Chapter 202 Mr. Guan is so reliable
Mouse No. 4 is several times fatter than before and has grown a lot.
The latest fluorescence detection picture appeared on the monitor, and the results showed that fluorescence reactions appeared in the nerve and muscle tissue of mouse No. 4.
"Succeeded! Come and see, we succeeded!" Sam shouted loudly, immediately attracting everyone's attention.
Everyone gathered around and stared at the monitor, while Sam pointed to the picture on the monitor and said: "Look here, it is the nerve tissue, and this part, it is the muscle tissue, and now there is fluorescence. Reaction.
This means that the transformed cells we injected into mouse No. 4 have successfully differentiated into nerve and muscle tissue, indicating that these cells have stem cell characteristics! ”
At this time, more than a dozen heads were gathered in front of the monitor, and their eyes were focused on the screen like searchlights. It seemed extremely crowded. Everyone’s eyes revealed deep concentration, as if there was only one person left in the world. Looking down at the monitor and their frowns, some people felt uncomfortable being squeezed in the middle and adjusted their posture unconsciously, but their eyes never left the screen.
Finally, the postdoc sighed. : "Successful, our project was successful, we really induced cells similar to stem cells! I didn't expect it to be so fast! "
"Yes, I always feel that the project has just begun. It hasn't been long! Is this a success? "
"Under normal circumstances, this kind of scientific research project does not last more than a year and a half, and it cannot even produce preliminary results. ”
"This is too fast! I haven't even reacted yet. How come it was successful out of nowhere!"
Inexplicable, this is probably the current mental state of this group of experimenters.
This project progressed so smoothly and was completed so quickly. It was extraordinary. It completely subverted everyone's conventional understanding and directly impacted their hearts.
At this time, their emotions were complicated. On the one hand, they were happy because the project had succeeded. On the other hand, they felt a little confused because the project had succeeded so quickly. There was even confusion about the unknown.
Under normal circumstances, how could a project of this level be completed so quickly! How could it be possible to get the experimental results so quickly and achieve success!
According to the normal steps, during the entire scientific research process, we must not experience dozens of experimental failures and dozens of failed attempts before we can finally find the correct scientific research direction?
How can it be like this, where the direction of scientific research is set, and then it is smooth sailing, without any obstacles, and the ultimate success is achieved.
This is so lucky!
Speaking of luck, there is an old unlucky guy in this project team.
However, this old unlucky guy who has been unlucky for five consecutive years is no longer unlucky. Instead, he is the only lucky person to find the inducing gene combination. He is simply favored by the goddess of luck.
All this is unreasonable no matter how you look at it!
But it happened, right in front of everyone.
What has happened, no matter how unreasonable, is still a fact.
When the facts that have happened conflict with what you know to be reasonable, one of them must be wrong. Do you think it is the facts that are wrong, or your knowledge that is wrong?
Obviously, the facts that have happened cannot be wrong. At this time, you can only find a reasonable reason to explain why the facts are unreasonable!
"Is it because of the Chinese god named Guan Erye? Are Chinese gods so reliable?"
This idea came to more than one person's mind.
Zhang Wei prayed to the gods for the success of the project, so this scientific research project achieved results so quickly.
Sam prayed to the gods for good luck, so he changed from unlucky Sam to lucky Sam.
If you calculate it this way, can the New York Knicks really win the championship? Is Britney Spears really going to date me? Is the price of the latest Dodge Challenger really about to drop?
Everyone had different thoughts and began to wonder when the wishes they made that day would come true.
Human beings are like this. When you cannot reasonably explain the facts you see, you will blame it on strange forces and gods.
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When Zhang Wei came to the laboratory, he was faced with warm applause from the team members.
Although Zhang Wei never did any experiments during the entire project, everyone still knows that Zhang Wei is the biggest contributor to the entire project.
It is still the same principle. The prerequisite for the success of a scientific research project is whether the idea is correct. As long as the idea is correct, you can always get the desired results by doing a few more experiments and through constant trial and error.
A great idea must not only be correct, but also take as few detours as possible.
Others can get results by doing a hundred experiments, but before you do the experiment, you should eliminate ninety. If you only need to do ten experiments to get the results, then your idea is awesome.
So experimental ideas also represent the academic level of scientists. In scientific research projects, behind every awesome idea, there must be an awesome scientist.
There are almost no detours in Zhang Wei's experimental ideas, which also means that Zhang Wei has a top academic level. In the eyes of scientific researchers, this is simply a god coming down to earth.
Everyone wants to work less and produce more results.
Zhang Wei enjoyed the applause and compliments for a moment, then stretched out his hand and said, "Where's the experiment report? Show it to me!"
Someone immediately handed the experiment report to Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei read it quickly and found that all the necessary data and pictures were available and could be filled in directly into the paper.
Zhang Wei put away the experimental report and said: "Thank you for your efforts in the recent period. I announce that we will have a three-day holiday, and then we will start the next stage of research!"
" Next A stage of research?" Everyone was slightly stunned.
The postdoc even asked: "In this project of ours, cells similar to stem cells have been induced. This is considered a preliminary result. Should we first form a paper and publish this result?"
"I've already finished writing the paper. You guys are working hard here to do experiments, and I'm not idle either. When you come back from vacation, I guess the draft of the paper has been written, and we'll discuss it then! So these three days Don’t think about anything during the holidays, just relax!” Zhang Wei replied.
This time, Zhang Wei was much more modest in terms of his paper. This is Princeton University after all, and everyone has strong academic abilities. Sam and the postdoc both graduated from prestigious universities and had very impressive resumes. Zhang Wei could not guarantee that the original author’s paper would be better than theirs.
So Zhang Wei just said that he wrote a draft and would discuss it with everyone later.
I heard that I could relax as much as I wanted, and there was cheers all around.
Only Sam asked: "Sir Zhang, what is our next research direction?"
"It's still this kind of induced cells. Let's just call them IPS cells! Our current experiments are just It has been confirmed that IPS cells are similar to embryonic stem cells in terms of morphology, gene, protein expression, cell differentiation and other abilities.
Next, we need to study cell doubling ability, epigenetic modification status, embryoid bodies, and tumors. Let’s study the generation capacity and see if our IPS cells can achieve similar effects to embryonic stem cells,” Zhang Wei replied. Hearing this answer, everyone gasped. He is indeed an academic master who made genetic scissors. His ambition is really big!
The research Zhang Wei mentioned later is no longer purely basic research on molecular biology, such as epigenetic modification, tumor formation, etc., all related to the medical industry.
Although medical research is a gold-swallowing beast, it is also a code of wealth. Scientists who conquer any disease will generate huge wealth.
IPS cells are originally intended to replace embryonic stem cells. If the next step of research is tilted towards medicine, it means that this technology must not only be developed and put into practical use, but also move towards the most important aspects of human beings. A field to develop and implement.
Zhang Wei continued: "Next, I plan to inject IPS cells into normal blastocysts, let them develop into early embryos, and then implant them into normal mice.
If the tissue derived from IPS cells can be detected in normal embryonic cells, it means that we can obtain chimeric embryos, then it is possible to obtain IPS cells with reproductive capacity! ”
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The 2005 WCG China competition was organized by the Ministry of Culture and China Television Group. One is a ministry, and the other is a listed group controlled by CCTV. As far as the background of the independent sponsor is concerned, it is definitely significant enough.
But because the organizer’s background is too strong, the WGC project doesn’t pay much attention to it.
Playing games is still quite controversial in the country. Although e-sports has been listed as an official sport, it is still not encouraged or promoted at the national level.
Therefore, as the competent department of online games, the Ministry of Culture does not want to create too much publicity. It just treats it as completing a daily work task, not seeking merit but seeking no fault.
What’s more, they also have so many meaningful and positive activities, such as holding a reading day, holding cultural exhibitions, holding theatrical performances to express condolences, and doing cultural heritage protection. Is it better than playing games?
If you have some spare time, apply for a few intangible cultural heritages and don’t let the country steal the Dragon Boat Festival. Whether it’s political achievements or public opinion, it’s better than holding a game-playing competition!
As for CTV Group, the situation is similar. They shoot hundreds of film, television dramas and documentaries every year, produce hundreds of columns, and select and submit their works to participate in major awards. For small projects like WCG, just step aside!
I shoot an excellent film and television drama and win awards such as Huabiao, Feitian, and Golden Rooster. Wouldn’t it be nice? Wouldn't it be better to make a documentary and go to the United States to win an Emmy Award?
Or you can co-produce a few Chinese promotional videos with foreign film and television production companies to enhance China's international image and attract some foreign tourists. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people!
Compared to these projects, what is WCG?
Playing games is not favored by the mainstream media. Even if the project is completed, it may still be regarded as a negative example by the media! When the time comes, you won't be able to make any money, but you will be in trouble.
If South Korea's Samsung Group hadn't rushed to host this competition, I guess the domestic organizers would have been too lazy to take on the job.
It is precisely because of the embarrassing status of e-sports in China that when Yao Xiaoguang approached the person in charge of the organizer and proposed sponsorship, the person in charge of the organizer hesitated.
If it were another project, I heard that the sponsor’s father wanted to sponsor, so I had to go the other way and provide for the sponsor’s father properly!
However, for the WCG project, the organizers did not intend to make it a big deal. With a mentality of not seeking merit but seeking no faults, they just hoped to complete the project quickly without causing any negative impact. In this case, one is naturally very cautious when dealing with sponsors.
What's more, for projects sponsored by ministries and commissions and listed groups, basic project funds are definitely available, and there will be no shortage of money.
The organizer’s project leader’s surname was Li. Director Li looked at Yao Xiaoguang and said with a troubled face: “Manager Yao, the schedule for this year’s WCG China competition has been determined. If it is revised now, I'm afraid it's difficult!"
"Director Li, we just want to sponsor an exhibition match. It won't take much time. Please help me!" Yao Xiaoguang said with a smile.
"This is not a question of whether I can help or not, but the rules are set like this. There are rules for the competition. Since we have made the rules, we must abide by them!" Director Li continued to practice Tai Chi.
"Director Li, I believe that the organizer also hopes to run the event well. With more sponsorship funds, the event will have more funds. The event will definitely be better and there will be better Publicity effect, it’s a win-win situation.”
"Manager Yao, we still have enough funds, and we are not pursuing any publicity effect, so we do not plan to make this project too extravagant."
Director Li's words are very artistic, using the word "extravagant" "This word is used to describe it.
This is the first time Yao Xiaoguang has encountered this kind of situation where sponsorship money is not required.
To hold an event, I don’t want to publicize it widely, but want to keep a low profile. This is also the first time Yao Xiaoguang has met.
After all the hard talk, Director Li refused to let go, so Yao Xiaoguang could only return without success.
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Early in the morning, Zhang Wei just got up when he received a call from Yao Xiaoguang.
"Zhang Wei, are you up?"
"I just got up and washed my face."
"I count the time, you should get up now, That’s why I called you. Didn’t you ask me to talk to the organizer of WCG China about DOTA entering the performance program last time?”
"Do you think the sponsorship fee we gave is too low? Then you can add some money appropriately. After all, the WCG competition only happens once a year. Time waits for no one. We have to seize this kind of publicity opportunity."
"If money is It's easy to say, but the key is that the organizer doesn't care about money at all!" "Is there such an organizer who doesn't care about money?" Zhang Wei asked in confusion.
Yao Xiaoguang gave the general situation.
"I see, then this matter will be difficult to handle. Since the other party doesn't even care about money, it will be difficult to impress them with other transaction methods."
"Yeah, so I think that although our plan this time is very good, I'm afraid it won't be implemented!"
"The plan can't keep up with the changes." Zhang Wei thought for a while and asked: "Do you know where this year's WCG China Finals will be held?"
"I checked and it was held at the Shanghai Convention and Exhibition Center in Shanghai." Yao Xiaoguang replied.
"Convention and Exhibition Center? The Convention and Exhibition Center in Shanghai is a world-class exhibition venue, right? Why did you build such a big venue? Isn't it necessary?
It was held at the Badminton Center in Beijing last year , there are many empty seats in the stands on the sidelines! When I ran to the convention and exhibition center, there were not that many people at all.”
"It's like this. The Asian area of this year's Hannover International Information and Communication Technology Expo happens to be held in Shanghai, and Samsung Group is also a sponsor of this expo.
So the venue and time are combined. Together, while the expo is going on, part of the exhibition center will be used to host the WCG China finals."
"That will make things easier!" Zhang Wei smiled slightly and continued: " They didn't ban us from participating in the exhibition, right? Let's just use the sponsorship money to rent a booth next to the WCG competition venue and hold the competition there!" Zhang Wei said.
"Is this okay? You are trying to take advantage of the exhibition! But it is an information and communication technology expo? We can't say that DOTA is on display, right? This has nothing to do with information and communication technology!"
"We are not related, but Haofang Game Platform should be, right? Online game platforms are also information technology. Get them together and let them contribute some money to build an exhibition hall together. At the worst, we can use their platform to connect games on site. ! ”
(End of this chapter)