Chapter 339: Decision of the Royal Academy of Sciences
"Academician Xu Yun politely declined the award we presented in the email, and said that he would give the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to others, with the current level of attention to this Nobel Prize, if this matter is announced to the public, I am afraid it will cause dissatisfaction in the academic community and many people."
In a conference room at the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Sciences, on the right hand side of the rectangular solid wood conference table, only a silver-haired academician spoke.
The whole process always focused on the person in the main seat, as if he wanted to know the other party's decision.
As his words fell, the others on either side fell silent.
No one dared to speak.
After a few seconds of pause, he raised his gaze to the man sitting in the main seat.
There are even people who are impatient and ask directly: "Secretary-General, what should we do?" ”
Gosen, the secretary general of the Royal Academy of Sciences, who had always been silent, was moved when he heard this, but he didn't answer immediately as if he was thinking about something.
As the current Secretary General of the Royal Academy of Sciences, he is the supreme head of the Academy of Sciences.
He also manages the annual Nobel Prize awards.
Originally, the list of winners of this year's Nobel Prize has been basically determined, and Xu Yun is not on the list.
But who would have thought that Xu Yun would develop a new type of chimeric antigen receptor T cell immunotherapy at this time, thus overcoming the cancer disease known as the problem of the human century, and making his influence and status among the academic community and the public rise rapidly.
Coupled with the fact that it has saved nearly 20 million cancer patients, this achievement is absolutely unmatched by others.
From this point of view alone, it was the right decision to award the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Xu Yun.
It just so happens that this topic and Xu Yun's status can further expand the influence of the Nobel Prize in the world.
It's a win-win situation.
But they miscalculated Xu Yun's approach.
The awards they are proud of do not have too much weight in Xu Yun's eyes.
Compared to running to receive the award, it is far less important than carrying out your own project.
It is precisely because of this that the current embarrassing situation has made the Royal Academy of Sciences feel that it is difficult to ride a tiger.
It doesn't seem to be the right thing to do no matter what you do.
After all, now that the list has been announced, people all over the world are waiting for Xu Yun to win the Physiology or Medicine Award.
After a moment's thought, Gossen, as the secretary general, finally looked more serious.
It's like I'm really thinking about a solution.
It's just that then he didn't state his decision, but threw the question back to everyone.
"Shall you all share your opinions first?"
The other people who were originally present only needed to carry out the order, and there was no need to worry too much about it.
Now that the Secretary-General has been asked to express his views, it is certainly not feasible to remain silent.
That's it.
Soon I heard someone say:
"This academician Xu Yun has indeed not received the award for a long time, and his restrictions have just been lifted, and it is understandable that he is in charge of a new research project and cannot receive the award."
The whole remark can be regarded as standing on Xu Yun's position, and it can be seen that he still respects Xu Yun.
As the conversation box of other people was completely opened, they all chose to speak one after another and no longer hesitate anything.
"Now that our list has been announced, I am afraid that it is not appropriate to change the winners now."
"The other party voluntarily gave up accepting the prize, this is his own behavior, and it has nothing to do with our Royal Academy of Sciences, and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine should be awarded to other nominees according to the normal process."
"I think the other party is too arrogant to take our Royal Academy of Sciences seriously in the slightest."
"The other party's answer in the email was very tactful, just that there was no way to come to participate in the award."
"I should still find a way to persuade the other party to attend the award ceremony in two months on time."
"Do you really think that someone can accept the award on his behalf now, I don't think either the academic community or the public will agree."
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Listening to the views of the academicians on both sides of the conference table, Gosen's expression on the main seat was also somewhat complicated.
He has been responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize so many times, and there has never been such a complicated situation.
Of course, this is not the time to dwell on this, and we must pay attention to the solution as soon as possible.
After all, there are still two months left before the award ceremony, and the whole process will be announced to the public, so it is definitely not appropriate to leave things like this all the time.
Faced with this situation, Gosen exhaled slowly, and then his eyes gradually became clear and firm, and it was obvious that he had made the final plan in his heart.
In the next second, he first coughed lightly, and only after the conference room was completely quiet did he slowly speak.
"Academician Xu Yun conquered cancer and made indelible great contributions to the development of medicine."
"He deserves the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine."
Speaking of which, Gossen looked at the silver-haired academician who had reported the situation at the beginning.
Once again, a question was thrown at it.
"Is it possible to convince the other party to accept this award?"
Yes.
Gossen still hopes that the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be received by Xu Yun.
Even if it takes a little more effort and time to do it.
As long as Xu Yun receives this award, it will be worth it.
But the latter shook his head.
"There is little hope."
First, he pointed out the results directly, and then explained:
"Because of the stupidity of the security building, Academician Xu Yun has not been able to participate in any overseas activities in recent years, and has devoted all his time and energy to research, perhaps because of this, he has been able to develop a new chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapy to cure cancer diseases."
"Although the restrictions on the security building have been lifted at the moment, since the other party refuses, they should not change their minds."
As the words fell, the others present couldn't help but be gloomy, obviously agreeing with these words.
However, Gossen was obviously still not going to give up easily, and without any hesitation, he continued: "Is there no other solution?" ”
Faced with this situation, the silver-haired academician was silent for a short period of two seconds, and then continued:
"It's not that it can't be done at all."
Hearing this, Gesen was immediately overjoyed, and without any hesitation, he hurriedly asked:
"Tell me."
"After checking the information of Academician Xu Yun, I learned that the Wolf Prize in Mathematics and the Abel Prize in the mathematics community were all awarded ceremonies held by the organizers in person in Jingzhou."
For these two awards, Academician Xu Yun did not refuse in the end.
Listening to all the words of his subordinates, Gosen's mind suddenly became active.
Because according to the tradition of the Nobel Prize, the award ceremony is held every year in the capital by the king, and the method just now has not been tried.
If this matter can really be solved smoothly, an award ceremony can be held specifically for Xu Yun.
Anyway, their Royal Academy of Sciences will not suffer.
Unfortunately, as soon as this proposal was made, there were people in the room who voted against it.
"I don't think it's appropriate."
"Every time the Royal Academy of Sciences selects the Nobel Prize, there is a process, how can you set a precedent for something that has never been done before."
"Will this have an impact on the authority of the academy?"
And this view was supported by others, so much so that the crowd was eventually divided into two camps.
Differing opinions.
Fortunately, the two sides did not engage in any further argument, and remained silent again.
Obviously, they all know that it will be Gossen's decision in the end.
The Nobel Prize may be high in the face of others, and only he has the share of the prize to others.
But in front of Xu Yun, it is really nothing, after all, Xu Yun's achievements have long gone beyond the category of genius scientists.
It can influence the future development of human civilization.
Compared with the opponents present, Gossen obviously had his own ideas, and finally made a decision with a solemn expression.
"The winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is still Xu Yun, and I will personally present the medal to him at that time."
"His contribution to humanity is worth it."
With Gossen's formal decision, even if some people had previously taken the opposite attitude, they would not say anything more.
No one would choose to publicly challenge the Secretary-General's decision.
At this point, the meeting was declared closed, and the decision on the choice of the physiology or medicine prize was also reached.
Next, we will wait for the award ceremony in two months' time.
For scholars and ordinary people who are familiar with the Nobel Prize, they all know that the award ceremony will be held at the Royal Academy of Sciences, and when they see the secretary general of the Royal Academy of Sciences personally come to present the award, they don't know what kind of shocked and unexpected look they will show.
It's very exciting.
Meanwhile.
Xu Yun didn't know that he had won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and there was no way to run away.
After the members of the research group were preliminarily determined, a short meeting was held in the assigned laboratory.
Of course, this does not mean that the project should be officially started, but that everyone should get acquainted with each other first, so as to facilitate the cooperation of the work in the future.
After all, everyone is going to conduct a project research together, and basically most of the time is in the laboratory, and I don't know how long this research will last, so we must run in in advance to get familiar with it.
This will also facilitate the progress of the study.
In addition, Xu Yun wants to understand everyone's personalities, and when the time comes, he can assign tasks.
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"Today is the first meeting of our research group, so you don't need to be nervous."
"Just a quick talk."
"I haven't been in this field for a long time, and I haven't been studying for as long as you, so I can count as mutual exchanges and growth in the future."
"Strive to complete our project as soon as possible."
In the room, Xu Yun looked at the more than ten figures around him, and said in a relaxed voice with a smile on the corner of his mouth.
The age of the people in front of him is not very large, and there are many slightly younger faces.
If you don't know, I'm afraid you thought it was a doctoral meeting.
Who would have thought that it would be a key project led by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
It is worth mentioning that although Xu Yun's performance has been very relaxed, you can still see the nervousness on everyone's faces.
Of course, it's more excitement.
With such close contact with the legendary genius of the scientific community, and even joining this research group, even if you control your emotions, your heart will inevitably beat too fast.
Although Xu Yun was very modest, and he was indeed not wrong.
He did have the least amount of time to learn to dabble in this field.
But no one dared to despise it.
Because the more this is the case, the more it proves the horror of talent, which is beyond people's reach.
One of them, dressed in a white research coat, looked to be in his thirties, and his body trembled slightly.
It's as if I'm trying my best to restrain myself and suppress the excitement in my heart.
Although his appearance is an ordinary Chinese face, because he has a shaved bald head, he is definitely the most conspicuous one in the crowd.
However, he has something to say about hairstyle, and it is not because of too much stress that causes hair loss and baldness.
It is simply familial hereditary baldness.
I was too upset to see the hairline gradually receding, so I simply shaved my hairstyle.
I usually wash my face and wash my head directly.
Saving water is not only the key but also saving time, so that you can better devote yourself to scientific research.
At this time, he only heard Xu Yun's voice ringing in his ears, which made him react immediately.
"Qi Lu."
"You send this information to everyone first."
"Okay, Xu Yuan." Qi Lu took the document from Xu Yun's hand and nodded in response.
Naturally, he is no stranger to Qi Lu Xu Yun, who became a full professor in his thirties after returning to China as a student of Ding Wei and was hired as a formal researcher by the Academy of Engineering.
Already a very good genius.
In addition, the other party is engaged in the field of biological cells and genes.
Just what you want.
It can be said that the first member of his selected research group was Qi Lu.
Because there was not much age difference between the two of them, Xu Yun simply called his name directly.
The information that Qi Lu sent to others was some theoretical analysis of cell active agents, which was a reassuring pill for everyone to convince them that the subject could be successfully studied.
He wrote these things on purpose when he was on vacation the other day.
After everyone got this information, Xu Yun continued to talk about it with the same expression just now.
"I believe everyone has heard more or less about the content of our project, and I would like to thank you for your willingness to join my research group and work with me to solve this topic."
"As you know, this topic is indeed a completely new field of research, and there is great difficulty, and there may be no progress for a long time, I hope you can be mentally prepared in advance."
As Xu Yun's last word fell, Qi Lu, who was standing at the front, took the lead in speaking out.
"We believe in you, Xu Yuan, no matter how difficult the subject is, we will overcome it."
Before he heard about Xu Yun's deeds, he always thought that he was the real genius of someone else's child.
From skipping a grade to go to university to participate in the project research of various laboratories when he went abroad for a doctorate, to today's researcher at the Academy of Engineering, it seems that he is far beyond ordinary people's talent.
But after hearing about Xu Yun, he deeply realized his weakness.
Compared with Xu Yun's achievements, he can only be said to be a small fight and can't get on the big stage.
Since then, he has used Xu Yun as an idol to motivate himself, and he has a deeper understanding of genius.
Now that I finally have the opportunity to work on a new field with my idol, this is definitely a memorable thing in my life, so not to mention that the subject is very difficult, even if it is difficult, he will not give up, after all, this is challenging.
With Qi Lu opening his mouth, several other researchers and research assistants also responded.
"It's an honor for us to be a part of this project, and we'll definitely do our best."
"How can scientific researchers be afraid of difficulties?"
"If you can follow Xu Yuan to study the topic, you have no regrets in life."
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Listening to everyone's words into his ears, the smile on Xu Yun's face became more and more vigorous.
Only when everyone is fully engaged in the project will there be no delay in progress.
Immediately afterwards, Xu Yun raised his hand slightly to signal everyone to be quiet, and then continued to speak and continue what he had just said.
"One thing you can rest assured that since I dare to choose this topic, I must be more sure, and I will never let our project end in failure and waste the funds in the hospital."
"What you're holding right now is the information about the project, so you might as well take a look at it first."
If just now everyone was in high spirits and ready to challenge difficulties for a long time, now it is difficult to hide their excitement.
Who present didn't know Xu Yun's deeds, and the meaning of being able to say so now is self-evident.
So he didn't care what he was saying, and hurriedly looked through the documents in his hand as if he had found a treasure.
Seeing this scene, Xu Yun only smiled and didn't bother them anymore.
Those who can join this research group are all leaders in related fields such as biological cell genetic engineering, and after reading the content of the document, it is natural to know whether this research can be successful.
In the next time, Xu Yun checked all kinds of equipment and instruments in the laboratory.
Make a note of what needs to be upgraded.
The Academy of Engineering has arranged the best laboratories for his subject, and most of the equipment and instruments are newly imported from overseas, which is enough to meet the requirements of normal projects in the biological field.
However, the level that Xu Yun needs is still a little worse, and in order to ensure that the project is completed as soon as possible, he can only upgrade.
In this way, nearly twenty minutes passed, and only then did Qi Lu take the lead in putting down the information and raising his gaze, and a visible excitement and redness appeared on his face.
Can't wait to ask.
"Xu Yuan."
"Can the cell active agent formulated using this method really have such a great effect?"
It's no wonder that he can't control his emotions, anyone who sees the effects of enhancing human immunity, reducing the risk of disease, and prolonging life expectancy will fall into shock and excitement.
Of course, he wasn't questioning Xu Yun when he said this, but he was a little incredulous for a while.
Soon, everyone else also came back to their senses, and their expressions were almost the same as Qi Lu's.
"Oh my God, if this project is successful, it will definitely cause a shock to all of humanity."
"This seems to be more valuable than Xu's novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapy."
"I'd love to see the day this potion is made."
"I can't wait to get to work now."
As other researchers have said, everyone is now unable to hold back their emotions and is eager to start researching immediately.
In the end, it was Qi Lu who took the initiative to ask: "Xu Yuan, is it time to assign us tasks next?" ”
"There's no hurry, we need to clean up the equipment and instruments in the laboratory first." Xu Yun still smiled when he heard this, and said lightly. (End of chapter)