Luo Jia came to the Ministry of Agriculture, announced that it would be officially merged into the Ministry of Life Sciences, and established GMO as the main research and development direction.

After a brief introduction, he habitually pulled over the whiteboard and wrote quickly on it, while the rest of the room stared wide-eyed and watched carefully.

Boom~

Soon after, Luo Jia stopped writing, and two sets of powerful genetic science tools jumped on the whiteboard, one is a gene editing tool called Triassic, and the other is a genetic verification tool called Cretaceous.

Both tools came from advanced plant civilizations, but in order to be able to use them on the earth, Luo Jia re-named them with slightly esoteric names and made appropriate weakenings.

After all, as one of the most powerful and ancient civilizations in the stars, the genetic technology of the plant civilization is really too advanced for the earth, weakening some functions, but it is easy for the earth science community to accept, so as not to be misunderstood by others, thinking that Luo Jia is a traverser.

"It's a little interesting, I didn't expect Mr. Luo to understand genetics?"

"Nonsense, Luo is always a rare all-rounder in the world, this is something that the world has known for a long time."

"This tool seems to be able to carry out precise overhaul of bases?"

"It seems like this, but I still need to explain it to Mr. Luo..."

Everyone discussed, the schematic diagram was relatively obscure, and it seemed that they did not understand.

After Luo Jia put down the pen, he said in a deep voice: "If we want to change the genetic ordering of organisms, we need to use gene editing tools, and the current global research on gene editing tools has reached the third generation. ”

"From the first-generation DNA nuclease editing system ZFNs, to the second-generation TALENs, and then to the third-generation gene editing tool CRISPRCas9 system, there is undoubtedly a series of great progress, but even the current state-of-the-art CRISPR technology is still limited in functionality, and there will still be a large number of off-target phenomena."

"All people who have engaged in genetically modified engineering understand that, in simple terms, genetically modified is genetic control, and off-target, which means that genetic mutations are not controlled, is a very dangerous thing that must be overcome."

"So I envisioned a precision gene editing tool, Triassic, Triassic can effectively achieve all 12 single base free conversion without additional DNA templates, and can also achieve precise insertion and deletion of multiple bases, according to the data simulation test, Triassic can insert up to 44 bp of bases, and delete 80 bp of bases."

"Compared with the third-generation CRISPR system, the Triassic has two major differences, the first is to engineer the single-stranded guide RNA (sgRNA), adding a piece of RNA sequence to its end, the newly obtained RNA, which I call pegRNA, and secondly, the Cas9 nickase is fused with reverse transcriptase to obtain a new fusion protein, which then forms a dual role with the end sequence of the pegRNA..."

In this world, genetic science is definitely one of the most difficult and obscure disciplines, and Luo Jia's words are also full of all kinds of obscure technical terms.

Needless to mention professional things, it is worth mentioning the idea, this time, Luo Jia was very smart not to copy the gene editing tools of plant civilization, but skillfully integrated with the third-generation tools on the earth, and used the advanced technology of the plant family to add two new characteristics to the third-generation tools.

It seems that Luo Jia is only on the research results of his predecessors. Two improvements were made, but they gave the old tool the finishing touch, or even a huge improvement.

"Great, it's a genius design!"

"With this set of tools, you can achieve precise genetic control!"

Before Du Wei, the director of agriculture, could speak, Wen Chengfeng shouted loudly, he had already seen that after adding two new features, the gene editing tool became more accurate, and the off-target rate was drastically reduced.

Luo Jia looked light-hearted, and didn't care so much, because this was really nothing, in fact, the tools that Lan Yu gave him were stronger, so powerful that they could even cultivate terrifying alien plants.

However, in line with the principle of step-by-step, Luo Jia only leaked a small part of it to everyone this time, and in the remaining days, he will continue to knock on the side, leading the company at the same time, moving in the right direction, until he fully masters the gene editing technology of the plant family, only at the key research and development node, Luo Jia will personally end up.

After introducing the gene editing tool, Luo Jia began to introduce the gene verification tool, Cretaceous.

Luo Jia said in a deep voice: "Gene editing tools are like weapons in the hands of soldiers, weapons don't kill, people can kill, in order to ensure that genetic weapons will not be abused, we also need to use genetic verification tools to ensure safety." ”

"The Cretaceous artificial intelligence star based on the software department can be regarded as the genetic version of the little star, every time we carry out directional editing of biological genes, artificial intelligence will simulate whether there will be potential safety hazards in the future implementation process through complex calculations and exhaustive measures."

"Simulating the impact of genetic mutations on humans and all living things is completely counter-computational, but fortunately, we have a powerful supercomputing system, which is enough to support the operation of the entire mathematical model..."

Luo Jia continued to explain the technology, and after listening to Luo Jia's words, everyone suddenly realized that the genetic verification system was a mathematical model, plus a genetic algorithm controlled by artificial intelligence.

Suppose you use genetic tools to modify grapes, humans or other organisms, whether eating this genetically modified grapes is harmful, you can calculate it through the tool, if it is really harmful, artificial intelligence will predict it in advance.

"The ancients said, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, if you have these two tools, it will be of great help to our work, do you think my plan is feasible?" Luo Jia asked, looking around.

Everyone nodded their heads again and again, without any objections.

Once again, I saw Luo Jia's genius idea, and the five-body throw that everyone admired, as the saying goes, height determines vision, angle changes concept, and Luo Jia, who has the backing of cosmic-level civilization technology, obviously thinks more advanced, sees problems more thoroughly than everyone, and is more long-term.

Luo Jia finally concluded: "In line with the principle of seeking truth from facts, we must understand a basic fact, that is, the plants of the earth will definitely not be able to adapt to alien colonies, nor can they adapt to the starship environment and long journeys. ”

"Nine times out of ten, if we take wheat from the earth to Mars to farm, we will not be able to grow it, so even for the needs of interstellar colonization, we must invest in plant transgenic research."

"There is also a starship voyage, during the long journey, it would be great if our crew could eat green and fresh vegetables, and the limited resources on the starship are destined to be unable to produce plants at will like on the earth, and the plants that can follow the starship voyage must adapt to more demanding living conditions."

"Coupled with the needs of the earth's agricultural transformation, interstellar colonies, long-distance starships, and the earth's own soil, these three major needs are the direction of future research in the agricultural sector, and no aspect can be ignored."

"In addition, we must also take into account the acceptance of the people on the earth, and don't make too exaggerated results at once, for example, a yield of 30,000 catties per mu is a beautiful vision, but if it is really achieved, it is estimated that the vast majority of people will be frightened and dare not eat such a high-yield staple food."

"So at this stage, we are still focusing on import substitution, such as cherries, we develop our own high-quality seedlings, sell them to domestic agricultural institutions at low prices, and compete with international seedling suppliers to drive them out of the market."

"You also know that in two months, the space elevator will be completed, I hope you can add a touch of bright color to the synchronous orbit station and even the moon base, so that our colleagues who are responsible for stationing in space and mining helium-3 on the moon can make life more or less interesting."

Painting a big pie is a skill, Luo Jia is very clever to guide the future of the Ministry of Agriculture in the direction of space, listening to his words, the colleagues of the Ministry of Agriculture are full of blood, so excited that they can't help themselves, I didn't expect that I can also contribute to the company's space program, which is really wonderful.

In general, Luo Jia's plan is very simple, no one can stop GMO, it must be done, this is the company's unshakable goal.

But there must be a strategy to engage in genetically modified organisms, the earth should be low-key, engage in domestic substitution of some imported seedlings, and give the people enough choice, you can choose to trust Xingchen Technology and eat genetically modified food, if you don't trust, you won't eat, and leave the decision to the masses to choose.

However, when it comes to the space program led by Xingchen Technology, there is no choice, just kidding, if agricultural technology is not developed, how will it expand beyond the earth in the future?

As long as you participate in the space program of Xingchen Technology, it is necessary to follow the rules of Xingchen Technology, and genetically modified in the space program is not a choice, but a must.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

"Breeding powerful new plants for the space program? We are willing to do this job! ”

"I've long seen Monsan's dislike eyes, just with them!"

Everyone spoke excitedly, Luo Jia nodded with satisfaction, said some words of encouragement, and turned to leave, after all, although agriculture is important, it is a typical slow-heating project, it is impossible for Luo Jia to arrange it, and the results can be seen in the short term.

The two advanced genetic tools have been handed over to them, and the next step is for the agricultural department to play on its own, to what extent, Luo Jia is not ready to ask, anyway, as long as it can ensure safety, try to do it.

Walking out of the gate of the Ministry of Agriculture, looking at the big noon sun, Luo Jia couldn't help but sigh, time flies really fast, unconsciously, the seventh year since the establishment of the business is almost over.

For Luo Jia, this New Year is of special significance, because the completion of the space elevator and the synchronous orbital station is just around the end of the year.