enough equipment, and an experimental technician? And it also gave 100,000 yuan a year for research funding, which is really a big effort. ”

Tian Lu smiled.

"That's too much!"

Leng Yan still said indignantly: "How can you say that you are also our neurosurgeon, if you hadn't agreed first, I wouldn't have agreed! This old boy has to inch in, I see the trace between the lines, I'm afraid he wants to ask you to pass, then the first author is simply theirs!"

In fact, Leng Yan also understood in his heart that Tong Xiangyang's performance was not really deliberately difficult, he just wanted to try to see if he could dig up Tian Lu, but because of Leng Yan's presence, it was not easy to say this directly, and Tian Lu's performance did not give him this opportunity.

It's just that I was going to bargain again, but I didn't expect Tian Lu to agree, which made the sullen breath in Leng Yan's chest unable to come out.

Of course, Tian Lu, as the initiator of the research and the designer, must not be able to run away as the first author, but for neurosurgery, there is an essential difference between the name before and after the name.

"Teacher Leng, I think you have misunderstood. ”

Tian Lu also faintly found cold dissatisfaction, but still smiled and said: "Regarding the follow-up research on the blood-brain barrier, there are indeed some things that have not been published publicly, and it is relatively easy to make results." But I don't plan to spend too much energy on this, and the future work, the plan is mainly handed over to the research institute to complete, so in this respect, it is not too much for people to be the first unit. ”

"Huh。。。。。。? What do you mean?"

Leng Yan listened to Tian Lu's words and was stunned for a while.

If you don't plan to continue the research on the blood-brain barrier, why do you contact the laboratory?

With a faint smile, Tian Lu looked at the experimental building outside the window, and said leisurely: "Anyway, I am a neurosurgeon now, even if I conduct basic research, of course, it must be related to my own work。。。。。。 ”