Chapter 538: Are you brave enough to apply for a project fund?
The beginning of the story is very beautiful.
Li Yan attended the establishment ceremony of the "Future Science and Technology Life Science Research Project Award Foundation" at the end of June. At the meeting, Li Yan shocked all the participants with the shocking amount.
No matter whether it is an academic master, a school professor, or a company team that is at the forefront of life science research, they all opened their eyes wide.
Those young academic teams, especially outstanding student representatives from major top universities, have their eyes shining.
There is no need to analyze it. These young men must be thinking of using the "stunning" research topics at hand to get a lot of bonuses, satisfy both spiritual and material things, and can also increase exposure.
It can't be better!
Everyone was obviously attracted by the high reward amount, and did not listen to Li Yan's words, "I will review all projects myself."
So Li Yan's reputation as "Angel Investor in Research Projects" was quickly spread, making other academic fields jealous. She thought about getting a report to let Li Yan pay attention to it and open a fund.
Relatively speaking, life sciences has always had a relatively low status in China. With the blessing of Li Yan, this time, I was very proud.
It even triggered a small wave of college entrance examination volunteer fever...
The admissions office working groups of many schools felt frustrated.
So many years of hard work are not as good as Li Yan's operation.
I believe that Li Yan should be emitting a glow in the eyes of everyone in the field of life sciences at this moment.
Because it is not a competition to start a new project and there is no limit on the participants, a large number of ready-made research topics soon floated like snowflakes.
At this time, the person who contributed the article was still unsure.
Confidence is one thing, but it is another thing to really invest.
But their concerns are quite special. "I don't know which expert Li Yan hired. If we don't deal with us, then that's the end?"
Unexpectedly, the first batch of massive research reports, the future technology finally passed the preliminary review.
You should know that there are still a large number of projects that cannot meet the most basic conditions, such as those that have been completed long ago, and no financial subsidies are required at all; even the most basic materials provided as required are incomplete; the content provided is so tragic that it cannot be seen directly; the National University of Science and Technology shows its skills...
Eliminate these and leave behind the topics that meet the most basic conditions, which is probably 70% left.
In other words, if you do serious research, you can pass the preliminary review.
When we received the text message for the preliminary review, everyone was so excited that Li Yan instantly changed from an angel investor to the "God of Wealth".
Some stakeholders even privately praised Li Yan, saying that "the pattern is too high", "the savior of life sciences" and "that pointed out the direction of human science and technology development"...
"Li Yan is a beacon for life science research!"
Even such slogans can be shouted, which shows how dizzy everyone is already looking forward to.
But just one week later, the atmosphere changed.
The finalization rate for the initial review is 70%, and the finalization rate for the second review suddenly becomes 7%.
Seven percent!
There are more than 17,000 projects, but only more than 800 are left in the second trial.
These more than 800 have not even been in front of Li Yan, and it is necessary to go through another third review before it reaches the stage of "Li Yan's personal review".
The elimination rate in the second trial was too high, so naturally many teams who were complacent about passing the first trial became clowns.
It’s okay if students’ homework is eliminated, but some research topics in research institutes are killed together, which is really difficult to deal with.
For a time, it was not rare for major universities to "go further than the tutors".
So Li Yan's popularity fell rapidly. As soon as he became a beacon, he instantly became an usurper.
But for the sake of money, everyone dared not say it was too extreme. They kept saying "It's like a mountain" and didn't dare to call it.
However, it can be considered a cooldown for the prepayment carnival. The project funds that are often united with 100,000 cannot be the type of wide net casting. Several million support quotas and the "no cap" special prizes are originally going to fight out of the army.
In the end, after the third review, there were less than a hundred projects that could be selected and reported by Li Yan himself.
This result made it difficult for many teams to accept, and in just half a month, he turned from Li Yan's hard-core supporter to an enemy.
Although Li Yan did not announce the list of selected items, this is not a big circle, and everyone's situation is clear.
In the second trial, students were selected and the tutor failed, which was already shameful. In the end, less than 100 were selected. This situation happened. How could it be so favorable?
The vice president of the School of Biological Sciences of a certain university led his team to the Future Bioscience Research Company responsible for the preliminary review, saying that he wanted to "discuss one thing and talk about the truth", which was so powerful.
The result is that the person in charge, Tan Sheng, greeted him with a smile, and said, "I also agree with your research very much! So I let you pass the third review."
Professor Guo, who was about to blow his beard and stare, held back in one breath.
"Eh?"
"No need to thank me, this is what you deserve."
"Why didn't the topic be selected into the final list?"
"This is not something I can decide. Professor Guo, it was Mr. Li who chose it himself."
"What's the reason?"
"What's the reason?"
"I definitely don't know the reason for Mr. Li's decision." Tan Sheng was very calm.
Professor Guo, who looks angry, is very clown, "Which office is Mr. Li in?"
"If you want to meet Mr. Li, you need to apply at the front desk, and then review it by the Ministry of Human Resources to take you to the reception room to wait."
"So troublesome?"
"Of course," Tan Sheng smiled, "that's Mr. Li."
At this point, Professor Guo's anger has been reduced by half.
But adhere to the principle of "all come" and insisted on completing the process and waiting for Li Yan in the reception room.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for twenty minutes, they received a notice that "you can go to Li Yan's office." "Didn't he come to the reception room?" Professor Guo was a little annoyed.
"Of course you did as required."
"...Okay."
In the end, they did not get into Li Yan's office, but met Li Yan in the small reception room next to the office.
Li Yan was eating melon seeds with Wei Yunzhi and pointed at the computer.
After seeing this scene, Professor Guo was a little angry, "Mr. Li, are you too disrespectful to others?"
Li Yan glanced at him and said, "Send out the guests."
Immediately, two polite strong men in suits walked into the conference room, "Professor Guo, please." "Well, this, I'm sorry Mr. Li." Professor Guo said that a man can bend and stretch, "It's me that makes you unhappy. I apologize." "Please sit down." Wei Yunzhi obediently moved the seat a little to the side, giving out the space for Li Yan to play.
But Li Yan pulled the chair back directly.
"It's just to show you the case, otherwise I won't have time to see them."
I didn't avoid this and listened to Professor Guo and his group.
Wei Yunzhi could only give them a few beautiful, friendly and slightly apologetic looks. "Guo Yong?" Li Yan asked, "The research topic is mRNA vaccine technology and optimization research on lipid nanoparticle delivery technology, right?" "Yes." Guo Yong's tone was not very good.
"There is no need to be emotional, Professor Guo." Li Yan said, "You are not the first person to consider that research topics are valuable and have been unfair to be selected. There are too many teams, and they all come to me. I'm not working anymore?"
"I just hope to get an explanation." "Why do I need an explanation to you?" Li Yan smiled.
"This..." Professor Guo frowned, "You rejected my academic achievements. What's wrong with me?"
"I have to explain why I paid for the projects I like? Do I have to explain to the stall owner when I go to the vegetable market to buy things?"
"Since you said that, why should you see me?" Professor Guo's nostrils were steaming, "I'm afraid it's not just for humiliation?!"
"I'm not such a low-level and interesting person." Li Yan waved his hand, "Your research is quite typical, just enough to explain something."
Professor Guo's two assistants immediately took out their notebooks.
"First of all, everyone who comes to express my dissatisfaction probably has a common misunderstanding. I think my judgment criteria are the same as other competitions, and it pays attention to the completion and results of the project itself. But in fact, I am looking at the possibility of this project and the necessity of 'using money'."
"mRNA vaccine technology is the cutting-edge technology now, and optimizing a feasible technology requires a lot of investment..."
"Do you think I don't know?" Li Yan interrupted.
"Huh?"
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"Do you think I don't understand biological science related content?"
"...that doesn't mean that."
"That's what you mean." Li Yan's speech speed became faster, "Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken something that already has enough research foundation, just do experiments mechanically, and then summarize the experiments as results to fool me."
The two assistants looked at Professor Guo at the same time, and saw that Old Guo's face turned red and white, a little cramped.
After being denied like this, of course, we have to refute two sentences, but Li Yan's words hit the big artery, and "mechanically doing experiments" is indeed most of the work of this topic.
"Experiments are originally biological science..."
"Your job can be done by undergraduates, but you can get 'optimization' by just working time. You already have technology with clear directions. At best, your research achieves 3% to 4% optimization, which is essentially an ineffective optimization."
Professor Guo has already gritted his teeth.
"Of course, I don't deny the significance of the experiment. Many amazing breakthroughs are based on various boring basic experiments."
"Right!" Professor Guo relaxed a little and was about to enter Li Yan's point of view...
"So, my money is to give projects that may bring great breakthroughs. Even if it is a naive idea of undergraduates, as long as his experimental direction is correct, he has his own set of self-consistent logic and needs further advancement of the experimental results, I can give it. But like this kind of research that is actually just for the results, you can just play it yourself."
Professor Guo then made a decision that he regretted extremely, and discussed with Li Yan.
On the value of this topic, what is the real value!
The result was that until the plane back, the assistant was still comforting Professor Guo, who was in a state of dismay.
Li Yan's way of breaking is very simple. He gave several routes to optimize the data and predicted the possible data for their subsequent experiments - he held this data in his hand, so he knew how accurate Li Yan was, and it can be said that all aspects turned him into a scum in seconds.
But what really makes Li Yan the "devil judge" must be the subsequent "interview".
No matter whether you are an academic master or a young college student, as long as you come to the Future Science and Technology Reporting Hall, you will have to go out in sweat.
For example, the topic under the leadership of He Xiaogang, head of BGI Biotechnology Research Center, is led by Anshan, a doctoral senior of Liu Zimei, an executive of Future Biotechnology Company, to study adaptive nanosymbol drug platforms.
It is also a highly anticipated research topic. He Xiaogang provided very superior experimental conditions for his beloved disciple, hoping to achieve some results in such a field that sounds a bit advanced.
It can be said that it perfectly meets Li Yan's requirements. Liu Zimei himself is also involved. He Xiaogang has a good relationship with Li Yan. In the eyes of many people, this project should be the imperially designated "no upper limit" award.
Dr. An also feels so.
So even though all the speakers who faced Li Yan's topics that day did not look very beautiful when they walked out of the conference room, he was still full of confidence.
Liu Zimei also reminded him, "Senior Brother An, Mr. Li has very high requirements. You must be clear in your mind and stop talking nonsense."
"No problem."
"This is not a normal defense..."
"Junior sister, don't worry." Anshan smiled and held his glasses, "Even Teacher He said that my understanding of this project is impeccable."
Unexpectedly, there were only two people in the conference room, Li Yan and Wei Yunzhi.
Dr. An didn't know Wei Yunzhi. Seeing her crazy recordings beside her, she was probably a conference recorder.
That means that you only need to face Li Yan, which is easier.
I never expected that Li Yan interrupted just after saying four or five words.
"I have read all the contents, no need to repeat them. Please answer me, where is the core of your research?"
Wow? Is this the difficulty that Liu Zimei emphasized?
But I was prepared for Anshan!
The two of them went back and forth with four questions, but Li Yan did not express any dissatisfaction, and Anshan's self-confidence became stronger and stronger. "You have your own ideas about the shell, the power system and the core load, which is very good. But what is your basis for 'using extracellular ATP gradient to drive rotation'?"
"I think..."
"Don't you think." Li Yan interrupted.
At this moment, Anshan suddenly felt a very strong pressure.
It's not obvious, but it can't escape a little.
"Based on the current research, we..."
"What research?"
"...Wait, let me see."
Li Yan was silent.
In this silence, Anshan's hands were shaking slightly when he was looking for information. He had indeed seen relevant documents and thought of such an idea to solve the problem of "promoting nanoparticles to cross the tissue barrier", but so far it is a feasibility and he has not thought about it in depth.
The more Li Yan doesn't speak, the more nervous he becomes.
About a minute later, Anshan found a similar paper and was still recalling which one he read in high tension. Only when Li Yan suddenly said, "ATP-driven nanomotor, naturally, a joint study on the other side of the lighthouse."
"...Yes, yes."
"You gave directions based on other people's research, but don't even note a reference for a document?"
"No, Mr. Li, let me explain, because this is still just an idea, not a formed paper..."
"Then how do you know what experiment to do later?"
Anshan began to sweat, "mainly verify..."
"How do you verify? Let's start with your dynamic system, and interfere with mitochondrial genes locally to increase ATP concentration through CRISPR. What is the basis for the experiment?"
"Here," Anshan called out a page of data, "According to..."
"I have read it, others have proved that ATP concentration can be increased through interference, and then? How do you plan to conduct experiments to determine where ATP concentration should be? "
"This...I think it can..."
"Don't think." Li Yan interrupted again, "Experience is not something you think about, but you can do it. On the basis of sufficient research, you need to talk with data and use data and logic to block use useless ideas. I see that you don't even know how to interfere with mitochondrial genes through Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short PalindromicRepeats."
"Yes, we currently lack the conditions for doing related research..."
"If you give money, do you have the conditions?"
"Uh..."
"Crispr gene editing is very efficient, especially when simply removing genes, but the current highest and sophisticated experimental levels will inevitably cause accidental injuries. Currently, it is more used to correct genetic errors that cause diseases. If you want to directly achieve targeted interference through this technology, at least you must be able to tell me how to do it, right?"
Anshan was also sweating profusely.
(This chapter ends)