Xueba's life simulator

Chapter 206 The Secret of Chinese Herbal Medicine
On the 27th, Jay Kisling's team finally arrived in Luzhou in the morning. Zhou Ming and several school leaders from Huaguo University of Science and Technology greeted this pioneer in the industrialization of international synthetic biology at the school gate.

"Professor Keasling, do you want to rest first?" After introducing each other's identities, someone said to him.

"No, we slept long enough on the plane just now, we don't need any more rest."

Seeing Huaguo University of Science and Technology asking them if they want to rest, Jay Kisling quickly replied that he doubted whether he would be able to sleep tonight if he rested.

Seeing that Jay Kiesling said there was no need to rest, the school leaders talked to Jay Kiesling's team and took him to visit the Huaguo University of Science and Technology, but they mainly introduced the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine. side buildings.

As long as the entire Huaguo University of Science and Technology is introduced from beginning to end, they will not do other things this morning.

"I have always heard that Professor Zhou is young and promising, and I have seen pictures of Professor Zhou on the Internet before, but now when I see the real person, I realize that Professor Zhou is much younger than the picture.

The professor Yang next to me also graduated from your Huaguo University of Science and Technology. Your Huaguo University of Science and Technology is really talented.

However, Professor Yang went to the United States early to develop. I wonder if Professor Zhou has visited there?There are also many professors of biology who want to meet Professor Zhou, but they have never had the opportunity to come to China. "

After knowing Zhou Ming's identity, this Jay Kisling talked to Zhou Ming, still praising Huaguo University of Science and Technology.

"That's right, our Huaguo's technology is no longer what it used to be. It has been 23 years since this Professor Yang graduated from our Huaguo University of Science and Technology. The changes in our side in the past 23 years can be said to be earth-shaking.

Just talk about Professor Yang. After graduating from us 23 years ago, Professor Yang went to Harvard University in the United States to continue his graduate studies.

And now I am a graduate student at Huaguo University of Science and Technology. Although my achievements are not worth mentioning, some of my research results have caused some sensations, but I am no worse than Professor Yang.

You see, this is the difference between 23 years ago and 23 years.

As for going to the United States, forget it. I am busy with experiments here, and I have to study mathematics, so I really don’t have time to go there.

If those professors over there want to see me, they can come to Luzhou at any time. If they come to Luzhou, I can still spare some time to come. "

Seeing that Jay Kisling was full of praise, Zhou Ming didn't show politeness to him, and just said that he was right.

As for Jay Kisling's claim that Zhou Ming looks younger than in the photo, this is not only what he said, but also someone who said that to Zhou Ming before.

The reason why they think so is because the photos of Zhou Ming on TV and being advertised are all about maturity. Sometimes, whether it is the dress or the expression, he will appear a bit serious, and it is impossible to have a playful smile, so he will naturally appear more mature.

On the other hand, Professor Yang, who graduated from Huaguo, felt very embarrassed. Although the research fields of the two were different, in terms of their achievements, they were no longer at the same level.

And Yang Dongdong himself knows that although he has just won the academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States this year, if he can be exchanged for Zhou Ming, it will be considered as taking a hundred of him back and forth. I just changed it, but it's a pity that I didn't have that chance.

Now that Zhou Ming compares himself with Yang Dongdong, how can this not embarrass Yang Dongdong.

Moreover, Jay Kisling could also hear the meaning of Zhou Ming's words. It is obvious that the current Huaguo is not the Huaguo 23 years ago, and the current Huaguo University of Science and Technology is not the Huaguo University of Science and Technology 23 years ago. There is no need to go to their American side for gold plating or to learn new things.

However, what Zhou Ming said is only for himself, as well as the fields of biology and mathematics.

Those in China who want to study mathematics or biology can choose to spend their graduate career at the University of Science and Technology of China and choose Zhou Ming as their graduate tutor.

However, no matter how powerful Zhou Ming is, he is still only one person, and it is impossible for him to accept too many graduate students.

The gap between professors in other fields of mathematics and biology in China and Zhou Ming is very different. Some students who cannot apply for Zhou Ming's graduate studies, or who have their own filters for foreign countries, still go abroad.

This is also the reason why Zhou Ming left the capital on the night of the 25th, and started preparing to expand his team on the 26th, and started recruiting troops.

All of this is Zhou Ming who started to train Huaguo University of Science and Technology. When he was still in Jinling University of Technology, almost all the "985" colleges and universities in China offered him olive branches. His idea at that time was to choose one The local government can give strong support and allow him to play his part.

The conditions proposed by Huaguo University of Science and Technology were the best, and it was also in line with Zhou Ming's thoughts at the time, so he chose Huaguo University of Science and Technology instead of the two top universities in Huaguo in Qingbei.

Now, as time goes by, Zhou Ming has made more and more achievements and become more and more influential. It is time to realize what he originally planned step by step.

Zhou Ming planned to do more than that. He also planned to let Future Biotechnology Company and University of Science and Technology conduct in-depth cooperation. Even Jinling University has cooperated with Future Biotechnology Company. It is nothing to start cooperation here.

Cooperation with future biotechnology companies will not only increase the employment rate of graduates of Huaguo University of Science and Technology, but also optimize the source of students of Huaguo University of Science and Technology, especially the Department of Life Science and Medicine, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, etc. .

Optimizing the source of college students in Huaguo Science and Technology can in turn continue to increase the quality of recruits for future biotechnology companies, which can be said to be mutually beneficial.

However, just a few days after returning from the capital, he had to meet and communicate with Jay Kisling, a pioneer in the industrialization of international synthetic biology, who came to the University of Science and Technology of China to discuss cooperation and academic discussions. Zhou Ming There is no time to start formal recruitment.

Seeing that Zhou Ming refused his invitation to go to the United States without hesitation, Jay Keith is indeed a person with a lot of experience. He didn't feel any embarrassment at all, but shifted the topic to synthetic biology again. .

"I heard that Professor Zhou's team recently produced two results, one on mycelium and one on bacterial transformation. These two results of yours have caused quite a stir in the synthetic biology community.

In particular, the application prospects of your two studies in the aerospace field can be said to have a bright future, but I don’t know how to industrialize them? "

Jay Kisling started to ask Zhou Ming again. He is a pioneer in the international industrialization of synthetic biology, so he naturally asked about industrialization as soon as he came up.

"Our research team is mainly responsible for the research from scratch. As for how to industrialize it after we have it, it is not our research team's responsibility." Zhou Ming smiled and replied to Jay Kisling.

But that's what Zhou Ming said, and only he himself knows what the actual situation is.

For this, Jay Kisling has long been prepared.

Before coming, they already had an in-depth understanding of Zhou Ming's identity, knowing that he also has a future biotechnology company that can generate huge profits every month, and a future smart technology company that consumes a lot of resources every month. It is only natural to hand over one's own research results to the company for industrialization.

It's just that Jay Kisling is also very curious about Zhou Ming's two companies, a money making factory and a gold swallowing beast.

However, since the purpose of my visit this time is mainly about academic discussions and cooperation, it would be too abrupt to ask rashly.

And if you just ask this directly, it is very likely to affect the following things.

Therefore, Jay Kisling did not ask Zhou Ming about his two companies.

"This is our life sciences building, and some of the experiments of Professor Zhou's team were completed here."

At this time, Jay Kisling had been taken to the life science building on the west campus where the School of Life Sciences of Huaguo University of Science and Technology is located, and Xue Tian, ​​the dean of the School of Life Sciences, was being introduced to Jay Kisling.

"This road is called Huanyu East Road. In front of it is the Singing Frog Tingyue Lake, and over there is the science and technology laboratory building..."

While the group was talking, Xue Tian introduced them.

Jay Kisling obviously didn't think about it. He also nodded when Xue Tian introduced, but after Xue Tian finished the introduction, he immediately talked about synthetic biology with Zhou Ming.

This time, Jay Kisling was really just talking about academic matters, not the same as before.

And the topic Jay Keasling talked about this time is not only synthetic biology, but also synthetic chemistry.

"I wonder if Professor Zhou knows anything about synthetic chemistry?"

While talking, Jay Kisling suddenly asked Zhou Ming, "If what I say later will involve some knowledge of synthetic chemistry, I'm worried that you may not understand what I said."

"It doesn't matter what you say, biochemistry is not separated. The metabolism of organisms is always accompanied by chemical reactions.

In fact, in another sense, biology is actually chemistry in essence, but most of the chemical processes studied in biology are catalyzed by enzymes.

Biology and chemistry are so closely related, and have developed biochemistry, chemical biology and other disciplines, so how can I not know about synthetic chemistry? "

After listening to Jay Kisling, Zhou Ming said to him with a smile.

"I can rest assured that."

After Jay Kisling finished speaking, he continued to talk about the topic he hadn't finished talking just now.

This time he and Zhou Ming talked about his research on the use of microbial cell factories to produce hydrocarbons, terpenes and other biofuels, and introduced in detail the PKS-NRPS platform independently designed and developed by his team and its application in polyesters, hydroxyl Application examples in the synthesis of hydrocarbon acids, and also discussed with Zhou Ming the powerful capabilities of synthetic biology technology in the direction of material synthesis and energy conversion.

Along the way, everyone else seemed to have become a foil. Only Zhou Ming and Jay Keesling were left to talk. Even Xue Tian, ​​who was going to continue to introduce the campus situation, simply stopped talking and took them to A conference room.

Although the other professors who came together did not speak, they were all listening to the conversation between Zhou Ming and Jay Kisling.

From the conversation between these two people, they can also more or less understand some of the thoughts of these two world-leading experts in the field of synthetic biology, and their way of thinking about problems, which is also useful to these professors. Very big benefit.

The two were chatting, and before they knew it, it was already noon.

"Professor Keasling, it's already lunch time. Let's go have lunch together first."

Zhou Ming looked at the time and found that it was already time for dinner, so he said to Jay Kisling.

After the two had lunch at noon, they began to chat about another purpose of Jay Kisling's visit to China this time, which was cooperation.

"To tell you the truth, I had actually thought about coming here to build a laboratory before. Coming here this time just brought the plan forward."

When they started talking about cooperation, Jay Kisling said to Zhou Ming.

"Oh?" Zhou Ming showed an expression of disbelief and made a sound of surprise in his mouth.

"Speaking of which, it has something to do with a tradition in your country." Seeing that Zhou Ming didn't believe it, Jay Kisling really smiled and said to Zhou Ming deliberately.

"Is it related to the traditions of our country?" Zhou Ming, who had checked the information of Jie Kisling before, naturally knew what he was talking about, but Zhou Ming did not show that he knew, but continued to look at Jie Kisling with a curious look. kiesling.

"Actually, it's quite interesting to say that this tradition is despised or even cast aside by many people in your country, but it is indeed a huge treasure for us.

This is mainly related to my discovery. I found that in the herbal medicines of Chinese traditional medicine, such as Dendrobium candidum, Tianshan Saussurea, ginseng, Polygonum multiflorum, Poria cocos, Ganoderma lucidum, pearls, Cordyceps sinensis, Cistanche, etc., they contain Active molecules all have great potential to become innovative medicines.

The anti-malarial drug artemisinin and the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel were found among them. However, the natural active molecules of Chinese medicinal plants are low in content and difficult to separate and extract. Moreover, most of them have complex structures and are difficult to chemically synthesize.

So I have long wanted to set up a laboratory on your side to try to break through these difficulties and produce plant drug active molecules by biosynthesis by transforming microorganisms or plant cells.

Through your research, we can find that your team must have some unpublished biosynthesis methods that we don't know, and we can cooperate. "

Jay Kisling said to Zhou Ming.

The anti-malarial drug artemisinin he mentioned is extracted from the stems and leaves of Artemisia annua, while the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel is extracted from yew, but they are both related to Chinese herbal medicine.

However, Jay Kisling's request for cooperation on this point may be in vain.

Because Zhou Ming, who has used the life simulator so many times, naturally knows which substances in Chinese herbal medicines will be extracted to treat which diseases in the future.

Zhou Ming's future biotechnology company has this in the research to be done in the next stage, so how could he cooperate with Jay Kisling.

(End of this chapter)