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"To analyze this kind of experimental data, we often need to use statistical principles."

"Of course, the principle of statistics does not represent everything. There are differences in the experimental data obtained in any different experiments. We do not have a fixed methodology. At this point, we need to analyze according to the different experimental data. "

"I'll just give an example from that paper to illustrate."

"..."

Afterwards, Li Mu cited the examples in their paper to explain to the biologists present.

The biologists below also listened with relish. At least for now, what Li Mu said was indeed relatively simple and easy to understand.

And after Li Mu shared his analysis ideas, the eyes of the biologists below also brightened.

"It turned out to be analyzed in this way, which is really wonderful!"

"No wonder... he was able to find this kind of difference from so much data..."

People were amazed.

And the first row of seats.

"Adrian, it's a pity that you didn't invite him over last time."

One person said to another person next to him: "You were even blocked by him."

"Don't mention it."

The man named Adrian replied angrily.

He is Adrian Kleiner from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the winner of this year's Wolf Prize in Medicine.

Called Li Mu a month ago, but he was blocked, but he was laughed at by other colleagues for a long time, at least until now.

Recalling the scene of the phone call, he reflected for a while and said, "Probably because I was too enthusiastic last time... After this report is over, I have to talk to him again."

"Then I wish you success."

The person next to him said with a smile: "If you can bring Li Mu to our laboratory, I will definitely credit you."

This person is the director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Bruce Stillman.

As the director of the laboratory, it is one of his jobs to help the laboratory recruit talents, so if Li Mu can really come to their laboratory, he is naturally willing to see it.

...

Of course, they were not the only ones discussing. In a few rows at the back, there were also some representatives from large companies and scientific researchers from these companies also discussing.

For people in big companies, all they care about is whether they can make money, or whether they can save money, and Li Mu's mathematical analysis method is of great help to them to a certain extent.

In the middle of the third row of seats, the vice president of Pfizer turned to look at the person next to him and asked, "Professor Slavi, does the method proposed by Li Mu help your research?"

Skarna Slavi, the chief scientist and medical scientist of Pfizer, has researched several best-selling drugs for Pfizer and is one of the most qualified researchers of Pfizer.

Hearing the vice president's question, Slavi was silent for a moment, and then said: "Although I have always disagreed with the role of mathematics in medical research, as far as the role of mathematical analysis in that paper... I can't help it. Not admitting it, maybe it really helps us a lot.”

"His mathematical method can help us analyze very detailed things, just like in a certain set of experiments, there may be a small amount of ingredients that bring about the effect, but because the proportion of this part of the ingredients is very small, So the effect is not obvious, so it is generally ignored by us, but his analysis can help us find this point."

"In this way, we not only avoid repeated experiments and greatly reduce the cost of experiments, but also greatly improve the success rate of our experiments."

"This is an epoch-making change for us."

Hearing Slavi's words, the vice president's mind was full of "reducing the cost of the experiment" and "increasing the success rate of the experiment."

This is what they most want to hear.

He immediately asked: "Can this method be learned? Apply it to our laboratory."

Slavi pondered for a moment, and said, "I can learn, but only a little bit—at least as far as I can see."

"This has high requirements for mathematics, so we'd better invite some mathematics experts to help. There are still relatively few mathematics experts in our laboratory."

The vice president nodded thoughtfully, then turned to Li Mu on the stage and said, "What if you invite him over directly?"

Slaoui: "...Uh, whether he is willing to come or not is another matter. I heard that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory invited him and he didn't agree."

"How much money does Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have." The vice president waved his hand: "We are Pfizer."

Slaoui didn't say much.

Indeed, to a certain extent, Pfizer lacks everything, except money, and earns 100 billion US dollars a year, which is pitifully few companies in the world that can match theirs.

At this time, Li Mu on the stage also finished giving examples, and then said: "Next, I will focus on sharing with you what kind of analytical thinking we should adopt when facing different data. In this respect, We have to get better at using mathematical thinking..."

"This part requires more mathematical methods to demonstrate, and I will try to keep it as simple as possible..."

Hearing Li Mu's words, those who were still discussing focused on watching, because they all knew that the next step was the more critical point.

It's just that as Li Mu's narration began, they were a little confused.

It's called... keep it simple?

Seeing the formulas Li Mu wrote line after line on the blackboard, even though he was explaining the meaning of these formulas in his mouth, the various biologists below were all confused.

However, Li Mu discovered at this time that it is easier to use mathematics to make a report.

Having said so much just now, his mouth was dry and his tongue was dry, and it made him feel too phony, and the current mathematics is more realistic.

Ever since, he was getting better and better.

What followed was that the audience entered a desperate situation.

Both Adrian and Bruce were silent.

Until the end, Adrian covered his eyes, and then leaned back on the seat tactically.

"Gosh, I really don't want to study math! Math, get out of biology!"

Bruce said quietly: "You have to learn if you don't want to, and I will leave this matter to you."

"Please forgive me."

Adrian looked hopeless.

I still remember what Li Mu told them at the beginning, "Thanks to the high expectations" and "I will not let everyone down".

Good guy, now I have neither high hopes nor disappointment, just give them despair.

In the third row of seats, the vice president from Pfizer stared at what Li Mu wrote, and then said to Slavi next to him: "Although I am not strictly a scientist, I am Anyway, I graduated from MIT Biology, so I can’t understand it at all, your science is as simple as possible, is it this simple?”

Slavi: "..."

"Don't get me wrong, the scientific community is also divided into the ordinary scientific community and the genius scientific community. His situation belongs to the genius scientific community, which is not within the scope of our ordinary scientific community."

Vice President:"……"

After thinking about it, he asked again: "Then what he said, can our people still learn?"

"Ah..." Slavi struggled for a long time, and finally said simply: "Forget it, you should drag him into our laboratory."

Just stop torturing the researchers in their lab.

This is really impossible to learn.

The vice president nodded approvingly.

It can only be this way.

Then he took out his mobile phone and began to report the matter to their president.

Soon, John Young, the president of Pfizer, sent back a message: 【No problem. 】

After seeing the news, the vice president gave Professor Slavi an OK gesture.

If their president makes the decision himself, probably no one in this world can refuse, right?

...

At the same time, Pfizer headquarters, in the president's office.

After John Yang put down his phone, he called for his assistant.

"Go and evaluate how much it costs to hire Li Mu as our scientist."

The assistant was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Is that the young mathematician?"

"Well, it should be." John Yang nodded.

He didn't know much about Li Mu, but he had heard that he had solved a famous problem in mathematics, and then it seemed to have aroused great repercussions in the physics community.

He doesn't care about mathematics or physics. He only cares about how to make their financial reports look better, so his understanding of Li Mu is limited to these. At most, he has recently caused a major impact on their biomedical field. Made him pay attention a little bit.

But since their vice president Conn said that this person must be recruited, then he should be recruited.

He is quite trusting in Conn's vision.

The assistant nodded, and then left quickly. After a while, he came back again, and handed a document to John Yang.

"President, this is the evaluation result from the personnel side, please take a look."

John Yang nodded, took it over and looked at it, and was immediately stunned.

"An annual salary of at least 30 million U.S. dollars is required. Are you kidding me!?"

The person Kang En wanted to dig would cost him 30 million a year?

In 10 years, that would be 300 million!

Enough for them to build another lab!

This still doesn't take into account the salary increase. If the salary is raised, it will be even more serious.

The assistant said weakly: "The details of the personnel evaluation are in the back, and it actually makes sense."

John Yang didn't speak, and turned directly to the next page, looking at the details of the assessment.

Companies like them have a standard for hiring talents.

He wanted to see what Li Mu could do for him to spend 30 million dollars a year.

As a result, two key words caught his eyes first.

【Li Mu】

【Age: 21】

[Identity: Candidate for Fields Medal and Nobel Prize (the probability of winning two prizes within five years is more than 90%)]

"A 21-year-old candidate for the Fields Medal and the Nobel Prize?"

Seeing this, John Yang's understanding of Li Mu deepened in an instant.

The assistant nodded and said with emotion: "This is a veritable super genius. With these two points alone, he is already worth an eight-figure annual salary."

John Yang didn't continue to say anything, just frowned and continued to look down.

"Almighty genius... Recently, by using the method of experimental data analysis in the biomedical field, he helped Huaguo Chen Shanping's team to develop a new recognition mechanism between immune cells and lung cancer cells. It is very ingenious and is considered to be a pioneer. It opened up a new direction for biological research..."

Until the end, John Yang directly put down the materials in his hand, and then said to his assistant: "Find the live broadcast room of the Max Planck Society Life Science Conference. I want to watch Li Mu's report now."

"yes."

The assistant responded immediately, and then turned on a large screen in the office to broadcast a live broadcast to John Yang.

It's just that as soon as he entered the live broadcast room, the content on the blackboard at the front of the conference hall made John Yang feel puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "Is this a life science conference? Isn't it a mathematics academic conference?"

He has also participated in many reports on biomedicine. How can there be such reports that are all about mathematics?

The assistant looked confused: "I don't know too much."

...

Of course, let alone them, the biologists at the scene have basically given up.

Or wait until you go back and study it slowly.

From the current point of view, they still understand without thinking about being on the spot.

As time passed, the report lasted for an hour, and Li Mu talked for fifty-five minutes.

After happily writing the last formula, Li Mu nodded in satisfaction, finally writing out what he wanted to say.

Then he turned his head to look at the people present and said, "This is the end of my report. I hope my sharing can bring some help to everyone's future research."

The people present suddenly woke up like a dream.

Report... finished?

After everyone reacted, the applause finally broke out.

Although I don't know what Li Mu shared, but it looks very powerful anyway.

Clap and you're done.

It wasn't until the applause ended that Li Mufang asked with a smile: "Then anyone who has questions can ask questions."

There was a moment of silence.

To ask questions, you must first understand the report before asking questions. If you don’t understand, how can you ask questions?

Until the end, Swante Pepper, the chairman of the life science committee sitting in the first row, finally raised his hand and stood up.

"Li, thank you for sharing, although I have to admit that my math level is not very high, so I don't understand it very well."

"But I still have to ask, is it really helpful to use mathematics to help biomedical analysis?"

"Before I always listened to other people's comments, but now I want to hear your own thoughts."

Hearing this question, Li Mu was silent for a moment, and then said: "I can't give a definite answer to this question, but I am a mathematician, so I also believe in the role of mathematics."

"Afterwards, if I have the opportunity, I will try to verify the role of mathematics in biomedical research again."

"Everyone can look forward to it."

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