Xueba's life simulator

Chapter 174 Space Synthetic Biology Research Program
After their brief introduction, Zhou Ming finally knew what the "531 meeting" the middle-aged man was talking about.

The 531 meeting, just by hearing the name, you know that it was held on May 31, and May 31 is today.

As for the content of this meeting, it is a matter called "531 plan".

The middle-aged man who was talking to Zhou Ming was the minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology. When he was next door just now, those people held deputy positions, such as deputy ministers and vice presidents.

However, in this room, although there are several deputy leaders, the biggest ones are still at the top level, such as ministers, deans, etc.

"Professor Zhou, the 531 plan is a part of the space development plan. The space development plan was not proposed today, and neither is the 531 plan.

But the reason why the 531 plan is named after today's date is because today's meeting has a lot to do with this plan.

In addition, this matter has a lot to do with you. "

At this time, the one who spoke to Zhou Ming was Zhou Chunli, the current dean of the Huaguo Academy of Sciences, and he was also one of the two honorary presidents of the Huaguo University of Science and Technology.

Zhou Chunli, the honorary principal, is different from Zhang Mingjie, the honorary dean of the School of Life Sciences at Huaguo University of Science and Technology. Zhou Chunli holds several positions, and he is also the president of Huaguo University of Science and Technology.

Therefore, although Zhou Chunli is the honorary president of Huaguo University of Science and Technology, he has never met Zhou Ming. At most, he only knows about Zhou Ming through the news media and other colleagues.

Since they haven't met each other, Zhou Ming naturally doesn't know him.

It wasn't until the minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology briefed Zhou Ming about the meeting just now that he introduced to Zhou Ming one by one those who did not attend the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" outstanding talent symposium, and Zhou Ming knew that they were all named What's your name and what's your position?

"It has something to do with me?" Zhou Ming had already sat down at this time, and after hearing what Dean Zhou said this week, Zhou Ming was also a little curious.

When Liu Zhigang deliberately stopped him, pulled him into this room, and knew the identities of these people, Zhou Ming knew that there must be something important to discuss with him.

As for the specifics, seeing so many bigwigs here, although Zhou Ming knew that they would definitely tell him, he was still very curious.

"Of course, did you brag to that person before, saying that we can go to Mars in 2050?" It seems that in a meeting after leaving HKUST, that person told these big guys that Zhou Ming proposed to him That's why this one can know.

However, he said that this matter was just an introduction, and he continued without waiting for Zhou Ming's answer: "I don't know if we can go to Mars in 2050, but this time the plan is not to go to Mars, but it is more or less Or at least it does have something to do with it.

However, the most important thing is whether the astronauts in our Huaguo space program can survive in space for a long time.

It is also a very important part of the process of establishing long-term survivable bases on the moon and even Mars in the future. "

"You have made very fast progress in synthetic biology in the past six months.

Therefore, we have specially set up such a 531 program for you—Space Synthetic Biology Research Program. "

Zhou Chunli first emphasized the importance of his plan with Zhou Ming, which further aroused Zhou Ming's interest, and finally said the name of the plan.

"Space Synthetic Biology Research Project. Space Synthetic Biology?" After Zhou Chunli said the name of this project, Zhou Ming repeated the name of the project to himself, and said what this research project involves. field of study.

Astrobiology stems from a branch that has always existed on the fringes of synthetic biology, space synthetic biology.

"It seems that you also know a little about astrobiology, you may not be familiar with it, but this is also normal.

After all, this research direction is still far away from application, and few people in our country study it. It is still quite unfamiliar to the synthetic biology community in our country.

However, it has already had a scientific research team take the lead in embarking on the journey internationally.

Our country has actively developed the aerospace industry in recent years, and has achieved many brilliant results in the aerospace industry, so we must take a long-term view.

In addition to the rapid development of our country’s aerospace industry, the reason for this plan this time is also related to your outstanding performance in synthetic biology in the past six months.

It is no exaggeration to say that in today's scientific world, you must be the leader of synthetic biology, and no one will say anything to refute it.

Because of your outstanding performance, everyone's attention is not only focused on you, but synthetic biology has also attracted the attention of many people, which also makes us pay attention to some foreign researches on space synthetic biology.

They are already one step ahead in this regard, so we held an emergency meeting to discuss this matter.

The result of the negotiation is the current 531 plan, and you are the chief scientist of the 531 plan we have identified. "

Among the people present, although Zhou Chunli was not the one with the highest position, he had the highest academic status, so he should be the one to tell Zhou Ming these words.

After listening to Zhou Chunli's explanation, Zhou Ming didn't know what to say. At the same time, he also had a strange feeling of personally participating in and changing history.

Because the reason why Zhou Ming used the term astrobiology was not because he hadn't had much contact with it before, on the contrary, but because he had contact with and participated in related research in a previous simulation, and he had some experience in this area. knowledge.

Human beings' continuous exploration of space has promoted people's related research in this area, and only through engineering transformation of life on earth can it be applied to human space exploration.

Therefore, synthetic biology in space will develop rapidly in the future.

For example, the application of biosensors on spacecraft, plant mining research on mining minerals on extraterrestrial planets, research on transforming the environment of target planets through plants, and a series of research on the production of medicines in outer space to support long-term manned spaceflight.

These are all related to space synthetic biology.

Sometimes science fiction is not a pure imagination, but a description of our future.

However, when Zhou Ming was surprised, when he remembered the knowledge he acquired and experienced his life in the life simulator through the third perspective, Huaguo he knew began to pay attention to the research of space synthetic biology, even in the last simulation In the middle, that is four or five years later.

As for the official and rapid development of domestic astrobiology in the earlier simulations, that is a later matter.

Perhaps it is because the path he takes after each simulation is different, at least somewhat different, which makes the future in each simulation different.

This time, he realized that he had changed some of the future he saw when he used the life simulator last time.

"This space synthetic biology involves space synthetic biology research program, and its mission is to provide reliable biological tools and technologies to sustain human activities in space and reduce the risk of space exploration.

Therefore, there are many fields related to it, such as 3D bioprinting, food production, production of needed drugs, and biofilm-based filters, life support, and development of detection tools.

In addition, in my opinion, space synthetic biology is a cross product of aerospace engineering and synthetic biology, and it will absorb the characteristics of these two fields in the future.

So, what is the main research of our plan now? "

After Zhou Chunli and Zhou Ming had said this, Zhou Ming asked them. Up to now, they only talked about the general situation of the plan, but they didn't say anything about the specifics.

No matter what to study, there are so many things to study, it is impossible to study at the same time, and there must be a sequence.

And this plan was not proposed by Zhou Ming in the company. After all, the company is his, and he has the final say on what he wants to develop first, and what to develop later.

But now this is the country's development plan, he can't do it like he did in the company, he didn't ask clearly, and finally went back to follow his own ideas, here he can't make decisions without authorization.

Another reason why Zhou Ming asked this question is that space biosynthesis is a cross product of aerospace engineering and synthetic biology, and they can be said to be complementary to each other.

Once space synthetic biology can flourish, it will greatly promote the development of synthetic biology and aerospace engineering.

Therefore, Zhou Ming wanted to know about the above-mentioned development plan in this area. As the chief scientist of the plan, he should know about this, right?
Only at this time did Zhou Chunli know that Zhou Ming not only knew about the field of space synthetic biology, but he also had a good understanding of it.

"Professor Zhou, as the chief scientist of the project, it is up to you to decide what you should study first and what you should study after that." Zhou Chunli said to Zhou Ming.

On this last point, Zhou Mingke miscalculated. It wasn't that they didn't tell him the specific research plan, but that they really didn't.

After all, in the area of ​​space synthetic biology, everyone is a novice, and they are crossing the river by feeling the stones. With Zhou Ming's own achievements in the field of biosynthesis, it is very likely that after learning about it, he has a better view of the future development of this field than them. Clearly.

What Zhou Ming said now confirmed their previous conjectures, and made them feel that their approach was right.

"That's why we asked you to be the chief scientist of this plan, and it's also called the 531 plan, because the specific research plan is all up to you, and your joining is the beginning of this plan.

We originally thought to talk to you about this aspect first today, and you will learn about this field after you go back, and then we will discuss the development plan.

I didn't expect that you already knew about this aspect, so we can save our discussion next time, so why don't you just talk about your thoughts this time. "

This time it was the previous Minister of Science and Technology who spoke.

Shortly after returning to the capital from Huaguo University of Science and Technology last time, he held a meeting and brought together some academicians and leaders of other departments.

For the academicians, he asked them when the development of artificially synthesized food can be completed at the earliest, when the domestic carbon peak and carbon neutrality can be achieved at the earliest, as well as the establishment of bases on the moon and landing on Mars. .

Anyway, I just asked Zhou Ming about his views on the future development of Huaguo that Zhou Ming had told him earlier.

As for the leaders of various departments, what he said was related to relevant policies and national development.

The leaders of various departments don't know much about this matter, but the academicians in related fields do. All the answers they gave were what Zhou Ming said would be realized in the future, but it would not be possible so soon.

However, who knew that the slap in the face would come so quickly.

Not only did Zhou Ming develop artificially synthesized starch very quickly, he also developed artificially synthesized glucose, fatty acids, pigments, and some synthetic drugs not long after.

They were all amazed at Zhou Ming's scientific research speed, just like an old hen laying eggs, one a day.

It was precisely because of Zhou Ming's ability in the field of biology and the speed of producing results that after they learned about the development of space synthetic biology abroad, they all agreed that Zhou Minglai must be the person in charge if this was to be done domestically. .

After the leader of the Ministry of Science and Technology finished speaking, the others also looked at Zhou Ming, wanting to hear what Zhou Ming, a rising genius in the past year, would say.

"I don't have any plans at this time, but what I want to say is that in fact, some of the related fields I mentioned before have already established a foundation, and the rest only need to conduct research on this basis.

Just like producing food, the artificially synthesized peaks that I have researched in the past few months are the basis for producing food.

However, after moving its production site to space, the moon, or Mars, it is necessary to study its production conditions under different gravity conditions and the changes under the influence of some special particles.

The drugs needed for production are similar to the production of food.

As for the filter based on biofilm, this point actually has a foundation, which is the first product produced by our future biotechnology company - a new type of biofilm sewage treatment system.

I don’t know if you have heard about this method. The biofilm method mentioned in it is not a biofilm method in the traditional sense, but a membrane system that separates organelles from the outside world.

As for 3D bioprinting..."

Zhou Ming began to talk about his thoughts on the development of space synthetic biology.

"I know the 'new biofilm sewage treatment system' you mentioned. Your company has made a lot of money just by relying on this patent."

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, someone spoke.

"Actually, I still have some questions I want to ask you, but I am curious to ask these questions. It's okay if you don't tell me."

Zhou Chunli said to Zhou Ming again that the question he wanted to raise was something that not only he, but also many people who knew Zhou Ming's thoughts on Huaguo's future technological development wanted to know.

Now that I finally met Zhou Ming, Zhou Chunli thought to ask by the way, if Zhou Ming would say that, it would be the best, but if he didn't, it would be fine.

(End of this chapter)