Yang Rui went to Tengchong to find thermophilic bacteria, isolate heat-resistant DNA polymerase, and soak in the hot springs is just incidental, so he made a lot of preparations, and several needed instruments and equipment were bought from Hong Kong and shipped directly to Kunming.

In the 80s, in Hong Kong, major equipment and instrument companies were stationed, many of them came to the mainland, Yang Rui's Huarui real room has recently risen, and it has also attracted attention, so that when Yang Rui and his party arrived at Kunming Airport, the intermediary company in Hong Kong also sent someone to pick up the airport, help to do all the extraction of instruments, and send it to the hotel to check in, before leaving a business card to leave.

Connected to the ground is Kang Hong, a young associate professor at Yunnan University.

This is also a by-product of Yang Rui's participation in the "International Congress of Medicine and Biology".

Biology is also an advantageous major in Yunnan University, after all, it has rich biological resources, just find a few plants, or microorganisms, you can publish a good paper, snowball effect, relatively easy to kill from the army.

However, no matter how strong the local universities are, they are not as strong as the universities in the capital, and first of all, the number of places for various international conferences is small, and the cost of attending a conference is more.

This year, Kang Hong was the second author for the director of the research office, so he rubbed an invitation letter and went to Beijing in the name of "visiting", in a similar way to Huang Mao.

However, Huang Mao participated in an international conference, in addition to favors, he basically didn't have to pay much cost, and Kang Hong's efforts were greater.

Because of this, Kang Hong, who finally participated in the meeting, paid attention to making friends. Doing research in local colleges and universities is like this, you must make more friends in order to integrate into the circle of disciplines, otherwise, a person in Yunnan behind closed doors, what results everyone does not know, it can be said that half the effort.

Yang Rui made a big splash at the "International Congress of Medicine and Biology", and was naturally the object of Kanghong's friendship.

Although Kang Hong, who is in his thirties, is an associate professor who is young and promising, he is unusually promoted, but he is not comparable with Yang Rui, not to mention anything else, just a SCI impact factor 4. 0's "JMC" paper is better than that of professors at local universities, not to mention papers presented at the "International Congress of Medicine and Biology".

In addition, the scientific research competition with Richard is also a very prestigious thing, of course, as a winner.

Although the scientific research competition is cruel, it is precisely because of its cruelty that the winner of the scientific research competition can get much attention.

The basic effect is that your peers will read your paper carefully and have a preconceived notion that you have a certain level.

This is like the difference between an arms race and a war, before the war, countries can boast as much as they want, but they can only make people half-convinced, such as Israel before the Middle East War, China before the Sino-Indian War, and Britain before the Falklands War...... But after a battle, the persuasiveness could not be stronger.

Before the results came out, no one was sure whether it was the Gulf War, the Vietnam War, or the Iran-Iraq War......

The scientific research competition bets on the scientific research life of the researcher and a large amount of money. In the field of biology, there are countless companies that have collapsed because of a scientific research competition, and researchers who have been depressed for life because of a scientific research competition are like crucian carp crossing the river.

Richard, who was defeated by Yang Rui, straddled China and the United States, and at the same time took the funds provided by Peking University and the University of California, and relied on his prestige to find a financier...... It can be said that half of Richard's scientific research life has ended, and he just wants to start over, and he can only start over from a 100,000-level project, without three or five years of struggle, without a top paper, it is not easy to return to his previous position.

But how difficult it is to publish a top-notch paper, especially Richard, who failed a research competition, and his paper is submitted to peer review, which is first met with stricter standards......

The corresponding is the famous Yang Rui.

Richard's loss reflects Yang Rui's toughness. For a young associate professor like Kang Hong, UC Berkeley is simply a god-like holy place, and the school's professor was defeated by Yang Rui, which is naturally a god-level story.

In fact, the more insiders are, the more awe they are at Yang Rui's victory, which is also the reason why Professor Cai, who is an academician of the Academy of Sciences (a member of the Division), will personally go out and apply for a 600,000 yuan K fee for Yang Rui.

Since the resumption of the college entrance examination, geniuses who have entered Peking University have appeared like volcanoes, but there is at least no one in the biology department who has reached Yang Rui's height.

In particular, most of Yang Rui's peers are still struggling to learn basic courses, and their excellence is more reflected in academic and social activities.

In short, the top students of the same age as Yang Rui are still in a state of learning, and Yang Rui has begun to become a research-oriented and practical top student.

The paper on potassium channels properly proves that he has the world's leading level of research.

If Yang Rui is an employee of Peking University, he can be promoted to associate professor with this paper, and in a few years, it will not be a problem to become a professor.

In addition to age, Kang Hong's friendship with Yang Rui is completely a high-climbing model.

Because of this, Kang Hong was quite happy to receive Yang Rui's call, and specially borrowed the school's minibus, took a group of people to visit Kunming City, including food and accommodation, and insisted on sending a few people to Tengchong, and said: "I have a good relationship with the Yunnan Military Region, and I can arrange for you to live in the military region's recuperation center. ”

"It's too much trouble. Yang Rui really has never received such a courteous ground treatment, and the scientific research community after 30 years is different from now.

Chinese in the 80s went out to rely on friends, and many times, even acquaintances who were close to each other could help a lot, just like Kang Hong now.

Of course, when Kanghong went to Beijing on another day, or wanted a place in an international conference, Yang Rui should also return this favor.

The so-called humane society is like this.

Yang Rui is not suitable for this kind of treatment, but Kang Hong is very used to it, and said with a smile, "It's not troublesome", and said: "The Yunnan Military Region recently asked us to make medicine. ”

"We also approved the funding when we came out. ”

"When you come to Yunnan, don't use the approved funds, and I'll figure out all the ways. Kang Hong played the package ticket and said: "I'll find a few guns for you, their sanatorium can shoot big prey, it's very interesting." ”

The hot spring that Yang Rui is going to is actually in an undeveloped state, and he has been a little worried about safety, but when he heard Kang Hong say this, his heart moved: "It's best to find two guides, I'm a little interested in high-temperature hot springs, and in addition, we want to pay a few people to move the equipment, and we won't go hunting." ”

"No problem, the money is not needed, do you want to engage in hot spring research?"

Yang Rui didn't hide it from him, nodded and said: "I see that foreign countries are doing microbial research in extreme environments, and it is in full swing, and I want to take the opportunity to learn about it." ”

Kang Hong was greatly excited, thinking that this was the right time. The study of potassium channels is the work of Sinovel Shi's room, and even if there is any development, it will not be the turn of an associate professor from the Department of Biology of Yunnan University to mix it. However, the hot springs in Yunnan are in Yunnan, and Yang Rui has opened a new research direction, whether it is cooperation, cooperation or follow-up, which is of considerable significance.

After a moment's thought, he said seriously: "Microorganisms in extreme environments are miracles of life, containing rich information about the evolution of life. Microorganisms in extreme environments, on behalf of the organism's ability to adapt to the environment to the limit, define the "boundary" of the biosphere, is the treasure of biological heredity, I have read your popular science article "Biosphere", very enlightening, if we can study the survival of microorganisms in extreme environments, it is of great significance for understanding life, and may also lay the foundation for human habitable aliens. ”

Although the last sentence sounds a bit funny, it's really not funny.

In 1984, the Americans were ambitiously considering immigrating to Mars, and if the Soviet Union could hold on half-dead for another 20 years, the United States might really be able to grit its teeth and persist and make outer space exploration go further.

Although domestic researchers are lagging behind the times, everyone's goal is to look forward to 20 years, 30 years or even 50 years from now, especially those who do basic research, and have a long-term vision.

Microbial research in extreme environments is also a hot topic, starting from the sixties and seventies to the 21st century, it has been flourishing for a long time, and its research results are indeed one of the foundations for human migration to extraterrestrials.

The 60s was the beginning of the Apollo program, and after more than ten years of hard work, mankind completed the moon landing program, and people at this time had reason to believe that space exploration would continue and get faster and faster.

"Biosphere", which once earned more than 2,000 yuan of pocket money for Yang Rui, was also featured in "Science Illustrated" in this context.

was said by Kang Hong's name, Yang Rui was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking: "Have you also read the popular science article I wrote?"

"After the media reported on it, I went to the library to borrow it. Kang Hong was extremely glad that after he returned to school, he deliberately collected reports about Yang Rui.

Yang Rui nodded and said, "Professor Kang is also interested in microorganisms in extreme environments?"

Kang Hongxin said, if you are interested, I will also be interested.

In order to answer Yang Rui's question, Kang Hong continued his serious attitude just now, and said: "I think that the high-temperature hot vent is relatively close to the early environment of the earth, especially the microbial ecosystem in it is relatively simple, stable and closed, which is very convenient for us to do research and primitive accumulation. ”

Primitive accumulation means that you can't make a profit immediately, Yang Rui didn't mean to drink, but said: "I just got a research grant of 600,000 yuan recently, and I want to do a little more investigation, Professor Kang would be grateful if he could help us find the hot spring." ”

The 600,000 yuan fund is more than enough to do this kind of microbial research, and Kang Hong's goal is not only to find hot springs and be a tour guide, he immediately invited: "Our biology room of Yunnan University is also very good, so it is better for us to cooperate to do it." ”

"With such a small project, there is no need to cooperate, and besides, we have enough manpower. Yang Rui meandered and refused.

Wei Zhenxue was impatient for a long time, and chased after him: "If you want to have a competition, we have no objection." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. Kang Hong hurriedly expressed his attitude: "If you have anything to help, just sue me, it would be great if you could help." I'm going to take you to eat authentic Xuanwei ham today, I have done research on the microbial effect of Xuanwei ham before, and I have a good relationship with several state-owned factories, by the way, you know that the protein content of Xuanwei ham is lower than that of fresh meat, but the content of soluble amino acids is 2 of fresh meat. 8?"

Kang Hong changed the topic, and Yang Rui smiled naturally: "Is it because part of the protein is hydrolyzed into amino acids by enzymes during the process of processing to maturity of ham?"

"Yes, yes, the research I did showed that the content of aspartic acid, serine, glycine and arginine in Xuanwei ham was significantly higher than that of fresh meat, which is one of the reasons for the increased flavor of ham. In addition, Xuanwei ham contains 45 mg of vitamin one per 100 grams of lean meat, and the sweetness comes from alanine, serine, threonine, tryptophan and their derivatives...... "Kang Hong introduced the food, and did not forget to prove his identity as a researcher, trying to impress Yang Rui on himself.

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