Anyone who has been involved with medicine has heard of The Lancet, let alone a medical student, even some patients who have been ill for a long time have heard of it, and even read the articles on it, or read the translations and reviews.

This time, Luo Sheng's life science fund announced that it will spend a huge amount of money to build 11 top research centers or laboratories around the world, of which 4 are focused on the frontier of medicine, and there is also a top P4 laboratory.

It's no wonder that The Lancet pays so much attention to it, because the life science fund is so rich, and the $18 billion is used in the field of life sciences, and even the National Natural Science Foundation of China does not have so much money to spend in one field.

There is a huge difference between natural science and life science, life science is a part of natural science, but natural science involves basic research in physics, chemistry, new materials and other fields.

But all the funds of Luo Sheng's life science fund are only focused on one field, and if so much money is smashed, it is not normal for the entire academic community to not be sensational.

A top laboratory is often an investment cost of hundreds of millions, and the transformation of commercial achievements is not ideal, so capital is rarely interested in it, and it is basically funded by the state.

However, there are too many places for the state to spend money, and many research projects are forced to stay on paper and cannot be carried out due to insufficient funds, which is where many research scholars have no choice.

As soon as the life science fund came up, it announced that it would build 11 R&D centers, and half of them did not clarify which specific research they would focus on, which made scientists engaged in the field of life sciences at home and abroad excited, and they all wanted to win the life science fund to support their research.

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Capital, Qinghua University.

"Teacher, what are you looking for me?" A young intellectual beauty entered Shi Yigong's office, her name is Yang Ning, a genius who became the youngest female doctoral supervisor at Qinghua University at the age of 30, one of the best biologists in China, and the most proud female disciple of Professor Shi Yigong.

Known as the "goddess of academia", Yang Ning has a keen eye in the field of biology and is now beginning to make a name for herself internationally.

Shi Yigong put down the work at hand and looked at his most proud female disciple with a smile: "Xiao Ning, do you know that Luo Sheng, the world's richest man, recently established a life science fund?" ”

Yang Ning: "I know, it has been a sensation in the academic world. ”

Shi Yigong couldn't help laughing: "Even people like you, who stay in the laboratory all day long and are obsessed with research, know it, it seems that it is indeed a huge repercussion in the industry." ”

Yang Ning looked at his teacher puzzled: "What does this have to do with you calling me over?" ”

Hearing this, Shi Yigong took out two letters from the drawer of his desk and pushed them in the direction of Yang Ning, who stared at the two letters on the desktop curiously: "What is this?" ”

Shi Yigong said with a smile: "This first letter is a handwritten letter written by Luo Sheng to me, which is a letter of seeking talent, on behalf of his life science fund, I was invited to take charge of the director of a world-class structural biochemistry laboratory, which landed in Shencheng, with a budget of 700 million yuan and a total budget of 2.5 billion yuan. ”

The lab focuses on three major issues in the industry: 1) the formation mechanism of cyanobacterial blooms and their intervention strategies; 2) pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae; and 3) the working mechanism of the ABC transporter. The theoretical system and methodology of the laboratory include but are not limited to biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, microbiology, biophysics and cell biology.

Yang Ning's eyes couldn't help but glow with a hint of brilliance: "It's really rich...... Teacher, you agreed? ”

Shi Yigong shook his head, and immediately reached out and tapped the second letter on the table: "This is a letter of recommendation I wrote to you, and I have decided to recommend you to Luo Sheng to take the position of director of the structural biochemistry laboratory in Shencheng." ”

Yang Ning was surprised to hear this, but she simply refused without much thought, and said, "Teacher, I don't have the ability and qualification to manage such a huge laboratory, and even if I can, it will take up my research time and energy to a great extent." I'm a scientist, not a manager, I just want to be a pure research scholar. ”

Yang Ning refused very simply, almost without hesitation.

Shi Yigong was not surprised by Yang Ning's decisive refusal, but said: "Xiao Ning, you are wrong, not only will your going not become an obstacle to your greater achievements, but will provide you with an unprecedented broad stage." The laboratory's technology platform includes analytical and crystallization systems; microbial genetic operating system; Cell culture and analytical sorting systems, enzymatic research systems, and more. ”

Shi Yigong added: "In addition, there are many imported top-notch large-scale instruments and equipment platforms, some of which are not even high-end large-scale instruments and equipment that are not available in the Academy of Life Sciences and the National Research Center for Microscale Science, and I don't know how Luo Sheng persuaded foreigners." ”

It is worth mentioning that Luo Sheng's life science fund not only receives real financial support from the super-rich or wealthy families around the world, but also provides strong support in scientific instruments and equipment.

You must know that the name of every super-rich or wealthy family represents more than just having a huge amount of wealth, and if you get rid of them, many problems can be solved smoothly.

Yang Ning asked puzzledly: "Teacher, why don't you go and ask me to go instead?" ”

Shi Yigong said with a smile: "I can't see a good nest and I can't wait to occupy it, and I have to make way for you young people, you are very good, I believe that you can make world-renowned achievements in the field of structural biology, so I hope you go." But you have to understand a truth, if you want to really make results, it is not enough to be purely obsessed with research, otherwise you will not even get a scientific research project funding, how can you research? There are many reasons for this, and as you know, I won't say much about it, but if you take over the position of director of the laboratory, you will have a lot of power to decide the direction of your own research. ”

Yang Ning saw her teacher's solemn tone and serious eyes, and hesitated for a while, because what Shi Yigong said was right, and she was also very grateful to this mentor who had the grace of knowing her, and this time she once again recommended it to a broader stage......

After a while, she still hesitated and said, "But the scale of this laboratory is too large, I ......"

Shi Yigong smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, you don't have to spend too much energy on management, the real real manager of this laboratory is the life science fund, strictly speaking, this is a privately funded laboratory, but you have the right to speak as the director, your voice will play a pivotal role in it, at least you have a lot of autonomy in what research you want to do." ”

After Shi Yigong said this, Yang Ning gradually became moved, and there are probably few scientists who are not impressed by his autonomy and abundant research funds.

"Teacher, will Luo Sheng agree?" Yang Ning suddenly said that although she was talented in the field of structural biology, she was too young after all, and she was originally invited by Shi Yigong to be in charge.

"Send this letter over to see the situation, I specially went to find out something, Luo Sheng has always dared to use the young young Zhuang faction to be in charge, you still have a lot of competitiveness." Shi Yigong said in a deep voice, although he praised his disciples in the recommendation letter and sponsored them in his own name, he was not completely sure.

After a while, Shi Yigong added: "But even if you can't get this director's position, I still suggest you go, the laboratory is backed by a big donor who is not bad for money, at least the amount and speed of your scientific research project funding are bigger and more efficient than now." ”

For this, Shi Yigong is full of self-confidence, as an authority in the field of structural biology to write a letter of recommendation as a guarantee, which is quite weighty, as long as the management of the laboratory does not have a convulsion of the brain, it is definitely warmly welcomed.

On the other hand, if you refuse, it is also a good thing, indicating that it is not as worth looking forward to as expected.

After speaking, Shi Yigong picked up the letter of recommendation he wrote and handed it to Yang Ning, who took the letter and nodded: "Thank you, teacher, I'll go to the laboratory if I have nothing else to do." ”

Shi Yigong shook his head and said: "Don't study it, put aside the work for the time being, take this letter and go to Sucheng to meet Luo Sheng first, and then talk about it, and make a snack for your future." ”

Yang Ning: "Okay, I'll listen to the teacher, so I'll prepare." ”

Shi Yigong nodded and smiled: "Go ahead." ”

Luo Sheng's letter was sent a few days ago, and Shi Yigong was also worried that not responding for too long would not only be impolite, but might be taken up by others at that time, and it would also give people a bad impression of being arrogant, so he had to respond to others as soon as possible no matter what.

After all, this is the letter of the world's richest man.

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(Today's three watches, you can ask for a ticket~~~)

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