Today, Yang Zhou and Bai Shulong made an appointment to meet in the laboratory, and he wanted to submit the project application report.

Yang Zhou has been brewing this application report for nearly ten days, and he is busy with vegetables during the day every day, and he is doing this project report at night.

If he wants this academic research to be listed in a top journal, he naturally has to come up with something.

However, the things that came out should not be too advanced, nor could they produce particularly large long-term economic value, and after reviewing countless journal papers, Yang Zhou finally came up with a relatively unique project plan.

Because of the interview, Yang Zhou came to the laboratory to print it out first, and when the time came, he could show the paper version to the tutor, and the two could discuss with each other.

In the laboratory, the two master's and doctoral students brought by the tutor have already come, Tang Yue also knew that Yang Zhou came to the laboratory today last night, specially prepared breakfast for Yang Zhou, and told Yang Zhou not to go to the cafeteria to eat.

When Yang Zhou arrived, he saw that the two junior brothers were currying favor with Tang Yue and wanted to eat breakfast, but Tang Yue stretched out his slender arms and circled the breakfast on the table, not allowing the two senior brothers to take it.

Seeing Tang Yue's chicken's appearance of protecting food, Yang Zhou couldn't help laughing.

"Senior brother is here! Hurry up and teach them two a lesson, they bullied me just now! Tang Yue looked up and saw Yang Zhou, and immediately asked for help.

Liu Tao and Xu Fu hurriedly begged for mercy, saying that they were joking just now.

also made a bunch of promises, such as taking turns cleaning, being responsible for buying milk tea, etc., Tang Yue nodded with satisfaction.

Yang Zhou is very prestigious in the laboratory, who let him come early, and he is the tutor's favorite student, Liu Tao and Xu Fu are also joking, knowing that Tang Yue only has Yang Zhou in his eyes.

This kind of laboratory atmosphere is still very good, Yang Zhou ate the breakfast brought by Tang Yue, and said: "Next time, you have to keep the breakfast money in the account, and it will be reimbursed at the end of the month." ”

Tang Yue just smiled and didn't speak, this breakfast is precious, don't look at the surface is an ordinary bun, the meat filling inside uses ingredients that are airlifted back from abroad.

It's just that Yang Zhou has eaten it many times and didn't find it.

I thought it was just a breakfast in a high-end hotel, and it was estimated that it was twenty or thirty yuan no matter how expensive it was.

After chatting for a while, Yang Zhou also printed the materials, Bai Shulong finally came to the laboratory, and after greeting a few people, he asked Yang Zhou to follow him to the small office.

"Show me, it's been brewing for so many days, and see how well prepared you are." Bai Shulong said with a straight face.

These days, Yang Zhou Shenlong has seen the beginning and the end, and Bai Shulong is also a little puzzled, it is the same to do the project in the laboratory, and he does not come to consult him in the middle.

Although he is not particularly good at gene editing, he is at least better than Yang Zhou, a student.

Yang Zhou smiled and handed his project plan to his mentor.

Bai Shulong glanced at Yang Zhou, and then looked down at the project plan.

It's a bit immodest to look up, and it's written "Research on the Form and Color of Carrots".

Because the student he fancies wants to engage in gene editing, Bai Shulong is also paying attention to the most cutting-edge scientific research these days, and he can't wait for Yang Zhou to ask him when he has a problem, he doesn't know anything, which will damage his prestige.

Bai Shulong has been fighting in the field of biology for decades, and all kinds of biological knowledge can be used flexibly, and he has only not studied gene editing in depth before.

Now as soon as I research, I am already a senior scholar, and if I find a good project, I can get something out of it myself.

But now seeing the name of Yang Zhou's topic, there are many questions.

There are very few papers on gene editing of carrots, but there are many genetically modified ones.

For example, Pretty Country has researched a genetically modified carrot that can be used as a calcium supplement to help prevent diseases like brittle bone disease and osteoporosis.

Germany has turned radish into a drug factory, so that genetically modified radish can produce hepatitis B vaccine, which can be eaten raw or juiced to achieve the effect of vaccination.

Yang Zhou's research is to change the shape and color of carrots, which is obviously a very difficult subject, otherwise it would be impossible for no papers to be published internationally.

At present, gene editing research is either used in bracken, which has a short growth cycle and can quickly see the research results, or it is used in food, such as rice and soybean gene editing.

The results of this kind of experiment are relatively slow, but the results are related to food, and many laboratories are following up.

The genetic study of plants is a very complex matter.

Regardless of any modification made to the genes in the plant cell, if you want to see the results, you must wait until the plant is fully developed and mature, and then you can visually observe and detect the changes caused by the altered genes.

At present, it is not possible for humans to understand what each gene represents.

This makes gene editing even more difficult.

More often than not, scientists rely on luck.

Bai Shulong quickly browsed the entire experimental plan, and suddenly felt that his students were a little floating, even if he did this topic, it would not necessarily be fruitful in a few years.

"Are you going to find the genes that control the growth of carrots, so that carrots are not limited to their current size, but grow to the size of pumpkins and winter melons?" Bai Shulong said angrily.

"Yes!" Yang Zhou replied affirmatively.

"Are you also going to control the carrot genes so that he can grow into colorful looks, and even control the colors to form specific patterns?" Bai Shulong continued to say with a straight face.

"That's right!" Yang Zhou nodded.

Bai Shulong suddenly became angry, he didn't know where Yang Zhou got the confidence, he rolled up the A4 paper, knocked on Yang Zhou's bald head, and said angrily: "That's right, this is what you can study?" How many pounds and taels do you have, dare to touch this kind of subject? I don't even have the confidence to do this kind of research, you're not wrong! ”

"Don't you want to graduate? After 4 years of doctoral study, if you can't get any results, but now there is a system of persuasion to quit, what is going on in your head? ”

Yang Zhou dared to come up with this kind of topic, he must have confirmed that he could do it, he didn't want the tutor to continue to say this, if he succeeded in the future, the teacher's face would not look good.

And Yang Zhou also knew that the mentor cared about him, although he looked angry, the paper stick on his head didn't work hard at all.

"Teacher, don't worry, listen to me, I still have a little confidence, at present, the gene sequencing of carrots has been completed by foreign scientists, carrots have a total of 32,113 genes, of which 10,530 genes are unique to carrots, and they even found that the reason why carrots produce carotene is because there is a gene in the root responsible for accumulating vitamin A precursors."

"The color of carrots is determined by the content of vitamin A, and turnips come in white, red, purple and other colors, which can actually be adjusted at the genetic level."

"Since foreign countries can complete gene sequencing and discover the specific meaning of genes in some key parts, we can use the latest gene editing technology to change these genes! Please trust me, I have researched hundreds of papers, and I am not an impulsive project plan! Yang Zhou said very seriously.

Bai Shulong was silent for a while before sighing: "You really want to play with carrots!" That's it, you try, it's good for young people to be motivated, and say it when you need my help. ”