Chapter 18 A New Beginning
Jiangcheng University has a credit system, which is divided into major compulsory courses, major elective courses, public compulsory courses and public elective courses. In addition to the compulsory courses, the elective courses only need to be enough.
So generally everyone will complete most of the courses in their junior year. There are only some electives that are not stressful academically in their junior year. They can prepare well for postgraduate entrance examinations, postgraduate entrance examinations, public examinations, and going abroad. .
Chen Yuanguang made up his mind to become a freelancer when he was a sophomore, but under Lin Jia's guidance, he still finished all the courses in his junior year.
Because he often goes to the School of Economics and Management, to be honest, he is more familiar with the School of Economics and Management than with the School of Chemistry.
Every time he went to the School of Economics and Management to take classes or to see Lin Jia, the students in the School of Economics and Management would look at him.
At this time, Chen Yuanguang was glad that Lin Jia was not an engineering major and his classmates were still very friendly.
After he borrowed the biology laboratory and issued Nature, when he went to the College of Biology to return the key, Chen Yuanguang realized what it was to look like a wolf, which was worse than snatching away a beautiful classmate from the College of Civil Engineering. Be exaggerated.
First, the administrative staff in charge of the keys looked up and down like a rare treasure. Chen Yuanguang wondered whether this wife in her early thirties was plotting something against him.
"Yuan Guang, please sit down first. Our dean has told you to stay for a while since you are here. He wants to talk to you. I will call him now."
Chen Yuanguang: "Okay, I would like to thank the School of Biology for the help this time. My publication in Nature will go so smoothly."
Chen Yuanguang thought that he was just being polite, but he didn't expect the other party to answer: "Our school's experiments The room and environment are better than those in the School of Chemistry!
How about studying for a Ph.D. in the School of Biology? Biology at Jiangsu University is much better than chemistry. ”
In 2018. At that time, the School of Biology of Jiangnan University had two academicians, but the School of Chemistry had none. Later, in 2021, the School of Biology and the School of Chemistry added one academician each.
Now, the School of Biology is indeed much stronger than the School of Chemistry. Chen Yuanguang knows this very well. In terms of various resources in the school, the School of Biology is ahead.
Of course, the strength of this resource has little to do with ordinary students.
"I have no such considerations for the time being. In comparison, I am still more interested in chemistry."
After Chen Yuanguang said a few perfunctory words, the other party went to the office of the dean of the School of Biology. Ask for instructions. After asking for instructions, call Chen Yuanguang in.
When Dean Shu saw Chen Yuanguang, his face smiled like a flower, "Hey Yuanguang, right? I've heard of you a long time ago. When I saw you today, you are really a talented person. Come and sit down."
Chen Yuanguang smelled the Hongmen Banquet: "Thank you, Dean, that's too much praise. I still have a lot to learn from you."
Dean Shu poured water into the cup in front of Chen Yuanguang, and then said: "Yuanguang, I read the paper you published in Nature. It is very thoughtful. You have the theory first and then test the theory with experiments.
< br>This is something that many biological people cannot do, because they do not have such a strong mathematical foundation, and it is impossible to figure out the logic from an abstract level, or even directly rely on deduction to form this whole set of things.
< br>If we are studying biology, we generally like to observe and do experiments first, and then summarize and formulate theories after we have the results.
But as scientific research deepens, this model is simply better. All the research has been done, and the theories that can be summarized have been almost summarized. It takes a lot of effort to dig out the remaining fruits.
So biocomputing has been mentioned more and more in recent years. As it becomes more important, our college is also increasing its investment in the field of computational biology, and we like to recruit undergraduate students from the School of Mathematics to do scientific research in the field of computational biology. They are more logical. ”
Dean Shu talked eloquently, and Chen Yuanguang cursed in his heart. As expected, being able to be a leader and able to talk is a prerequisite.
"Yuan Guang, I don't want to talk about nothing. If you come to the School of Biology to get a direct Ph.D., I will talk to Levitt and we will do joint training. You will actually go to him to study for a Ph.D., and then take the name of Jiangnan University. . I will not be listed as the author or corresponding author of the published paper. If I can publish another Nature article, I will graduate you with a PhD within three years. If you cannot publish it, it will take up to four years.
Count this. For the second Nature, I guarantee that I can apply for the Thousand Young Scholars and the subsequent Yangtze Scholars. If Nature is not published in the future, it will at least be the Ten Thousand Scholars and Chutian Scholars.
If there are more, then the benefits will be. We can still talk, I hope to train you to become a leading talent in the field of computational biology at Jiangsu University.”
The pie that Dean Shu draws is very big, which is equivalent to the fact that the School of Biology only wants face, but in fact it is with Levitt.
Of course, it is also very beneficial to them. Just getting closer to Nobel Prize winners and publishing nature papers in the first unit of the School of Biology of Jiangnan University is enough money.
Chen Yuanguang shook his head: "Dean, thank you for your kindness. These are too far away from me. I will not consider such distant things for the time being."
Chen Yuanguang is very aware of the energy of academicians and he believes in it. The other party can do what he promised, but the problem is that these are not attractive to him now.
Dean Shu said: "This is something that can see results in three to five years, not too far away."
Chen Yuanguang said helplessly: "Dean, the main reason is that I am not interested in biology. I still want to make materials later."
Dean Shu stopped persuading: "Well, geniuses always have personalities, we Geniuses need to be given time and space to express themselves freely. Yuanguang, if you change your mind before graduation, you can come to me at any time."
Within one month after publishing in Nature, Chen Yuanguang faced a challenge at Jiangsu University. There are all kinds of paintings, and all of them hope that he can stay in Jiangda.
After resolutely expressing his wishes, life slowly calmed down. Chen Yuanguang completed the TOEFL and GRE exams, and then sent an email to Mengji Bawendi. He received Bawendi on the same day. 's reply.
Chen Yuanguang even speculated whether Levitt and Bawendi had said hello.
Bawendi made an appointment with him for a phone interview. After chatting for about two hours:
"Wright, I'm waiting for you in Boston. We talked earlier. You are a senior now, right? You are a senior. Do you want to write a graduation thesis?" Bawendi asked on the other end of the phone.
The English name Chen Yuanguang gave himself was light, so the other party just called him Wright.
"Yes." Chen Yuanguang said.
Bawendi asked: "Have you started writing your graduation thesis?"
Chen Yuanguang said: "Not yet, we will start writing next semester."
Bawendi: "OK, I think so. Your foundation is very solid and you have a deep understanding of cutting-edge theories. There are just some cognitive biases in some theories, which can be easily corrected.
You have also published in nature, and your academic writing skills are definitely no problem, so I think you can come to Boston directly. , we started working.
I can’t wait to cooperate with you. What I want is for you to come directly to MIT next semester and I will guide your graduation thesis. Don’t waste another half a year in Jiangcheng. . ”
Chen Yuanguang thought, it’s not that my knowledge is biased, but that some existing theories are wrong or need to be patched.
(End of this chapter)