Xueba's life simulator

Chapter 197 The Difference Between Undergraduates and Graduate Students
"This is what I told you last time. The research is about, what do you think?"

After talking to Shen Qingqiu about the research in the evening, Zhou Ming asked her what she thought.

In the end, Shen Qingqiu's choice was exactly the research Zhou Ming had mentioned, and he didn't propose any changes.

Zhou Ming also expected this result.

After all, if you shrink back when encountering some difficulties, Shen Qingqiu went out to work to earn money when he graduated from junior high school, how could he be admitted to high school, and finally ran all the way from Yunnan Province to Jiangsu Province to study University.

The next morning, Zhou Ming confirmed this research with Chen Yanhong, and Chen Yanhong also decided to let Shen Qingqiu choose this as his graduate graduation topic after receiving confirmation from Shen Qingqiu.

"Your partner has thought far enough. This research will not only allow you to complete your master's degree, but also allow you to obtain a doctorate. By the time you complete this research, your doctorate graduation will not be far away. Good job Try Harder."

This was when Chen Yanhong found Shen Qingqiu and confirmed from her that Zhou Ming was right. What she said to Shen Qingqiu after agreeing to the research proposed by Zhou Ming.

However, Zhou Ming was still not idle this day. In the afternoon, he received an email from Jinling University and a message from the Jinling headquarters of the future biotechnology company.

The message from Future Biotechnology Company said that Jinling University wanted to build a biological laboratory with Future Biotechnology Company, and asked Zhou Ming whether he would agree to cooperate with Jinling University.

Other matters may be decided by the company itself, but after all, the research plans of future biotechnology companies are almost all designated by Zhou Ming. If they cooperate with Jinling University, it will naturally have some impact on the company's research plans. Zhou Ming must be asked about this. .

The email sent by Jinling University did not mention the cooperation, but wanted to invite Zhou Ming to give a lecture at the School of Life Sciences of Jinling University on Xianlin Campus.

Since it was a lecture specially invited by Jinling University, they would naturally pay for round-trip fees, accommodation fees, food expenses, and special expert consultation fees.

Of course, generally, if it is not specially invited, then it is not necessarily true. It depends on the relationship between the professor of the foreign school and the school.

Sometimes people come here because they have other things to do, and they have a good relationship with someone from this school, so they can give a report here at no cost.

Zhou Ming is not a person who is short of money. If he only received an invitation email from Jinling University this time, he probably would not go.

However, since there were other things to do, Zhou Ming planned to drop by. Although Shen Qingqiu was no longer in Jinling, he just happened to deal with the matter of Jinling University's cooperation with the Future Biotechnology Company.

Presumably, the leaders of Jinling University also knew some of Zhou Ming's temper, so they specially chose Jinling University to send Zhou Ming such an invitation when they wanted to cooperate with the future biotechnology company.

Therefore, after reading these two emails, Zhou Ming quickly replied to Jinling University with an agreement email and contacted people from Jinling Future Biotechnology Company.

Jinling University invited Zhou Ming to give a lecture there on the 19th of this month, which happened to be Monday.

After dealing with the affairs of Jinling University and Future Biotechnology Company, Zhou Ming started to get busy with his own affairs.

Everything is going on in full swing, and Jinling University announced that Zhou Ming will come to Jinling University to give a lecture on September 9 after receiving an email from Zhou Ming accepting their invitation. It was posted on their official website, and the counselors of the School of Life Sciences were asked to send this notice to the class groups of each department.

After the counselors from various departments of Jinling University’s School of Life Sciences sent the notice that Zhou Ming will come to Jinling University to give a lecture on the 19th of this month, in the group of undergraduate classes in various departments of the School of Life Sciences, although it caused a stir It attracted some people's discussion, but it didn't cause much sensation.

After all, many undergraduates are either still in a mentality of "mountain dance silver snake, original galloping wax image, want to compete with the public test", or they don't care. Few students really care about their future research .

Moreover, those who gave lectures at Jinling University in the past were all well-known figures from the academic circles or other fields, and they were almost familiar with it.

On the contrary, the graduate students of the School of Life Sciences of Jinling University were very excited when they learned that Zhou Ming would give a lecture at the Xianlin Campus of Jinling University next Monday. They all thought that they must spare time to listen to Zhou Ming's lecture .

After all, postgraduates and undergraduates are different. Although there is a big difference between high school and university, the content of undergraduate study is still determined by the teachers of each institution. What courses to study is decided at the moment of choosing a major. , except for a few elective courses.

This is still a "cramming" education, and although graduate students also have some courses that need to be completed determined by the department, the course study at the graduate level is not all of their graduation requirements, and the most important thing is scientific research.

As for how to complete your graduate thesis, you need to choose a small research direction according to the general direction of your tutor, what content you need to learn for this research, etc., you need to go by yourself or with your seniors and tutors. definite.

This is already the stage of real independent learning.

"Teacher, I want to take half a day off next Monday afternoon to listen to Professor Zhou's lecture, and I can't go to the laboratory."

Soon, some graduate students sent messages to their supervisors.

"Well, the fact that you're now able to offer to attend the lecture is pretty good.

Moreover, those who come to our school to give lectures are generally people with knowledge, vision and experience that are worthy of your study. Many of your graduate students are restricted by the division of majors, and the cultivation of creativity and innovative thinking is also restricted. .

Instead, you can make use of the school's lecture resources and listen to various types of lectures. This will not only broaden your horizons, but also increase your knowledge. If you can get inspiration from the lectures, it will be better than staying in the classroom all day. The laboratory is much better.

It will definitely be of great benefit to you if you take some more time to listen to it.

However, there are also some lectures that are purely bluffing and have no value at all.

Which Professor Zhou is this Professor Zhou you are talking about? "

It is Professor Wang Bing from the School of Life Sciences of Jinling University who is currently communicating with his graduate students. When Jinling University issued this notice, this Professor Wang was still busy with his own affairs in his office, so he didn't know that Zhou Ming was going to The news that I came to Jinling University to give a lecture.

"It's Professor Zhou Ming from the School of Life Sciences of Huaguo University of Science and Technology who developed super beans."

The graduate student in question quickly sent a message to his supervisor and explained to him.

"Ah? Professor Zhou is coming to our Jinling University to give lectures? Why didn't I know this? Where did you see it?"

Wang Bing, who received his Ph.D. from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Michigan in the United States in 2009 and began working as an associate professor at the School of Life Sciences of Jinling University in 2011, was promoted to a professor until this year when he saw a message from his student. When he mentioned that the professor Zhou he mentioned was Zhou Ming, he was surprised.

More than 80% of plants in nature rely on symbiotic relationships with mycorrhizal fungi to obtain necessary nutrients. At the same time, all plants face threats from a variety of pathogens in the environment.

As for Professor Wang Bing, his research mainly revolves around the two themes of the interaction between plants and symbiotic fungi and the interaction between plants and pathogens.

When it comes to the research on plants, when Zhou Ming released the results of Super Beans in the first half of this year, the first reaction of scholars who study botany, especially soybeans, was disbelief.

Later, after a big boss witnessed it with his own eyes, he believed the research results and began to vouch for the research results. Only then did these disbelieving scholars gradually believe in the research results.

As for the specific research data, this is naturally confidential, and it is impossible for most scholars to see it.

The reason why they didn't believe it was precisely because they knew how much improvement Zhou Ming's announcement of the Super Bean would require, and how long it would take to complete these improvements.

How do scholars who generally do research improve some plants through genetic technology?

They don't know which gene segments on the chromosome express which traits from the beginning, but need to go through step-by-step experiments to figure out which or which traits this gene specifically expresses.

After knowing which gene segment of the chromosome the gene expressing the trait is on, they still need to consider whether to cut out this gene and add another gene segment.

As for the optimization of Zhou Ming Super Bean's genes, it has greatly changed in dozens, or even hundreds of aspects, such as resistance to diseases and insect pests, lodging resistance, drought resistance, cold resistance, oil yield, and nutrient absorption. .

Even if a team of dozens of scientists is working together, it is not possible to do this in such a short time. Now that a brat like Zhou Ming has completed it, this kind of thing that challenges the three views is not anyone who has seen it with his own eyes. Can you believe it?

And Wang Bing's research direction is also related to soybeans. When Super Beans was first reported, he didn't believe it either.

However, now that Wang Bing is Zhou Ming's loyal fan and a member of the group of fans, he has long wanted to have the opportunity to meet Zhou Ming.

Can you not be excited when you hear this news now?

"It was posted on the school's official website and was forwarded to me by someone else," Wang Bing's graduate student replied.

"Okay, I see. It's no problem for you to go to the lecture. You must listen to Professor Zhou's lecture. Not only you want to listen, but I will also go there when the time comes. If you send the notice to you, you can Send me a copy." Wang Bing replied to his student again.

Soon, Professor Wang's student sent him the notification link, and Professor Wang clicked on the link, read the specific content of the notification, and then clicked on his graduate student group.

"On September 9, that is, next Monday, Professor Zhou Ming from Huaguo University of Science and Technology will come to our school to give a lecture on the Xianlin campus.

Professor Zhou's research in the field of botany is definitely among the top in the world. For example, Professor Liao Weiguo from Hainan University and several professors from Nankai who have communicated with him have achieved some very good results after the exchange. score.

Even if some of them haven't achieved extremely impressive results, their research has made great progress since then. This opportunity is very precious. When the time comes, you all put aside the experiments in your hands and listen to them. Listen to Professor Zhou's lecture.

Those who really can't get away due to experimental reasons, and can't find a replacement, and those who really have no choice can not go. @all members. "

After Professor Wang clicked on his postgraduate group, he specially sent such a message, and specially posted all the members.

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Soon, a series of receipts popped up.

However, among the undergraduates of the School of Life Sciences of Jinling University, who did not respond so strongly, there was such a young girl who was a sophomore. After class, she clicked on the class group and saw this message sent by the counselor in the class group. notify.

After clicking on the notification, after seeing the content in the notification, the girl's face first had a look of surprise, and then replaced it with surprise.

"Huh? Why didn't you leave? What are you looking at so engrossed? Seeing how you smile, don't you think you're thinking about a man?"

When the girl who read the notification was staring blankly at the phone screen with a smirk on her face, a brown-skinned girl next to her was a little surprised why she didn't move, and then saw her staring at the phone screen with a smirk , and said to her with a smile.

"Come on, you only want a man. I think about it, but it's a pity that such a man hasn't been born in this world yet."

The girl who was looking at the phone put away the phone, and continued walking while talking to the girl beside her.

If Zhou Ming were here, he would definitely recognize this girl, and he would definitely show a surprised expression.

Because the girl who was notified by the counselor was none other than a student Zhou Ming once tutored, Shi Menglin, the daughter of Shi Mincai, one of the shareholders of his future biotechnology company.

What surprised Zhou Ming was that when Shi Menglin told him about the major he wanted to report on, he said he was majoring in finance. Since he wanted to major in finance, he had to go to the business school anyway, not the biology department of the current School of Life Sciences.

No matter how you look at this biology department, it doesn't seem to be able to get along with finance.

Back then, after Shi Menglin took the college entrance examination and Zhou Ming was invited by Shi Mincai to have a meal, the two hardly had any contact with each other.

For one thing, Zhou Ming really didn't feel the need to contact Shi Menglin, at most he would send a happy birthday message to her on her birthday.

Secondly, Zhou Ming is indeed very busy and does not have much time to chat with a girl of seventeen or eighteen who has just entered college. After all, it is not the time for him to be a tutor, even though he is only 23 years old this year.

Although Zhou Ming had almost no contact with Shi Menglin, Zhou Ming had only had some contact with Shi Menglin's father, Shi Min, in the past year or so.

"I just saw in the group that there will be a lecture next Monday, let's go to the lecture together." Shi Menglin walked towards the cafeteria with his companions, and said to her.

"I know, Professor Zhou Ming's lectures, I must go. Professor Zhou is not only knowledgeable, but also very rich. The most important thing is that he is also good-looking. If I can find such a boyfriend, I will laugh in my dreams Awake."

Shi Menglin's companion said as he walked, not hiding his yearning at all.

"Okay, okay, you were talking about me just now, but you are a nymphomaniac yourself." Shi Menglin pretended to look at his companion with disgust and said to her.

(End of this chapter)