Rebirth of the God-level Xueba

Yang Rui is also very interested in the conditions offered by Tobias.

300,000 US dollars is indeed not much, but after all, it is US dollar foreign exchange.

Moreover, the money is not much for Yang Rui, not really not much.

Converted into RMB, it can be used as 1.8 million yuan. Any one or several researchers in the ion channel laboratory will be half-dead with excitement.

More importantly, the money released by Tobias on behalf of the US Department of Energy opened a new door for Yang Rui.

Nowadays, there are still not many foreign laboratories that can get funding from Americans, and there are not many laboratories in Europe. As for funding, it actually has inertia.

In a sense, looking for funding for scholars is like looking for a job. The first job is very difficult. You have to show too many things to prove yourself, such as academic qualifications, grades, awards, and certificates. ...

However, after the first job is obtained, if you want to find a second job, you don't need all kinds of boring preamble proofs, you just need to prove your achievements in the first job.

For the proud Americans in the 80s, an Asian's education, experience, and academic ability are not important, but an injection of American funds, which makes people wonder why.

If there are corresponding results, it will be much easier to get the second dollar funding.

Including the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Foundation or private donors will regard Yang Rui, who has received funding from the United States, as an ordinary and normal candidate, not an Asian scholar who doesn't know what's going on.

In the academic field, this situation is very common.

For example, scholars who have studied abroad in the United States, even after returning to China, especially like to apply for funding from the United States or cooperate with American scholars.

On the one hand, compared with domestic academic funding, the United States has a large amount of funding, and on the other hand, the US’s funding procedures are clear and there are few things. However, such tempting funding, why are scholars with experience in studying in the United States just applied? Why are there so few applications from native Chinese scholars? Could it be that the level of local Chinese scholars must be lower than those who returned from studying in the United States?

Statistically speaking, this is naturally impossible.

The correct reason is the inertia of funding.

For an American institution,

Giving money to a newcomer is obviously risky, and they are more willing to give money to familiar people, at least scholars who are familiar with other American institutions.

This is the same as banks like to give loans to people who have repaid their loans.

Those who have applied for funding in the United States can also apply for funding when they return to China or go to Africa.

If you haven’t applied before, you can take your time. There is nothing special about it. The application may not even pass the basic screening.

Someone will shout, everyone has a first time, you don't give me a chance-haha.

For Yang Rui, the first time he took money from Americans, the free fund of 300,000 US dollars is more meaningful than the investment fund of 5 million US dollars.

And the money he spent in the ion channel laboratory was more valuable than spending it himself.

High-end laboratories are all raised with massive funds. With Yang Rui's current conditions, it is very easy for him to work in a high-end laboratory. Even the best among Nobel Prize winners like Dalbecco will try their best. To meet Yang Rui's scientific research needs, the conditions will be surprisingly good.

There are many scientists who are willing to do pure scientific research in the laboratory without worrying about it. The Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge often has two or even three Nobel Prize winners.

However, if you want complete scientific research freedom and complete scientific research results, you must own a high-end laboratory and a large amount of open source.

It is unrealistic to rely on oneself to make money to support the ion channel laboratory, and Peking University may not be able to accept it. And it is even more unrealistic for Peking University to raise it itself. Even if Yang Rui was nominated for the Nobel Prize, it would not be able to support a world-class basic biological laboratory under the conditions of the 1980s in China.

From a national point of view, investing in electricity or pork is more useful than investing in basic biological research.

Absorbing funds from all over the world is an essential attribute of a top laboratory.

Of course, Yang Rui also wants to highlight the value of this money, so as to get the second money, the third money...

The investment-return model is the most ideal, but there are not many laboratories that can really do it.

It is normal to spend money but not get results.

Can you get results with money? God still responds to requests.

For Yang Rui, producing results is relatively simple, but it is not inevitable. Fortunately, Tobias was more anxious than him, and he didn't know which department he passed. It only took two days to transfer the funds.

Yang Rui immediately notified everyone in the Ion Channel Laboratory of Peking University to hold a conference call.

It was a conference call, that is, the hands-free operation of long-distance calls. Xu Zhengping and others heard that there was a budget of 300,000 US dollars. Naturally, they were not active, and a group of people crowded into the conference room.

"I'm going to distribute the money evenly." Yang Rui's first words stunned the few people who were gearing up.

Before the voice came from the other side of the phone, Yang Rui continued: "Although the US$300,000 is free funds, I still decided to put all of it in public laboratories, and the Ion Channel Laboratory of Peking University will receive US$250,000. To Westburg High Lab."

At this moment, the researchers who were still struggling with the equal distribution suddenly complained, and the phone was full of chaotic voices and electric currents.

"What is the need to invest in middle school laboratories?"

"$50,000 is a waste of money for a middle school lab."

"Is there anyone in the middle school lab doing experiments?"

Yang Rui knocked hard on the microphone, and said: "The laboratory of Xibao Middle School will cooperate with the Medical Technology Development Zone. In the future, you will inevitably be sent to the Medical Technology Development Zone. At that time, the conditions in the laboratory will not even verify the experiment. What can't be done?"

Although Huarui Pharmaceuticals is the only pharmaceutical company currently recruited by the Hedong Provincial Medical Technology Development Zone, in terms of establishment and nature, the Hedong Provincial Medical Technology Development Zone is still a public unit. Very suitable. It is no problem to ask professors from Peking University to help.

The researchers in the ion channel laboratory suddenly stopped shouting.

Xu Zhengping concluded: "If it is really useful, a $50,000 device update is not expensive."

"Let's talk about the remaining 250,000 US dollars." Fan Zhenlong's words immediately got everyone's approval.

Yang Rui coughed and said, "For $250,000, I plan to allocate $180,000 first, $60,000 for the interacting protein component, $60,000 for the G protein component, and $60,000 for the cloning component."

"The cloning group also has 60,000?" Su Fan, who was in charge of the project, exclaimed in surprise.

In the ion channel laboratory, Yang Rui's project is naturally the biggest. However, he does not do long-term projects. He often works on another project after one project is completed. Under Yang Rui, Xu Zhengping's interacting protein group, and Su Xiankai's G protein group are secondary long-term projects.

In contrast, Su Fan's clone group received the least resources, and was once canceled.

Even now, the cloning group is the internal name of the ion channel laboratory, and has not received a special project name. Su Fan, who is in charge of this project, has never thought of being able to be on an equal footing with the mutual protein group.

Yang Rui is aware of the social effects of the cloning project, so he is willing to invest in it.

Unlike PCR, no matter what cloning is, it is a very complicated and delicate experiment, and the effect will not be seen without long-term investment. If Yang Rui wants to get the social effect of cloning, he has to prepare in advance.

He said affirmatively: "The cloning team wants to speed up the progress, and I don't have any requirements for you. You just need to report to me on schedule."

Su Fan persisted in answering.

Jiao Yangping, Tian Bing and others looked at Su Fan eagerly, and asked to speak, "What about the remaining 70,000 dollars?"

"The reserve fund is given to genomics. Whoever has a good project among you can apply, and you can take part of it, or all of it." Genomics is a large scope, and there is a wide range of research available. Yang Rui The scale of the ion channel laboratory is gradually expanding, and everyone needs to find a project to apply for it.

For senior researchers, finding a project is the easiest thing, and no one objected.

"Is there a time request?" Xu Zhengping asked one more time.

Yang Rui chuckled twice, and said, "If the next batch of funds is in place, it will definitely not be distributed equally, so... everyone arranges their own time."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Rui could imagine the tangled expressions of everyone in the laboratory.

Don't think about spending the Spring Festival well after doing scientific research.

Scientific research has always been globally competitive. If you spend the 15-day Spring Festival at home, Americans will not extend the Christmas holiday because of this—those who want to celebrate the Spring Festival, Songkran Festival, and Eid al-Adha can enter the time In an industry with less competition, or as a writer who delays drafts, if the drafts are delayed until someone else makes them, the previous work will be in vain.

Yang Rui himself is not planning to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Before the Spring Festival, he sorted out the laboratories of the WestJet factory and West Fort Middle School, and began to prepare for the update of PCR technology. After the 30th of the year, it would be difficult to find workers or equipment suppliers to help. up.

Fortunately, the Hedong Provincial Government attaches great importance to Yang Rui's work. The cadre in charge heard that Yang Rui intends to reorganize the laboratory, and immediately transferred a professional moving team from Pingjiang. The work here is still very good. Under the command of Yang Rui, a group of people moved out a few machines that were originally intended to be used in the drug factory, temporarily installed them in the experiment of Xibao Middle School, and then waited for Yang Rui to use them up before dismantling them back. .

As a result, the laboratory has been honored as a provincial key project, and it was upgraded earlier than Xibao Middle School